# transifex-cli mit Homebrew, Nix, pacman, winget installieren

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

## Installation

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

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install transifex-cli
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

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

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S transifex-cli
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: transifex-cli from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Transifex.CLI -e
```

  Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: Transifex.CLI from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:transifex-cli
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.6.17
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Transifex command-line client
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/transifex/cli>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/transifex/cli>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-26T00:51:26+02:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- tx (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.6.17
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Transifex CLI is the command-line client for syncing localization source files and translations between a local project tree and Transifex. Its package-manager role is to put the `tx` command on developer machines and CI runners so translation updates can be scripted alongside builds and releases.

### Projektgeschichte

The current Transifex CLI replaced an older client while preserving backwards compatibility for the important `tx push` and `tx pull` commands. Official migration documentation describes config-section changes from `<project>.<resource>` to `o:<org>:p:<proj>:r:<res>` and changes to the `.transifexrc` token-auth format.

Transifex's docs describe the new client as a Go implementation rather than the previous Python client. The stated reasons are speed, cross-platform binary distribution, and a move from APIv2 to APIv3 because APIv3 is faster and APIv2 was being deprecated.

Official releases in the GitHub repository show the Go CLI continuing through the 1.6 series, with v1.6.17 published in 2024.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The CLI is adopted where localization is part of a software delivery workflow. The official docs cover Linux and Mac install scripts, GitHub release binaries for Linux, Mac, and Windows, source builds, Docker usage, and GitHub Actions integration, showing that the tool is meant for both local developer use and automated CI pipelines.

The CLI's backwards-compatible `tx push` and `tx pull` behavior matters historically because many projects already had localization sync steps in CI. The migration path lets those projects keep their existing high-level workflow while moving to the new config identifiers, token authentication, and APIv3-backed client.

### Wie es verwendet wird

A typical project runs `tx init` to create `.tx/config`, uses `tx add` to map a source file and translation file pattern to a Transifex organization, project, and resource, then runs `tx push` and `tx pull` to send source strings and retrieve translations. The docs also document `TX_TOKEN`, `TX_HOSTNAME`, and `TX_CACERT` environment variables for non-interactive execution.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package-manager users, Transifex CLI is important because it turns localization into a reproducible command-line contract. Homebrew, Nix, and pacman packaging make the same `tx` binary available to developers and build agents without requiring each repository to vendor an installer script.

The package also represents a common CLI migration pattern: an older Python tool is replaced by a Go binary for speed and distribution, while retaining the command names that existing automation depends on.

### Zeitleiste

- Pre-Go client: Transifex maintained an older Python client using APIv2 and earlier local config identifiers.
- Current client: The official migration guide documents the Go/APIv3 client and the `tx migrate` workflow.
- 2024: Official GitHub releases list Transifex CLI v1.6.17.

### Related projects

- The CLI is part of the Transifex localization platform and is paired with the Transifex API, `.tx/config` project mappings, `.transifexrc` credentials, Docker images, and the official Transifex GitHub Action.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/transifex/cli/releases>
- <https://developers.transifex.com/docs/cli>
- <https://github.com/transifex/cli#readme>


## Sicherheitshinweise

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

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


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.transifexrc

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.transifexrc
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - transifex-cli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tr/transifex-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - transifex-cli - 1.6.17-4: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: transifex-cli from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | The Transifex command-line tool to download and upload translations from Transifex | https://github.com/transifex/cli
- winget - Transifex.CLI: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Transifex.CLI from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

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