# Install gbox with Homebrew

Provides environments for AI Agents to operate computer and mobile devices. Version 0.1.20 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-09.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gbox
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gbox
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:gbox
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.1.20
- **Source summary:** Provides environments for AI Agents to operate computer and mobile devices
- **Homepage:** <https://gbox.ai>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/babelcloud/gbox>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-09T17:44:14-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- gbox (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.1.20
## Project history and usage

GBOX is a developer tool for giving AI agents controlled computer and mobile environments. Its official README presents it as a CLI and MCP-oriented system for Android, Linux desktop, browser, and local or cloud device automation.

### Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in March 2025 under the babelcloud organization. The project documentation and README describe the package around AI-agent workflows: installing local dependencies, logging in to gbox.ai, connecting Android devices, and exporting MCP configuration for agent tools.

### Adoption history

GBOX is distributed as a Homebrew formula for macOS users and as the @gbox.ai/cli npm package for Linux and Windows users according to its official README. The repository topics and documentation position it in the emerging AI-agent tooling space rather than as a general-purpose mobile automation framework.

### How it is used

Typical package usage starts with installing the CLI, running setup, logging in, connecting an Android device or cloud environment, and exporting an MCP server configuration for tools such as Claude Code or Cursor. The README also documents browser, desktop, SDK, and Android-device scenarios.

### Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, GBOX is notable as an example of AI-agent tooling that packages more than a command: Go and Node build tooling, Android Debug Bridge, Appium-related dependencies, FRP client support, MCP server export, and cloud-service login all meet at one CLI entry point.

### Timeline

- 2025: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2025: CLI installation documented through Homebrew on macOS and npm on Linux/Windows.
- 2026: Official repository metadata showed the project still in active early development.

### Related projects

- The README connects GBOX to MCP clients such as Claude Code and Cursor, Android tooling such as ADB and Appium, and the @gbox.ai/cli and @gbox.ai/mcp-server npm packages.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/babelcloud/gbox>
- <https://docs.gbox.ai/>
- <https://github.com/babelcloud/gbox>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/babelcloud/gbox/main/README.md>


## Security Notes

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- **Geiger risk:** green / low
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## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
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- cross-ecosystem install command graph