# xe を Homebrew, apt, Nix でインストール

xe 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:xe
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install xe
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install xe
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#xe
```

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

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:xe
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 1.0
- **ソース概要:** Simple xargs and apply replacement
- **ホームページ:** <https://github.com/leahneukirchen/xe>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/leahneukirchen/xe>
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- xe (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: 1.0
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

xe is Leah Neukirchen's compact command-construction utility: a public-domain replacement-style tool that combines favored parts of xargs(1) and apply(1) for executing commands over argument lists.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The GitHub repository was created in 2015, with the first tag v0.1 following in November 2015 and v1.0 tagged in August 2023. The README presents the project plainly as a simple xargs and apply replacement, and the manpage expands the name as 'execute for every ...'.

### 採用の歴史

xe's adoption appears modest and Unix-tool focused rather than platform-defining. It reached package managers such as Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, and Nix because it is a tiny C command with a clear niche: predictable argument splitting, replacement, dry runs, parallel execution, and pattern-based command selection.

### 使われ方

Users pipe newline- or NUL-separated arguments into xe, pass arguments directly on the command line, run shell snippets with -s when needed, or use -j for parallel jobs. The manpage examples include compressing files with all CPU cores, removing empty files from another listing command, and converting media with percent rules.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

xe is a package-nerd kind of tool because it exists in the gap between POSIX tradition and day-to-day ergonomics. It does not try to replace the shell; it packages a sharper default behavior for the common 'run this for every thing' pattern.

### タイムライン

- 2015-10-24: GitHub repository is created.
- 2015-11-02: v0.1 is tagged.
- 2023-08-01: The xe manpage date records the mature command interface.
- 2023-08-05: v1.0 is tagged.

### Related projects

- xargs is the standard command-construction tool xe explicitly improves on.
- apply is the older utility whose replacement model xe also borrows from.
- GNU parallel and xapply are listed in xe's SEE ALSO section.

### ソース

- <https://api.github.com/repos/leahneukirchen/xe>
- <https://github.com/leahneukirchen/xe>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leahneukirchen/xe/master/xe.1>


## セキュリティノート

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger リスク:** yellow / 中
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- Debian apt - xe - 0.11-5: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: xe from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | simple alternative to xargs and apply | https://git.vuxu.org/xe/about/
- Nix - xe: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/xe/xe/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - xe - 0.11-5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: xe from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | simple alternative to xargs and apply | https://git.vuxu.org/xe/about/


## Combined YAML source

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


## ソース

- 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
