# appium を Homebrew, winget でインストール

appium のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:appium
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install appium
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id JSFoundation.Appium -e
```

  証拠: Windows Package Manager source index: JSFoundation.Appium from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:appium
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **パッケージマネージャページ:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/appium>
- **バージョン:** 3.6.0
- **ソース概要:** Automation for Apps
- **ホームページ:** <https://appium.io/>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/appium/appium>
- **上流ドキュメント:** <https://appium.io/>
- **ライセンス:** Apache-2.0
- **ソースアーカイブ:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/appium/-/appium-3.6.0.tgz>
- **最終更新:** 2026-07-26T10:20:20Z
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- appium (cli)
- appium (エイリアス)

## 依存関係

- gettext
- glib
- node
- vips

## ビルド依存関係

- pkgconf

## インストール挙動

- post-install フック: 未定義
- サービス: declared
- Bottle: 利用可能 対象 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-04
- マネージャ版: 3.6.0
- マネージャ更新日: 2026-07-26
- ローカルデータ: OK
- 上流リポジトリ: https://appium.io/
- 情報: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

Appium is an open-source WebDriver-based automation framework for native, hybrid, mobile web, desktop, and other app platforms. Its package-manager identity is a Node.js CLI server plus an ecosystem of separately installed drivers, clients, and plugins.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The Appium project grew from the idea that mobile app automation should use the same open WebDriver protocol that had become central to browser automation. The official docs state that Appium's initial goals were iOS and Android automation, and that Appium adopted WebDriver rather than inventing a new API.

The npm package history records Appium 1.0.0 in May 2014. Appium 2.0.0 was published in July 2023 after a long beta series, and the upstream changelog records Appium 3.0.0 in August 2025.

### 採用の歴史

Appium became a standard fixture in mobile QA stacks because tests can be written in WebDriver-compatible client libraries rather than platform-native test languages only. The README lists official client support for Java, Python, Ruby, and .NET C#, with third-party clients for other languages.

The project's adoption model changed significantly with Appium 2: drivers and plugins became extensions installed and updated through the Appium CLI rather than everything being bundled into one server package. That made the Homebrew formula useful as an entry point to the server while real platform support moved into extension management.

### 使われ方

A typical install starts the Appium server with `appium` or `appium server`, then installs a platform driver such as an iOS, Android, macOS, or Windows driver with `appium driver install`. Test suites connect over WebDriver using a language client.

Configuration can be auto-discovered from `.appiumrc.*`, `appium.config.*`, `.appiumrc`, or an `appium` property in `package.json`; Appium searches upward from the current working directory and also supports `appium --config /path/to/config/file`.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

Appium is a good example of a CLI package whose real payload is an extension ecosystem. The formula installs the command, but the working toolchain is assembled from npm-distributed drivers and plugins plus language-specific test clients.

For packagers, Appium also marks the tension between system package managers and upstream Node distribution: the README says npm is the supported installation method, while Homebrew packages it for developers who expect a global `appium` command alongside other testing tools.

### タイムライン

- 2014: npm registry records Appium 1.0.0 publication.
- 2021: Appium 2.0.0 beta series appears in the upstream changelog.
- 2023: npm registry records Appium 2.0.0 publication.
- 2025: Upstream changelog records Appium 3.0.0.

### Related projects

- Selenium and WebDriver are the protocol lineage Appium deliberately follows.
- Appium Inspector is the related official GUI used to inspect app UI trees while developing tests.
- Official and third-party Appium drivers provide platform-specific automation for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and other targets.

### ソース

- <https://appium.io/docs/en/latest/guides/config/>
- <https://appium.io/docs/en/latest/intro/appium/>
- <https://github.com/appium/appium#readme>
- <https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/packages/appium/CHANGELOG.md>
- <https://registry.npmjs.org/appium>


## セキュリティノート

formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger リスク:** orange / 中
- formula declares a Homebrew service


## 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: .appiumrc.json, .appiumrc.yaml, .appiumrc.yml, .appiumrc.js, .appiumrc.cjs, appium.config.js, appium.config.cjs, .appiumrc, package.json appium property
- Windows: .appiumrc.json, .appiumrc.yaml, .appiumrc.yml, .appiumrc.js, .appiumrc.cjs, appium.config.js, appium.config.cjs, .appiumrc, package.json appium property
## ソースデータベース詳細

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** appium
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- winget - JSFoundation.Appium: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: JSFoundation.Appium from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## 関連リンク

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- [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/ja/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [node](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [glib](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [gettext](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [vips](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/vips/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [robot-framework](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/robot-framework/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, testing.
- [expect](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/expect/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, testing.
- [tox](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/tox/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, testing.
- [entr](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/entr/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, testing.
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- [apify-cli](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/apify-cli/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools.
- [appium](https://pkg.so/ja/npm/appium/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: appium, apps, automation, cli, developer.
- [appium-fake-driver](https://pkg.so/ja/npm/appium-fake-driver/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: appium, cli, developer, developer-tools, testing.
- [nightwatch](https://pkg.so/ja/npm/nightwatch/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: appium, cli, developer, developer-tools, mobile.
- [appium](https://pkg.so/ja/npm/appium/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem.

## Combined YAML source

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


## ソース

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