# Install eget with Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget

Easily install prebuilt binaries from GitHub. Version 1.3.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#eget.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:eget
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install eget
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#eget
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/eg/eget/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/eget
```

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

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id ZacharyYedidia.Eget -e
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:eget
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.3.4
- **Source summary:** Easily install prebuilt binaries from GitHub
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/zyedidia/eget>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/zyedidia/eget>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T04:11:37+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- eget (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.3.4
## Project history and usage

eget is Zachary Yedidia's small Go CLI for installing prebuilt binaries from GitHub releases. It occupies the practical space between curl scripts, manual release downloads, and full package-manager formulas.

### Project history

The first public GitHub release was v0.1.0 in August 2021. The README describes a focused tool: provide a repository or URL, let eget inspect release assets, pick a matching binary for the current system, download it, and extract it.

The v1.0.0 release in January 2022 added support for extracting multiple files and directories, making eget usable for projects distributed as archives rather than just one naked executable. The project later continued through the v1.3 series with cross-platform release assets.

### Adoption history

eget's adoption pattern is package-manager-adjacent: it is itself packaged in Homebrew, Nix, Scoop, and winget, but its main value is installing other GitHub-release tools before or outside those package managers. The README even notes that maintainers with GitHub release binaries can list eget as a one-line install method.

### How it is used

Users run commands such as `eget owner/repo --to /usr/local/bin`, optionally filtering assets, selecting tags, extracting a specific file, or using a GitHub token through environment variables or configuration. The README documents TOML configuration for global and per-repository defaults.

### Why package nerds care

eget is package-nerd bait because it automates the messy part of modern CLI distribution: release asset naming. It codifies common conventions around OS and architecture names, archive formats, checksums, and destination directories without trying to become a general package manager.

### Timeline

- 2021-08-18: v0.1.0 is published.
- 2021-08-25: v0.2.0 follows during early feature work.
- 2022-01-03: v1.0.0 adds multi-file and directory extraction.
- 2022-07-22: v1.2.0 is published.
- 2024-06-07: v1.3.4 is published.

### Related projects

- GitHub Releases are the primary upstream distribution surface that eget automates.
- zyedidia/micro appears in the README examples and is a natural companion project from the same author.
- Comparable single-binary install helpers include curl scripts, go install, and package-manager formulas, but eget focuses on release assets.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/zyedidia/eget#readme>
- <https://github.com/zyedidia/eget/blob/master/DOCS.md>
- <https://github.com/zyedidia/eget/releases>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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: ~/.eget.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/eget/eget.toml, ./eget.toml, $EGET_CONFIG
- Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.eget.toml, %LOCALAPPDATA%\eget\eget.toml, .\eget.toml, %EGET_CONFIG%

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.eget.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/eget/eget.toml, ./eget.toml, $EGET_CONFIG
- Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.eget.toml, %LOCALAPPDATA%\eget\eget.toml, .\eget.toml, %EGET_CONFIG%
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - eget: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/eg/eget/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - extras/eget: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/eget.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - ZacharyYedidia.Eget: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: ZacharyYedidia.Eget from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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