# Install intermodal with Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget

Command-line utility for BitTorrent torrent file creation, verification, etc. Version 0.1.16 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#intermodal.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:intermodal
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install intermodal
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#intermodal
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/intermodal
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/intermodal.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Casey.Intermodal -e
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:intermodal
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.1.16
- **Source summary:** Command-line utility for BitTorrent torrent file creation, verification, etc.
- **Homepage:** <https://imdl.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/casey/intermodal>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- imdl (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.1.16
## Project history and usage

Intermodal is Casey Rodarmor's Rust command-line utility for BitTorrent metainfo work. The installed binary is `imdl`, and the official README describes it as a user-friendly utility for creating, viewing, verifying, and otherwise working with `.torrent` files.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in May 2019, and early release metadata shows the first 0.0.x and 0.1.x releases in 2020. Rodarmor announced the project in September 2020 as a BitTorrent metainfo utility and as part of a broader idea: improving decentralized content sharing through better metadata, tooling, and eventual standards.

### Adoption history

Intermodal is distributed as a Rust crate and through package managers including Homebrew, Nix, Scoop, winget, and Arch/Void channels documented by the project. Its small install footprint made it appealing as a standalone alternative to torrent-client-specific metadata commands.

### How it is used

The mdBook documents `imdl torrent` subcommands for creating torrents, dumping bencode, creating torrents from magnet links, showing torrent metadata, verifying downloaded content, generating magnet links, and selecting piece lengths. The README also documents completions, man-page generation, and release artifacts for packagers.

### Why package nerds care

Intermodal is package-nerd catnip because it separates BitTorrent metainfo operations from full BitTorrent clients. It packages the boring but important parts of torrent distribution: reproducible `.torrent` creation, inspection, verification, shell completions, and generated docs, all in one Rust binary.

### Timeline

- 2019: The GitHub repository was created.
- 2020: The v0.0.1 and v0.1.x releases established the `imdl` CLI.
- 2020: Rodarmor published the Intermodal project announcement and goals.
- 2026: Development and packaging metadata continued around the 0.1 release line.

### Related projects

- Intermodal overlaps with BitTorrent client utilities such as Transmission's metadata tools, torrenttools, and bencode inspectors, but it focuses on metainfo packaging rather than peer-to-peer transfer.

### Sources

- Official README, official mdBook, author project announcement, GitHub release metadata, GitHub repository metadata, and Homebrew formula metadata.


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - intermodal: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/in/intermodal/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/intermodal: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/intermodal.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Casey.Intermodal: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Casey.Intermodal from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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