# Installer nox avec Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de nox pour les workflows d'agents IA.
## installation
```sh
sudo av install brew:nox
```
Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install nox
```
Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata
### Linux
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install nox
```
Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: nox from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install nox
```
Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nox from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#nox
```
Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/no/nox/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
## Faits du paquet
- **Clé du paquet:** brew:nox
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2026.7.11
- **Résumé source:** Flexible test automation for Python
- **Page d'accueil:**
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-07-13T03:39:16Z
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## exécutables
- nox (alias)
## Comportement d'installation
- Bouteille: non disponible
## Version et fraîcheur
- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 2026.7.11
## Historique du projet et usages
Nox is a Python test and automation runner in the same problem family as tox, but its distinguishing choice is that configuration is ordinary Python in a noxfile.py rather than an INI-style matrix. The repository was created on GitHub on 2016-02-24, and PyPI release files show published package history beginning on 2018-08-24.
### Historique du projet
The project centers on sessions: decorated Python functions that create an environment, install dependencies, and run commands. The official documentation describes noxfile.py as the default configuration file and shows @nox.session functions as the core interface, including support for multiple Python interpreters, virtualenv backends, parametrization, tags, and session selection.
Nox has continued to track Python packaging and CI changes. The 2026.04.10 changelog entry records the drop of Python 3.8 support for running Nox, adds nox --usage, and includes fixes around virtualenv recreation and tag/keyword selection.
### Historique d'adoption
Nox became a recognizable Python packaging tool for projects that want programmable test sessions and CI tasks. The GitHub repository metadata consulted for this batch reported about 1.5k stars and 183 forks, and the project is packaged by Homebrew, Debian, Fedora/DNF, Nix, and Ubuntu in the input record.
Homebrew formula analytics for the nox formula reported 665 installs over the 365-day window exposed by the formula API. That is only a Homebrew signal, not total ecosystem use; PyPI is the more natural distribution channel for most Nox users.
### Modes d'utilisation
Package nerds use Nox as a programmable task runner for Python projects: test matrices, linters, docs builds, release checks, and CI parity. A common pattern is to install Nox globally with pipx, keep project behavior in noxfile.py, and run nox, nox -s tests, nox -l, or selected tagged sessions.
Its practical appeal is that any Python logic available to the project can shape the automation. That makes it a good fit when tox-style declarative matrices become awkward, while still keeping the familiar workflow of isolated environments per task or interpreter.
### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent
Nox is significant because it occupies the 'programmable tox' niche in Python tooling. It is not a package manager, but it is often part of the release engineering layer around packages: build checks, wheel tests, docs, linting, and CI matrix commands.
### Chronologie
- 2016-02-24: GitHub repository wntrblm/nox created.
- 2018-08-24: Earliest PyPI upload timestamp found in the PyPI JSON release files.
- 2026-04-10: Nox 2026.04.10 published, dropping Python 3.8 support for running Nox and adding nox --usage.
### Related projects
- tox
- virtualenv
- pipx
- uv
- GitHub Actions
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## Notes de sécurité
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
- **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
## 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: noxfile.py
## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets
- Debian apt - nox - 2024.04.15-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: nox from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Flexible test automation | https://github.com/theacodes/nox/
- Nix - nox: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/no/nox/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - nox - 2023.04.22-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: nox from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Flexible test automation | https://github.com/theacodes/nox/
- dnf - nox - 2026.07.11-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nox from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Flexible test automation | https://github.com/wntrblm/nox
- dnf - nox+tox_to_nox - 2026.07.11-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nox+tox_to_nox from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for nox: tox_to_nox extras | https://github.com/wntrblm/nox
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/nox.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/nox.yml)
## Sources
- 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