# Install gocheat with Homebrew, Nix

TUI Cheatsheet for keybindings, hotkeys and more. Version 0.1.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#gocheat.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gocheat
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gocheat
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gocheat
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:gocheat
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.1.1
- **Source summary:** TUI Cheatsheet for keybindings, hotkeys and more
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Achno/gocheat>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Achno/gocheat>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T20:55:24-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- gocheat (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.1.1
## Project history and usage

gocheat is a terminal UI cheatsheet app for remembering keybindings, hotkeys, aliases, and similar short notes. It is a small productivity package built around fast lookup, fuzzy filtering, tags, and direct editing from the TUI.

### Project history

The public repository was created in August 2024. The README explains the motivation plainly: the author had many keybinds and aliases to remember and wanted a way to look them up in seconds. The first GitHub release, v0.1.0, was published on August 25, 2024, followed by v0.1.1 on September 10, 2024.

### Adoption history

gocheat is young and lightweight, so its adoption record is correspondingly modest. It is packaged for Homebrew as brew:gocheat, appears in the input facts as also mapped to Nix, and its README documents Arch AUR installation, source builds, and go install.

### How it is used

Users launch the TUI, add entries for keybindings or aliases, filter by text or tag, and edit the JSON configuration directly at ~/.config/gocheat/config.json when preferred. The README documents keyboard actions for adding, deleting, filtering, switching tag mode, showing tags, and exiting.

### Why package nerds care

The package is a tidy example of the Bubble Tea-era terminal-app trend: a single Go binary wraps a personal text database with a polished TUI, then package managers distribute it like any other small CLI. Its significance is local productivity rather than ecosystem infrastructure.

### Timeline

- 2024-08-21: Public GitHub repository created
- 2024-08-25: v0.1.0 initial release published
- 2024-09-10: v0.1.1 release published
- 2024: README documents AUR, source-build, and go install workflows

### Related projects

- gocheat is related by workflow to cheat-sheet and command-reference CLIs, but its interface is closer to modern Go TUIs built with Bubble Tea-style libraries.
- It is adjacent to personal knowledge and keybinding helpers rather than team documentation systems.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/Achno/gocheat>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/Achno/gocheat/releases?per_page=10>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gocheat>
- <https://github.com/Achno/gocheat>


## 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: ~/.config/gocheat/config.json
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - gocheat: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/gocheat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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