# Install arf with Homebrew, winget

Modern R console with syntax highlighting and fuzzy search. Version 0.4.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-01. Also installable with winget: winget install --id eitsupi.arf -e.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:arf
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install arf
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id eitsupi.arf -e
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:arf
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.4.5
- **Source summary:** Modern R console with syntax highlighting and fuzzy search
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/eitsupi/arf>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/eitsupi/arf>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T06:42:43Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- arf (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.4.5
## Project history and usage

arf console, short for Alternative R Frontend, is a new Rust-written cross-platform console for R. It focuses on interactive terminal ergonomics: syntax highlighting, fuzzy history search, meta commands, shell mode, configurable prompts, persistent SQLite-backed history, and an IPC mode for automation.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in January 2026, and v0.1.0 was released later that month. The README warns that arf is under active development and that the configuration and history file formats may still change, which is consistent with its fast early release cadence through the 0.3 and 0.4 series in spring 2026.

### Adoption history

Adoption is early but already package-manager oriented. The README documents GitHub release binaries, a shell installer, winget, Scoop, cargo-binstall, Homebrew, AUR, and source installation. The Homebrew formula builds the `arf-console` crate, installs shell completions, and tests config initialization plus history and IPC commands.

### How it is used

Users run `arf` as an alternative R console, optionally selecting an R version through rig or enabling reprex mode. Configuration lives in a platform-specific TOML file, generated with `arf config init`, and runtime usage includes R meta commands such as `:help`, `:shell`, `:history`, `:restart`, and `:quit`.

### Why package nerds care

arf is notable because R console frontends are often Python- or IDE-adjacent, while arf packages a modern terminal REPL as a single Rust binary with no runtime dependencies. Its explicit Homebrew, winget, Scoop, AUR, and release-binary paths make it a good example of a young language-tooling project designed for cross-platform package distribution from the start.

### Timeline

- 2026: GitHub repository created.
- 2026: v0.1.0 published as the first GitHub release.
- 2026: v0.4.x releases add to the early active-development line and reach Homebrew packaging.

### Related projects

- The README documents integration with rig for R version switching and Air for reprex auto-formatting, placing arf in the modern R tooling ecosystem rather than as a standalone R implementation.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/eitsupi/arf>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/eitsupi/arf/releases>
- <https://github.com/eitsupi/arf#readme>
- <https://github.com/eitsupi/arf/blob/main/docs/configuration.md>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/HEAD/Formula/a/arf.rb>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for arf. 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

- Linux: ~/.config/arf/arf.toml
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/arf/arf.toml
- Windows: %APPDATA%\arf\arf.toml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- winget - eitsupi.arf: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: eitsupi.arf from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- 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