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Install gitoxide with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop

Idiomatic, lean, fast & safe pure Rust implementation of Git. Version 0.56.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-23. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#gitoxide.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gitoxide

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gitoxide

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

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add gitoxide

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

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gitoxide

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

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S gitoxide

Arch Linux sync databases · gitoxide · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install gitoxide

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gitoxide · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/gitoxide

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

overview

Package summary

Idiomatic, lean, fast & safe pure Rust implementation of Git

Commands and aliases

  • ein
  • gix

history

Project history and usage

gitoxide is a pure Rust implementation of Git, packaged both as command-line tools and as a library-oriented workspace. The project emphasizes correctness, performance, and a developer experience that Rust applications can embed without shelling out to Git.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in June 2018. Over time, the project evolved from the `gitoxide` command-line package into a workspace centered on the `gix` crate, with lower-level crates for Git objects, refs, configuration, transport, indexes, ignore rules, worktrees, status, and related plumbing.

Adoption history

The project is significant in the Rust ecosystem because it offers Git functionality as native Rust crates. The README describes `gix` as the application entry point and treats the `gix` and `ein` binaries as development tools for exercising the API in real repositories.

How it is used

Practitioners use gitoxide in two main ways: Rust developers depend on `gix` and its component crates to read and manipulate repositories, while CLI users and packagers install `gitoxide` to experiment with the `gix` and `ein` binaries. The README warns that the command-line tools may remain unstable, so library use is the steadier integration path.

Why package nerds care

Package maintainers care about gitoxide because it is both a CLI package and a large Rust crate graph. Its README documents multiple build profiles, Homebrew and Arch installation, Cargo installation, binary releases, and feature choices such as `max-pure` and `lean`, making it a useful case study in packaging Rust applications with optional native dependencies.

Timeline

  • 2018: Repository created on GitHub.
  • 2020: `gitoxide` crate published on crates.io.
  • 2023: `gix` crate published as the library entry point.
  • 2020s: Project distributed through Cargo, binary releases, Homebrew, Arch Linux, and other package managers.

Related projects

  • gitoxide is related to Git itself, libgit2-style embedding use cases, and Rust applications that need repository access through crates rather than subprocess calls.

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
einexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
gixexecutableindexed 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 version0.56.0
manager updated2026-07-23
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gitoxide
Version0.56.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide
Repositoryhttps://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide
Last updated2026-07-23T16:17:51Z
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%

gitoxide

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

gitoxide 0.14.0-r1

An idiomatic, lean, fast & safe pure Rust implementation of Git

https://github.com/Byron/gitoxide

sudo apk add gitoxide
  • License: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gitoxide
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gitoxide
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gitoxide from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

gitoxide 0.56.0-1

An idiomatic, lean, fast & safe pure Rust implementation of Git

https://github.com/Byron/gitoxide

sudo pacman -S gitoxide
  • License: MIT AND Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gitoxide
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: gitoxide from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

gitoxide 0.50.0-1.4

An idiomatic & safe pure-Rust implementation of Git

https://github.com/Byron/gitoxide

sudo zypper install gitoxide
  • License: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
  • Category: Development/Tools/Version Control
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gitoxide
  • 7 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gitoxide
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gitoxide from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

gitoxide

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

main/gitoxide

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

package graph

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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 package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • pkg.so package database
  • pkgdb category and tag curation