# Install apm with Homebrew, scoop, winget

Dependency manager for AI agent configuration. Version 0.26.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with scoop: scoop install main/apm.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:apm
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install apm
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/apm
```

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

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Microsoft.APM -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Microsoft.APM from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:apm
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.26.0
- **Source summary:** Dependency manager for AI agent configuration
- **Homepage:** <https://microsoft.github.io/apm/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/microsoft/apm>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T09:54:32Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- apm (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.26.0
## Project history and usage

APM, the Agent Package Manager, is a dependency manager for AI-agent context. It gives skills, prompts, instructions, plugins, and MCP servers a project manifest and lockfile workflow analogous to established language package managers.

### Project history

Microsoft's public repository was created in September 2025 and published v0.4.0 that month. The project describes itself as open source and community driven, and credits Daniel Meppiel as creator with Daniel Meppiel and Sergio Sisternes as maintainers.

### Adoption history

The official documentation targets GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode, Codex, Gemini, Windsurf, and Kiro. The supplied package metadata records distribution through Homebrew, Scoop, and WinGet, while the official README also documents platform installers and pip.

### How it is used

A project declares agent dependencies in a repository-root apm.yml. Running apm install resolves those dependencies and produces a lockfile so collaborators and CI can reproduce the same agent context; additional commands cover compilation, packaging, auditing, marketplaces, and policy enforcement.

### Why package nerds care

APM applies familiar manifest, lockfile, transitive-resolution, integrity, and policy concepts to agent configuration, an ecosystem that has otherwise relied heavily on manually copied files. Its cross-harness targeting and multiple installation channels make it notable as an attempt to turn agent context into a conventional package-management domain.

### Timeline

- 2025-09: Public GitHub repository created and v0.4.0 published.
- 2026-07: v0.26.0 published.

### Related projects

- The official project relates its workflow to npm, pip, and Cargo and builds on AGENTS.md, Agent Skills, and the Model Context Protocol. The companion microsoft/apm-action project brings installation and bundle restoration into GitHub Actions.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/apm — official GitHub repository metadata and creation date.>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/apm/releases?per_page=100 — official GitHub release history.>
- <https://github.com/microsoft/apm — official README, project purpose, maintainers, supported agent harnesses, installation methods, and usage.>
- <https://microsoft.github.io/apm/ — official documentation for the manifest, lockfile, installation, security, and policy model.>
- input source_facts.package-manager — supplied Homebrew, Scoop, and WinGet package records.


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for apm. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## 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: ./apm.yml, ~/.apm/apm.yml, ~/.apm/config.json

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.apm/config.json
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Scoop - main/apm: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/apm.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Microsoft.APM: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Microsoft.APM from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- winget - Orthogonal.APM: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Orthogonal.APM from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph