# Install argc with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix Easily create and use cli based on bash script. Version 1.24.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-20. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#argc. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:argc ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install argc ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install argc ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/argc/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#argc ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ar/argc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:argc - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.24.0 - **Source summary:** Easily create and use cli based on bash script - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-20T06:35:58Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - argc (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.24.0 ## Project history and usage Argc is a Rust-distributed command-line tool for writing Bash CLIs and command runners from annotated shell comments. It generates argument parsing, usage text, completions, man pages, and standalone Bash scripts while keeping the user's command logic in ordinary shell functions. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in February 2022, and the earliest GitHub release visible through the releases API is v0.2.1 from the same month. The project has since grown into a 1.x tool with documented specifications for comment tags such as `@cmd`, `@arg`, `@option`, `@flag`, `@env`, and `@meta`. ### Adoption history The README documents installation through Cargo, Homebrew/Linuxbrew, AUR, release binaries, a shell installer, and GitHub Actions. Homebrew builds it as a Rust formula, generates completions, and tests command-runner creation with `argc --argc-create`, which reflects its dual role as both parser generator and task runner. ### How it is used In CLI mode, a script adds comment tags above Bash code and evaluates `argc --argc-eval` to bind parsed arguments into `argc_` variables. In command-runner mode, users keep recipes in `Argcfile.sh`, generate one with `argc --argc-create`, and run recipes much like a Makefile-style task runner. ### Why package nerds care Argc is package-nerd bait because it gives Bash scripts a structured CLI surface without forcing a rewrite in Go, Rust, Python, or Node. It also sits at an interesting boundary: installed as one compiled binary, but primarily useful for making shell scripts more distributable, documented, and completion-friendly. ### Timeline - 2022: GitHub repository created. - 2022: v0.2.1 published as the earliest GitHub release visible through the releases API. - 2024: v1.x line continues with regular feature releases. - 2026: v1.24.0 published and packaged by Homebrew. ### Related projects - The README points to argc-completions for shell-completion behavior and install-binary for GitHub Actions installation, tying argc to the author's small-tool ecosystem around command-line distribution. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for argc. 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: Argcfile.sh - Windows: Argcfile.sh ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - argc: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ar/argc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - argc: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/argc/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/argc.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/argc.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