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macOS

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brew install chiko

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Ultimate Beauty gRPC Client for your Terminal

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

chiko

history

Project history and usage

Chiko is a terminal user interface for testing and browsing gRPC APIs.

Project history

The official README describes Chiko as a developer-friendly gRPC terminal interface built on grpcurl and tview. It focuses on server reflection, request metadata, payload generation, authorization, bookmarks, and importing or exporting grpcurl commands.

Adoption history

The README documents Homebrew, go install, source builds, and prebuilt release binaries. Homebrew formula metadata lists chiko 0.2.0 with modest install counts, indicating niche but packaged CLI adoption.

How it is used

Users run chiko, enter a gRPC server URL, configure authentication if needed, browse reflected services, generate a request payload, and send calls from the terminal UI.

Why package nerds care

Chiko is package-nerd interesting as part of the modern Go single-binary TUI wave: it wraps grpcurl-style API testing in an interactive terminal app and ships through Homebrew, go install, source builds, and release binaries.

Timeline

2026: Official README documents Homebrew, Go install, source, and prebuilt binary installation.
2026: Homebrew formula page lists stable chiko 0.2.0.

Related projects

grpcurl is named by the official README as an underlying gRPC command-line tool.
tview is named by the official README as the terminal UI library.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:client

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`chiko`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version0.2.0

manager updated2026-07-25

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:chiko
Version	0.2.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/felangga/chiko
Repository	https://github.com/felangga/chiko
Last updated	2026-07-25T15:21:30-04:00
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

package graph

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source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/chiko.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

Install chiko with Homebrew