# Install gup with Homebrew, Nix, winget

Update binaries installed by go install. Version 1.7.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#gup.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gup
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gup
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gup
```

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

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id nao1215.gup -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: nao1215.gup from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:gup
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.7.1
- **Source summary:** Update binaries installed by go install
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/nao1215/gup>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/nao1215/gup>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T14:57:53+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- gup (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.7.1
## Project history and usage

gup is a Go command-line tool that manages binaries installed into `$GOBIN` or `$GOPATH/bin`, filling the gap between `go install` as an installer and the day-to-day need to list, update, pin, export, import, remove, and migrate global Go tools.

### Project history

The repository was created in February 2022 and an early v0.7.0 release was published in March 2022. The README frames the project around a specific Go packaging pain point: `go install` places binaries in the user's Go binary directory but does not keep a manifest or provide update management.

Over time, gup grew beyond parallel updates into a small toolset manager. Its README documents pinning exact versions, exporting and importing a `gup.json` tool manifest, migrating tools to a new binary directory, JSON output for automation, and release integrity metadata such as signed checksums, SBOMs, and build provenance.

### Adoption history

The README documents installation through Homebrew, WinGet, mise, Nix, aqua, release packages, release binaries, and `go install`, showing that gup is packaged both as a Go-native tool and as an OS/package-manager utility.

Its adoption is tied to the Go module era, where many developers install developer tools with `go install module@version` but still want package-manager-like operations over the resulting binaries.

### How it is used

Typical usage is `gup update` to update every managed binary, `gup check` to report available updates, `gup list` to show installed command metadata, `gup pin` and `gup unpin` to control versions, and `gup export` or `gup import` to reproduce a tool set.

The `gup.json` manifest matters for packaging culture because it gives global Go tools a portable inventory that `go install` itself does not maintain.

### Why package nerds care

gup is package-nerd catnip because it treats `$GOBIN` like a lightweight package database without trying to replace Go's module installer. It adds just enough inventory, version selection, and parallel update behavior around existing Go commands.

It also highlights the difference between language-level installers and system package managers: `go install` can build a binary, but tools like gup provide the maintenance loop users expect from package managers.

### Timeline

- 2022: GitHub repository created.
- 2022: v0.7.0 release published.

### Related projects

- The Go command provides the `go install` behavior that gup wraps.
- aqua, mise, Nix, Homebrew, and WinGet are documented installation paths.
- Tools such as gopls, golangci-lint, and lazygit are representative binaries users manage under `$GOBIN`.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/nao1215/gup>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/nao1215/gup/releases?per_page=100>
- <https://github.com/nao1215/gup>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nao1215/gup/main/README.md>


## 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: gup.json
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - gup: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gu/gup/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - nao1215.gup: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: nao1215.gup from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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