# Installer bk avec Homebrew, Nix, zypper

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de bk pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:bk
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install bk
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#bk
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install bk
```

  Preuve: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: bk from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:bk
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.6.0
- **Résumé source:** Terminal EPUB Reader
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://github.com/aeosynth/bk>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/aeosynth/bk>
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- bk (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 0.6.0
## Historique du projet et usages

bk is a terminal EPUB reader written in Rust. Its README emphasizes a cross-platform single binary with instant startup, EPUB 2/3 support, Vim bindings, incremental search, and bookmarks.

### Historique du projet

The repository was created in 2020 and published early 0.x releases the same year. The release history includes v0.2.0 in June 2020, v0.5.3 in March 2021, and v0.6.0 in November 2023.

### Historique d'adoption

The input package-manager data lists Homebrew, Nix, and openSUSE packaging. The README's primary upstream install path is cargo install bk, so system packages are convenience packaging around a Rust CLI tool.

### Modes d'utilisation

Users run bk with an EPUB path, or without a path to reopen the most recent EPUB. Options include metadata output, starting with the table of contents open, and setting display width and colors.

The README compares bk with epr/epy, highlighting no runtime dependencies, wide-character support, incremental and multi-line search, links, themes, and the --meta switch for file-preview integration.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

bk is a small but tidy example of Rust single-binary packaging in the terminal-media niche: no Python/curses runtime stack, quick startup, and enough EPUB support for keyboard-driven reading.

Its package appeal is strongest for users who want ebook reading to behave like the rest of their terminal workflow.

### Chronologie

- 2020: aeosynth/bk repository created.
- 2020-06-17: v0.2.0 release published.
- 2021-03-27: v0.5.3 release published.
- 2023-11-03: v0.6.0 release published.

### Related projects

- epr is listed by the README as inspiration.
- epy is compared in the README's feature table.
- nnn is mentioned as an example file manager that can use bk --meta for preview integration.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/aeosynth/bk#readme>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Nix - bk: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bk/bk/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - bk - 0.6.0-1.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: bk from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Terminal ePub reader | https://github.com/aeosynth/bk


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- 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