# Install amp with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, zypper Text editor for your terminal. Version 0.7.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#amp. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:amp ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install amp ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install amp ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: editors/amp/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#amp ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/am/amp/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install amp ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: amp from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:amp - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.7.1 - **Source summary:** Text editor for your terminal - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - amp (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.7.1 ## Project history and usage Amp is a Rust terminal text editor inspired by Vi and Vim. Its README says it aims to keep Vim's core interaction model, simplify it, and bundle the essential features expected from a modern terminal editor. ### Project history The public GitHub repository was created in February 2015. The project is written in Rust and separates substantial editor internals, including data structures, syntax highlighting, and workspace management, into the related `scribe` crate. Amp's documentation presents the editor as a terminal-native application with modal editing, file finding, system clipboard support, preferences, keymaps, and syntax configuration. The latest GitHub release observed for this batch is 0.7.1, published in September 2024. ### Adoption history Amp's adoption has been niche rather than mass-market: it is a package-manager-distributed editor for users interested in Rust command-line software and Vim-like interaction without carrying Vim's full compatibility surface. The supplied package facts show availability through Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and zypper, which is the typical adoption path for a small terminal editor: easy enough to install from a package manager, but still mostly discovered by users looking for lightweight editor experiments. ### How it is used Users run the `amp` executable in a terminal. The official docs describe preferences as a YAML file in a platform-dependent configuration folder and recommend using the built-in `preferences::edit` command to open it and reveal its path. The practical use case is quick terminal editing with modal commands, file navigation, syntax highlighting, and configurable keymaps. It is not presented as an IDE; it is a compact editor with enough modern conveniences to stand on its own. ### Why package nerds care Amp is interesting to package nerds as an example of the mid-2010s Rust CLI wave: a familiar Unix tool category rebuilt as a single cargo-built binary, then surfaced through multiple OS package sets. Its split between the editor and the `scribe` crate is also notable because it turns editor infrastructure into reusable Rust components rather than burying all of it in one executable. ### Timeline - 2015: GitHub repository created. - 2015 onward: Amp develops as a Rust terminal editor inspired by Vi/Vim. - 2024: Release 0.7.1 published. ### Related projects - Vim and Vi: the editing model Amp explicitly cites as inspiration. - scribe: Amp's related Rust crate for editor internals. - Rust: the implementation language and ecosystem that shaped Amp's packaging story. ### Sources - - - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - amp: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/am/amp/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - amp - 0.7.1-2.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: amp from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A modal text editor for the terminal | https://github.com/jmacdonald/amp - MacPorts - amp: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: editors/amp/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/amp.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/amp.yml) ## Sources - 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