# genact を Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget でインストール

genact 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:genact
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install genact
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install genact
```

  証拠: MacPorts ports tree: games/genact/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add genact
```

  証拠: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: genact from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#genact
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S genact
```

  証拠: Arch Linux sync databases: genact from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/genact
```

  証拠: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/genact.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id svenstaro.genact -e
```

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

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:genact
- **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/genact>
- **バージョン:** 1.5.1
- **ソース概要:** Nonsense activity generator
- **ホームページ:** <https://svenstaro.github.io/genact/>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/svenstaro/genact>
- **上流ドキュメント:** <https://svenstaro.github.io/genact/>
- **ライセンス:** MIT
- **ソースアーカイブ:** <https://github.com/svenstaro/genact/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.1.tar.gz>
- **最終更新:** 2026-06-15T10:20:17-04:00
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- genact (cli)
- genact (エイリアス)

## ビルド依存関係

- rust

## インストール挙動

- post-install フック: 未定義
- 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: 1.5.1
- マネージャ更新日: 2026-06-15
- ローカルデータ: OK
- 上流リポジトリ: https://github.com/svenstaro/genact
- 検出された最新: v1.5.1 (最新)
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

genact is a playful terminal program that prints convincing fake activity, such as compilations, downloads, memory dumps, package builds, and other busy-looking modules. Its package history is mostly about a joke utility becoming a polished cross-platform Rust CLI with releases, shell completions, a WebAssembly version, and broad package-manager availability.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The repository began in 2011 as a small activity simulator and later accumulated modules that imitate common developer and system-administration tasks. Public tags began in 2018, and the project eventually reached 1.x releases with a Rust implementation, prebuilt binaries, Docker images, Cargo installation, and a browser version.

The README states the premise directly: open a few instances and pretend something useful is happening. That framing made genact part of a small genre of terminal toys that are technically packaged like serious CLIs but culturally used for demos, screenshots, streams, and humor.

### 採用の歴史

genact's adoption is visible through its many packaging paths: prebuilt Linux, macOS, and Windows binaries; FreeBSD packages; Homebrew; MacPorts; Scoop; Cargo; Docker; and a WebAssembly web build. That breadth is unusual for a joke utility and explains why it appears in package-manager indexes beyond the Rust ecosystem.

### 使われ方

Practitioners run `genact` to generate plausible terminal output during presentations, demos, videos, idle screens, or harmless pranks. The CLI can list modules, select specific modules, change speed, exit after time or module counts, and emit shell completions and a manpage.

Its module list imitates familiar tooling such as Ansible, Cargo, Docker builds, kernel compiles, Terraform, web logs, package downloads, cryptomining, and boot logs, making it visually legible to developers even though no real work is performed.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

genact is interesting to package nerds because it is a toy with real distribution hygiene: Rust crate, static release binaries, Docker image, Homebrew formula, WebAssembly target, shell completions, and a manpage. It is the sort of tiny package that proves whether a package manager's long tail is healthy.

### タイムライン

- 2011: Initial repository commits for activity simulation.
- 2018: Early tagged releases begin with the 0.2 and 0.3 series.
- 2022: The project reaches the 1.0 release series.
- 2020s: Browser/WebAssembly usage and package-manager coverage broaden the ways to run it.

### Related projects

- genact is related to Rust CLI tooling, terminal demo utilities, asciinema-style presentation workflows, and WebAssembly ports of command-line programs.

### ソース

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/genact>
- <https://github.com/svenstaro/genact>
- <https://github.com/svenstaro/genact/blob/master/README.md>
- <https://svenstaro.github.io/genact/>


## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger リスク:** グリーン / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## ソースデータベース詳細

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

## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- Nix - genact: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ge/genact/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - genact - 1.5.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: genact from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A nonsense activity generator | https://github.com/svenstaro/genact
- pacman - genact - 1.5.1-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: genact from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A nonsense activity generator | https://github.com/svenstaro/genact
- MacPorts - genact: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: games/genact/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/genact: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/genact.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - svenstaro.genact: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: svenstaro.genact from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## 関連リンク

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/ja/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/ja/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/ja/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/ja/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [rust](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [starship](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/starship/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust, terminal.
- [tealdeer](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/tealdeer/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust, terminal.
- [helix](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/helix/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust, terminal.
- [sk](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/sk/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust, terminal.
- [gitui](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/gitui/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust, terminal.
- [moor](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/moor/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust, terminal.
- [gitu](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/gitu/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust, terminal.
- [msedit](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/msedit/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust, terminal.
- [code-minimap](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/code-minimap/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, generator, rust.
- [chars](https://pkg.so/ja/brew/chars/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, rust, terminal.

## Combined YAML source

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


## ソース

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