macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gqllocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gqlMacPorts ports tree · devel/gql/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 6993
Install gql with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget
Git Query language is a SQL like language to perform queries on .git files. Version 0.43.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#gql.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gqlnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gq/gql/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/gitqlScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/gitql.json · source: api.github.com
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id amrdeveloper.gitql -eWindows Package Manager source index · amrdeveloper.gitql · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Git Query language is a SQL like language to perform queries on .git files
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gitql
history
Project history and usage
GitQL is a SQL-like query language and CLI for querying local `.git` data. The project also exposes the GitQL SDK, an in-memory query engine that can be adapted to other data sources.
Project history
The repository history begins on 2023-06-02 with commits implementing the base structure and early SELECT, LIMIT, and OFFSET statements. The README describes GitQL as a tool built on the GitQL SDK for SQL-like queries over local Git repositories.
Over time the project expanded from a Git-history query CLI into a reusable SDK with customizable schema, data provider, standard library, type system, value system, and component assembly documentation.
Adoption history
GitQL entered package-manager listings as a Rust-era developer tool for exploring repository metadata without exporting it to a database. The supplied metadata lists Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Scoop, and winget package names.
The official README also links related SDK-based tools, showing adoption of the query engine idea beyond Git data: LLQL, ClangQL, FileQL, and PyQL.
How it is used
Users run SQL-like statements against tables such as commits, branches, refs, tags, and diff changes. README examples include grouping commits by author, filtering refs, ordering branches, and aggregating file-change counts.
The SDK use case is broader: developers can define a schema and provider for a different source of data while reusing GitQL's parser, type system, functions, and query execution pieces.
Why package nerds care
GitQL sits in the same package-manager niche as `jq`, `sqlite-utils`, and other exploratory CLI tools: it gives maintainers and developers an ad hoc query surface over data they already have locally.
Its packaging across desktop package managers matters because Git repositories are local working-set data; installing a single CLI is simpler than standing up an indexed service just to ask a one-off history question.
Timeline
- 2023-06-02: Repository history begins with the first GitQL commits.
- 2023: README license copyright names Amr Hesham.
- 2024-05-18: Project discussion for release 0.19.0 records parser, type-checker, and function work.
- 2025: README copyright range extends through 2025 and lists SDK-based related tools including PyQL.
- 2026-03-09: Repository history records version and dependency update work.
Related projects
- LLQL applies the GitQL SDK idea to LLVM IR/BC.
- ClangQL applies SQL-like querying to C and C++ source code files.
- FileQL applies it to file-system metadata.
- PyQL applies it to Python source code files.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:sql
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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gitql | executable | indexed executable | Discovered 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 version0.43.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gql |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.43.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://amrdeveloper.github.io/GQL/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/AmrDeveloper/GQL |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none 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%
gql
nix profile install nixpkgs#gql- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gql
MacPorts95%
gql
sudo port install gql- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gql
Scoop92%
main/gitql
scoop install main/gitql- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gitql
winget92%
amrdeveloper.gitql
winget install --id amrdeveloper.gitql -e- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gitql
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
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