# Install gammu with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman

Command-line utility to control a phone. Version 1.43.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install gammu.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gammu
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gammu
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add gammu
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gammu from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install gammu
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: gammu from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install gammu
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gammu from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gammu
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S gammu
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: gammu from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:gammu
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.43.3
- **Source summary:** Command-line utility to control a phone
- **Homepage:** <https://wammu.eu/gammu/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/gammu/gammu>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T18:16:57Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- gammu (alias)
- gammu-config (alias)
- gammu-detect (alias)
- gammu-smsd (alias)
- gammu-smsd-inject (alias)
- gammu-smsd-monitor (alias)
- jadmaker (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.43.3
## Project history and usage

Gammu is a command-line utility and library family for controlling mobile phones, especially AT-compatible and Nokia phones, with features for calls, SMS, MMS, phonebooks, calendars, files, and SMS daemon operation.

### Project history

The official manual describes Gammu as a project providing an abstraction layer for cell-phone access. It was initiated by Marcin Wiacek and others, originally based on the Gnokii and MyGnokii projects, and was formerly called MyGnokii2 up to version 0.58.

The project later became the Gammu and Wammu family: Gammu for the command-line utility and core library, libGammu for C API access, python-gammu for Python bindings, Wammu for the graphical frontend, and SMSD for SMS daemon use. The documentation identifies Michal Cihar as current project lead with help from contributors.

### Adoption history

Gammu's adoption is rooted in the pre-smartphone and GSM-modem era, where scripts, servers, and desktop tools needed a portable way to talk to phones. The official site maintains a phone database and documentation for Gammu, SMSD, Wammu, python-gammu, and libGammu.

The input package facts show Gammu packaged across Alpine, Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, Nix, Arch, and Ubuntu, reflecting its long life as a Unix-friendly hardware and SMS utility.

### How it is used

Users configure a phone connection in gammurc-style files, then run gammu to list or initiate calls, retrieve and send SMS, back up data, manage phonebooks, work with calendars, and use supported phone features. SMSD provides a daemon mode for SMS gateway workflows.

### Why package nerds care

Gammu is historically important to system packagers because it packages a hardware-facing CLI, daemon, shared library, Python bindings, documentation, config-file conventions, and many phone protocols. It is a classic example of a Unix hardware bridge whose usefulness depends on distribution integration as much as upstream code.

### Timeline

- Pre-0.58: Project known as MyGnokii2.
- 2003: Wammu/Gammu website copyright history begins.
- 2009: Sphinx manual copyright history begins.
- 2026: Gammu 1.43.x releases published on GitHub.

### Related projects

- Gnokii and MyGnokii were predecessors that influenced Gammu.
- Wammu is the graphical frontend in the same project family.
- libGammu exposes the C API.
- python-gammu exposes Gammu functionality to Python.
- Gammu SMSD is the related SMS daemon.

### Sources

- <https://docs.gammu.org/>
- <https://docs.gammu.org/project/index.html>
- <https://github.com/gammu/gammu>
- <https://github.com/gammu/gammu/releases>
- <https://wammu.eu/gammu/>


## 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: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gammu/config, ~/.config/gammu/config, ~/.gammurc, /etc/gammurc, /etc/gammu-smsdrc
- Windows: %PROFILE%\Application Data\gammurc, .\gammurc
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - gammu - 1.42.0-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gammu from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | mobile phone management utility | https://wammu.eu/gammu/
- Debian apt - gammu-doc - 1.42.0-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gammu-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Gammu Manual | https://wammu.eu/gammu/
- Debian apt - gammu-smsd - 1.42.0-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gammu-smsd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | SMS message daemon | https://wammu.eu/gammu/
- Debian apt - libgammu-dev - 1.42.0-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgammu-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | mobile phone management library (development files) | https://wammu.eu/gammu/
- Debian apt - libgammu-i18n - 1.42.0-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgammu-i18n from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | mobile phone management library (i18n files) | https://wammu.eu/gammu/
- Debian apt - libgammu8t64 - 1.42.0-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgammu8t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | mobile phone management library | https://wammu.eu/gammu/
- Debian apt - libgsmsd8t64 - 1.42.0-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgsmsd8t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | SMS daemon helper library | https://wammu.eu/gammu/
- Nix - gammu: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ga/gammu/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - gammu - 1.42.0-8.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gammu from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | mobile phone management utility | https://wammu.eu/gammu/
- Ubuntu apt - gammu-doc - 1.42.0-8.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gammu-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Gammu Manual | https://wammu.eu/gammu/
- Ubuntu apt - gammu-smsd - 1.42.0-8.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gammu-smsd from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | SMS message daemon | https://wammu.eu/gammu/
- Ubuntu apt - libgammu-dev - 1.42.0-8.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgammu-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | mobile phone management library (development files) | https://wammu.eu/gammu/
- Ubuntu apt - libgammu-i18n - 1.42.0-8.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgammu-i18n from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | mobile phone management library (i18n files) | https://wammu.eu/gammu/
- Ubuntu apt - libgammu8t64 - 1.42.0-8.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgammu8t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | mobile phone management library | https://wammu.eu/gammu/
- Ubuntu apt - libgsmsd8t64 - 1.42.0-8.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgsmsd8t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | SMS daemon helper library | https://wammu.eu/gammu/
- apk - gammu - 1.42.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gammu from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Gammu provides an abstraction layer for cell phones access | https://wammu.eu/


## Combined YAML source

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