# Install gum with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget Tool for glamorous shell scripts. Version 0.17.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install gum. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gum ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gum ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install gum ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/gum/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add gum ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gum from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install gum ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: gum from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install gum ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gum from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#gum ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gu/gum/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S gum ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: gum from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install gum ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gum from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/gum ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gum.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id charmbracelet.gum -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: charmbracelet.gum from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gum - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.17.0 - **Source summary:** Tool for glamorous shell scripts - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T16:47:26+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - gum (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.17.0 ## Project history and usage Gum is Charmbracelet's command-line toolkit for adding prompts, pickers, spinners, styled output, and other terminal UI pieces to shell scripts without writing a full Go TUI application. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in June 2022 and the v0.1.0 release was published in July 2022. Gum builds on Charmbracelet's Go terminal UI libraries, especially Bubble Tea-related components, Bubbles, and Lip Gloss, but exposes them as composable shell commands. The project fits Charmbracelet's broader line of polished terminal tools by turning reusable TUI primitives into Unix-style commands such as `choose`, `input`, `confirm`, `filter`, `spin`, `style`, `table`, and `write`. ### Adoption history The README documents installs through Homebrew, Arch, Fedora, Nix, Flox, WinGet, Scoop, Debian/Ubuntu, RPM repositories, FreeBSD packages, release archives, and `go install`, which shows that the tool crossed from Go developer circles into general shell-scripting package sets. Because each command writes ordinary stdout/stderr and composes with variables, files, and pipes, Gum was adopted as a small dependency for dotfiles, setup scripts, demos, and internal operations scripts that need friendlier prompts. ### How it is used Gum commands are used directly in shell scripts: `gum choose` selects from choices, `gum input` reads text, `gum confirm` gates an action, `gum filter` narrows lists, and `gum style` formats terminal output. The official tutorial uses a Conventional Commits helper as a representative script. Customization is mostly through command flags and environment variables, keeping the package useful in one-off scripts and shared dotfiles without a separate application framework. ### Why package nerds care Gum is interesting to package maintainers because it packages a Go TUI ecosystem as a single static-ish command suite with broad OS coverage. It also illustrates a modern pattern where a developer-friendly CLI becomes both an end-user utility and a building block for other scripts. For shell users, it replaces many ad hoc `read`, `select`, `fzf`, spinner, and ANSI-formatting snippets with one package whose behavior can be versioned by the system package manager. ### Timeline - 2022: GitHub repository created. - 2022: v0.1.0 release published. ### Related projects - Bubble Tea is Charmbracelet's Go framework for terminal applications. - Bubbles supplies reusable TUI components used by Charmbracelet tools. - Lip Gloss supplies terminal styling primitives used by Gum. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - gum - 0.14.4-1+b6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gum from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tool for glamorous shell scripts 🎀 | https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum - Nix - gum: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gu/gum/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - gum - 0.16.2-r11: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gum from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Highly configurable utilities for writing interactive shell scripts | https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum - apk - gum-bash-completion - 0.16.2-r11: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gum-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for gum | https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum - apk - gum-doc - 0.16.2-r11: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gum-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Highly configurable utilities for writing interactive shell scripts (documentation) | https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum - apk - gum-fish-completion - 0.16.2-r11: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gum-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for gum | https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum - apk - gum-zsh-completion - 0.16.2-r11: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gum-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for gum | https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum - dnf - gum - 0.17.0-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gum from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Tool for glamorous shell scripts | https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum - pacman - gum - 0.17.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: gum from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A tool for glamorous shell scripts | https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum - zypper - gum - 0.16.0-1.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gum from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Tool for glamorous shell scripts | https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum - zypper - gum-bash-completion - 0.16.0-1.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gum-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for gum | https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum - zypper - gum-fish-completion - 0.16.0-1.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gum-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for gum | https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum - zypper - gum-zsh-completion - 0.16.0-1.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gum-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for gum | https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum - MacPorts - gum: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/gum/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/gum: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gum.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - charmbracelet.gum: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: charmbracelet.gum from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gum.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/gum.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph