# gist を Homebrew, apt, Nix, pacman でインストール

gist 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:gist
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gist
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install gist
```

  証拠: Debian stable package indexes: gist from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gist
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S gist
```

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

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:gist
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 6.1.0
- **ソース概要:** Command-line utility for uploading Gists
- **ホームページ:** <https://defunkt.io/gist/>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/defunkt/gist>
- **最終更新:** 2026-06-19T22:35:16Z
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- gist (エイリアス)

## インストール挙動

- Bottle: 利用不可

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-03
- マネージャ版: 6.1.0
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

gist is a Ruby command-line client and library for uploading files or standard input to GitHub Gist. It is one of the older developer-shell bridges between local code snippets and GitHub's paste-sharing service.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The repository was opened in October 2008 by Chris Wanstrath, and RubyGems records 1.0.0 in February 2010. The README credits defunkt and indirect for versions 1 through 3, then rking and Conrad Irwin for version 4, showing a maintainer handoff pattern typical of long-lived GitHub-era command-line tools.

The tool grew from simple snippet upload into a broader Gist client: it can upload multiple files, read from standard input, paste from the clipboard, create private gists, update existing gists, open or copy resulting URLs, list and read gists, and act as a Ruby library.

### 採用の歴史

gist's adoption follows GitHub Gist's role as a lightweight code-sharing surface. The README documents installation through RubyGems, Bundler, Homebrew, FreeBSD ports, and Debian or Ubuntu packages, while RubyGems download counts show multi-million-install scale through the gem channel.

### 使われ方

Practitioners pipe command output into gist, upload one or more files, attach descriptions, request private gists, copy the resulting URL, or use the library API inside Ruby programs. Authentication evolved from username/password token exchange toward GitHub's device-code OAuth flow, with tokens stored in ~/.gist or per-enterprise token files.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

gist is significant because it made GitHub's pastebin-like service feel native to the Unix pipeline. For package maintainers, it also carries the history of API authentication changes, GitHub Enterprise support, and binary-name conflict handling in distributions such as Debian.

### タイムライン

- 2008: The repository began on GitHub.
- 2010: RubyGems records the 1.0.0 release.
- 2015: 4.5.0 shipped during the maintained version-4 line.
- 2020: 6.0.0 appeared after the version-5 series.
- 2026: 6.1.0 was published on RubyGems.

### Related projects

- gist sits beside GitHub Gist itself, GitHub Enterprise, RubyGems packaging, Homebrew packaging, and distro-packaged command-line paste clients.

### ソース

- <https://github.com/defunkt/gist>
- <https://github.com/defunkt/gist/blob/master/README.md>
- <https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/gist.json>
- <https://rubygems.org/api/v1/versions/gist.json>
- <https://rubygems.org/gems/gist>


## セキュリティノート

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

- **Geiger リスク:** blue / 中
- 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.


## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.gist, ~/.gist.<protocol>.<server.name>[.<port>]
## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- Debian apt - gist - 6.0.0-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gist from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Upload gists to gist.github.com | https://github.com/defunkt/gist
- Nix - gist: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gist/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - gist - 6.0.0-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gist from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Upload gists to gist.github.com | https://github.com/defunkt/gist
- pacman - gist - 6.1.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: gist from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Potentially the best command line gister | https://github.com/defunkt/gist


## Combined YAML source

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


## ソース

- 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