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Install git-bug with Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop

Distributed, offline-first bug tracker embedded in git, with bridges. Version 0.10.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#git-bug.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install git-bug

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add git-bug

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · git-bug · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-bug

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/git-bug/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S git-bug

Arch Linux sync databases · git-bug · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install git-bug

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · git-bug · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/git-bug

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/git-bug.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Distributed, offline-first bug tracker embedded in git, with bridges

Commands and aliases

  • git-bug

history

Project history and usage

git-bug is a decentralized issue tracker that stores issues, comments, identities, and related metadata as Git objects inside a repository. Its project framing follows a long-running Git culture idea: project state should be portable with the repository rather than locked inside a single hosted forge.

Project history

The project was initially built by Michael Mure and later organized under the git-bug project on GitHub. Public release history shows a 0.2.0 release in 2018, several 0.x releases through 2020 and 2022, and renewed 0.8 to 0.10 releases in 2025, indicating a tool that evolved from a distributed issue-storage experiment into a CLI, TUI, and web-interface workflow.

Adoption history

Adoption has centered on developers who want issue data to travel with a Git repository and who need offline access. The project documents bridges for GitHub, GitLab, Jira, and Launchpad, making it useful as a local archive and synchronization layer rather than only as a replacement issue tracker.

How it is used

Practitioners use git-bug inside an existing repository to create, query, edit, and synchronize issues. Bridge users configure a third-party service, pull issues into the repository-backed store, work on them offline through the CLI, TUI, or web UI, then push changes back to the forge.

Why package nerds care

For package users, git-bug is interesting because it treats issue tracking as a Git-native data problem. It fits the same offline-first, clone-and-sync model that made distributed version control attractive, while still acknowledging hosted issue trackers through bridge support.

Timeline

  • 2018: 0.2.0 release documented in the changelog.
  • 2020: 0.7.x releases continued the early 0.x line.
  • 2025: 0.8.1, 0.9.0, and 0.10.x releases documented renewed CLI and web UI work.

Related projects

  • git-bug relates to hosted issue trackers such as GitHub Issues, GitLab Issues, Jira, and Launchpad through its bridge system.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
git-bugexecutableindexed 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 version0.10.1
manager updated2026-07-27
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:git-bug
Version0.10.1
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/git-bug/git-bug
Repositoryhttps://github.com/git-bug/git-bug
Last updated2026-07-27T16:47:23+02:00
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%

git-bug

nix profile install nixpkgs#git-bug
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Bug
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-bug/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

git-bug 0.8.1-r12

Distributed, offline-first bug tracker embedded in git, with bridges

https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug

sudo apk add git-bug
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: git-bug
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Bug
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-bug from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

git-bug-bash-completion 0.8.1-r12

Bash completions for git-bug

https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug

sudo apk add git-bug-bash-completion
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: git-bug
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Bug
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-bug-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

git-bug-doc 0.8.1-r12

Distributed, offline-first bug tracker embedded in git, with bridges (documentation)

https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug

sudo apk add git-bug-doc
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: git-bug
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Bug
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-bug-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

git-bug-fish-completion 0.8.1-r12

Fish completions for git-bug

https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug

sudo apk add git-bug-fish-completion
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: git-bug
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Bug
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-bug-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

git-bug-zsh-completion 0.8.1-r12

Zsh completions for git-bug

https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug

sudo apk add git-bug-zsh-completion
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: git-bug
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Bug
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-bug-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

git-bug 0.10.1-2

Distributed, offline-first bug tracker embedded in git, with bridges

https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug

sudo pacman -S git-bug
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Bug
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: git-bug from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

git-bug 0.10.1-6.3

Distributed, offline-first bug tracker embedded in git, with bridges

https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug

sudo zypper install git-bug
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: git-bug
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Bug
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: git-bug from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

git-bug-bash-completion 0.10.1-6.3

Bash completion for git-bug

https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug

sudo zypper install git-bug-bash-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: git-bug
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Bug
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: git-bug-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

git-bug-fish-completion 0.10.1-6.3

Fish completion for git-bug

https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug

sudo zypper install git-bug-fish-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: git-bug
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Bug
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: git-bug-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

git-bug-zsh-completion 0.10.1-6.3

ZSH completion for git-bug

https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug

sudo zypper install git-bug-zsh-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Productivity/File utilities
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: git-bug
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Bug
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: git-bug-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
Scoop95%

main/git-bug

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

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