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More expressive universal gRPC client. Version 0.10.11 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#evans.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install evans

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install evans

MacPorts ports tree · devel/evans/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#evans

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ev/evans/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/evans

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/evans.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

More expressive universal gRPC client

Commands and aliases

  • evans

history

Project history and usage

Evans is a command-line and interactive gRPC client built for inspecting, calling, and scripting gRPC APIs from a terminal.

Project history

The project describes its motivation as making gRPC clients easier to use than existing tools. Its README splits the design into REPL mode for manual API inspection and CLI mode for scriptable, one-command calls.

Adoption history

The project distributes binaries through GitHub Releases, recommends Homebrew on macOS, publishes a container image, and supports `go install`, placing it in the usual packaging paths for Go-based infrastructure CLIs.

How it is used

Users point Evans at proto files or use gRPC reflection, then call services interactively in the REPL or pipe JSON through CLI mode. A project-root `.evans.toml` can provide defaults such as proto file, package, and service.

Why package nerds care

Evans matters to package-manager users because it packages a repeatable gRPC debugging workflow: shell-friendly JSON in CLI mode, completion in REPL mode, reflection support, Docker images, and Homebrew installation.

Timeline

  • 2019: README artwork and early documentation frame Evans around easier gRPC inspection and scripting.
  • README documents official installation paths via GitHub Releases, Homebrew, Docker, and `go install`.

Related projects

  • The README compares CLI mode to grpc-ecosystem/polyglot and documents compatibility with gRPC reflection and gRPC-Web.

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.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/evans/config.tomlGIT_PROJECT_ROOT/.evans.toml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
evansexecutableindexed executableDiscovered 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 version0.10.11
manager updated2026-07-25
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:evans
Version0.10.11
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/ktr0731/evans
Repositoryhttps://github.com/ktr0731/evans
Last updated2026-07-25T14:23:19-04:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

evans

nix profile install nixpkgs#evans
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Evans
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ev/evans/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
MacPorts95%

evans

sudo port install evans
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Evans
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/evans/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/evans

scoop install main/evans
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Evans
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/evans.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • pkg.so package database
  • pkgdb category and tag curation