# Install energy with Homebrew

CLI is used to initialize the Energy development environment tools. Version 2.5.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:energy
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install energy
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:energy
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.5.6
- **Source summary:** CLI is used to initialize the Energy development environment tools
- **Homepage:** <https://energye.github.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/energye/energy>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T14:23:18-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- energy (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.5.6
## Project history and usage

Energy is a Go framework and command-line entry point for building cross-platform desktop applications around LCL native controls and browser runtimes such as CEF, WebView2, WebKitGTK, and WKWebView.

### Project history

The public GitHub project was created in 2022 and presents Energy 3.0 as a Go desktop framework using LCL, CEF, and system webview runtimes. Its README places the CLI in a broader toolchain that includes Energy Designer, examples, and related runtime modules.

The project positions itself between native GUI tooling and Go plus web hybrid applications: LCL provides native controls, while WebView and CEF modes allow HTML, CSS, and JavaScript front ends to communicate with Go back ends.

### Adoption history

Energy is distributed through Homebrew as the `energy` executable and is documented through the project site, GitHub README, Go package documentation, and related GitHub repositories. The README also links to a Discord community and related Energy modules, indicating a small but organized ecosystem around the framework.

### How it is used

Package-manager users install the CLI to initialize or work with the Energy development environment, then create projects that use LCL native controls, system webviews, or CEF-backed windows. The official quick-start examples show Go programs creating desktop windows, controls, and webview-backed applications.

### Why package nerds care

Energy is interesting to package maintainers because it packages a desktop app framework rather than a single end-user utility. Its value depends on coordinating Go modules, native GUI/runtime dependencies, and cross-platform browser back ends.

### Timeline

- 2022: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2020s: Project documentation describes Energy 3.0 with LCL, CEF, WebView2, WebKitGTK, and WKWebView support.

### Related projects

- Related official projects include Energy Designer, energye/lcl, energye/wv, energye/cef, CEF, CEF4Delphi, and WebView4Delphi.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/energye/energy>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/energye/energy/main/README.md>
- <https://energye.github.io/course/getting-started>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/energy>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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