# mist-cli mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für mist-cli in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:mist-cli
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mist-cli
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install mist-cli
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/mist-cli/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#mist-cli
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/mist-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/mist
```

  Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mist.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:mist-cli
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.2
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Mac command-line tool that automatically downloads macOS Firmwares / Installers
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/ninxsoft/mist-cli>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ninxsoft/mist-cli>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- mist (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.2
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

mist-cli is the command-line edition of MIST, the macOS Installer Super Tool from Ninxsoft. Its README describes it as a Mac command-line tool for automatically downloading macOS firmwares and installers, while the companion Mist repository provides the graphical Mac app for the same job. Homebrew packages the CLI as mist-cli and records that the formula was formerly known as mist.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The tool emerged for a Mac administration workflow that Apple's own software-update surfaces do not make especially scriptable: listing available macOS installers and Apple Silicon firmware restore files, filtering for compatibility or beta releases, exporting inventory data as CSV, JSON, property list, or YAML, and downloading the selected installer or IPSW. The README documents validation of firmware downloads by SHA-1 checksum and subcommands for list, download, and version. In practice, Mac admins and power users use mist-cli in scripts, build pipelines, or recovery-media workflows where the GUI app is less convenient. Its package-manager niche is a macOS-focused system utility: Homebrew exposes the CLI, while the adjacent Mist app serves users who prefer a graphical interface.

### Quellen

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mist-cli>
- <https://github.com/ninxsoft/Mist>
- <https://github.com/ninxsoft/mist-cli>
- <https://marketplace.jamf.com/details/mist>


## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** blue / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - mist-cli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/mist-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - mist-cli: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/mist-cli/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Nix - mist: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/mist/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - extras/mist: installed executable or alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mist.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mist-cli.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/mist-cli.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph