# Install flexget with Homebrew, apk, Nix Multipurpose automation tool for content. Version 3.19.31 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#flexget. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:flexget ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install flexget ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add flexget ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: flexget from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#flexget ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fl/flexget/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:flexget - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 3.19.31 - **Source summary:** Multipurpose automation tool for content - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-08-02T16:35:32+09:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - flexget (alias) - flexget-headless (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 3.19.31 ## Project history and usage FlexGet is a Python-based automation tool for content workflows, especially media feeds and downloads. It is best understood as a plugin-heavy CLI scheduler and filter engine for RSS, HTML, CSV, torrents, NZBs, podcasts, comics, series, movies, and related sources. ### Project history The official GitHub repository was created in 2011 and is described by GitHub metadata as the official FlexGet repository. The README presents FlexGet as a multipurpose content automation tool with YAML configuration, many plugins, and integrations with applications that provide watch directories or external utility interfaces. The official website emphasizes that FlexGet is not built for one client or purpose. Its documentation describes a broad plugin ecosystem, daemon mode, scheduling, client integrations, site integrations, a cookbook, a web UI under development, and a community documentation site. The official changelog shows a long-running 3.x release line, with 3.19.26 published on 2026-06-29 and many regular maintenance releases. It also records ongoing Python and dependency updates, web UI packaging work, plugin fixes, and compatibility changes. ### Adoption history FlexGet's adoption grew around self-hosted media automation, where users wanted a programmable middle layer between feeds, indexers, download clients, and media organization. The supplied package metadata records packaging through Homebrew, apk, and Nix, while the README also points to PyPI, Docker images, Read the Docs, GitHub Discussions, and Discord. ### How it is used Users install FlexGet with pip or a system package, write a YAML configuration, and define tasks that combine input plugins, filters, and output actions. The README's minimal example watches an RSS feed, matches configured series names, and downloads matching items. The official site highlights torrents, NZBs, podcasts, comics, TV, movies, RSS, HTML, CSV, plugins for sites without useful feeds, daemon scheduling, client integration with download applications, and site integration with media metadata services. ### Why package nerds care FlexGet is package-nerd significant because it is a long-lived Python CLI application whose value comes from ecosystem glue: package installation, plugins, YAML config validation, daemonized scheduling, web UI artifacts, Docker/PyPI packaging, and constant maintenance against changing third-party sites. ### Timeline - 2011: Official GitHub repository created. - 2022: Current FlexGet documentation pages were created in the website system. - 2023: 3.11.0 release line includes Python 3.12 support shortly afterward in the changelog. - 2025: 3.18.x release line begins, with frequent maintenance releases through late 2025. - 2026: 3.19.26 released on June 29. ### Related projects - PyPI, Docker Hub, Read the Docs, GitHub Discussions, and Discord are part of the official project distribution and support surface. - Deluge, Transmission, uTorrent, rTorrent, SABnzbd, Trakt, TheTVDB, IMDb, RSS, torrents, NZBs, and YAML are documented adjacent tools, services, formats, or workflows. ### Sources - - - - - - - ## Security Notes formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - formula declares a Homebrew service ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - flexget: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fl/flexget/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - flexget - 3.3.37-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: flexget from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Multipurpose automation tool for downloading media content from different sources | https://flexget.com/ - apk - flexget-pyc - 3.3.37-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: flexget-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for flexget | https://flexget.com/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/flexget.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/flexget.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph