# Install jackett with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, Nix, scoop, winget API Support for your favorite torrent trackers. Version 0.24.2323 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-03. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#jackett. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:jackett ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install jackett ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add jackett ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jackett from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#jackett ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ja/jackett/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install jackett ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: jackett from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','intel-network-drivers-win10' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/jackett ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/jackett.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Jackett.Jackett -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Jackett.Jackett from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:jackett - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.24.2323 - **Source summary:** API Support for your favorite torrent trackers - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T07:41:35Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - jackett (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.24.2323 ## Project history and usage Jackett is a tracker-proxy service that translates requests from media automation and search applications into tracker-specific HTTP queries, then returns standardized Torznab or TorrentPotato results. ### Project history The Jackett repository was created in 2015. Its README describes the project as a bridge between applications such as Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, qBittorrent, Mylar3, and other tools and a large maintained collection of torrent tracker integrations. Jackett grew around a simple but maintenance-heavy idea: keep tracker scraping and translation logic in one repository so client applications do not each need to implement every tracker. The README's supported-tracker sections and release feed show a project shaped by continual indexer maintenance rather than occasional large feature drops. ### Adoption history Jackett was adopted in the personal media automation ecosystem because Torznab gave applications a common search API while many trackers lacked a shared interface. Package metadata lists Homebrew, Alpine, Chocolatey, Nix, Scoop, and winget, and the README advertises Docker distribution through linuxserver/jackett, matching a self-hosted-service audience. ### How it is used Users run the jackett service, configure tracker indexers, and point clients at local API URLs such as /api/v2.0/indexers/.../results/torznab with an API key. The README documents recent-upload feeds, searches, aggregate indexers, filters, Torznab query syntax, and tracker capability lookups. ### Why package nerds care Jackett is package-nerd significant because it packages scraper churn as infrastructure. It turns hundreds of tracker-specific parsing rules into one service, making the real package surface an API contract, a config directory, and a rapid release cadence. ### Timeline - 2015: Jackett repository created. - 2010s: Jackett became a bridge for Sonarr/Radarr-style media automation clients and torrent trackers. - 2020s: The project maintained broad OS, Docker, and package-manager distribution. - 2026: The release feed shows frequent 0.24.x service releases. ### Related projects - Related projects and protocols include Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Mylar3, qBittorrent, Torznab, TorrentPotato, FlareSolverr, linuxserver/jackett, and tracker-specific indexer definitions. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - formula declares a Homebrew service ## 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 - Linux: ~/.config/Jackett/ - macOS: ~/.config/Jackett/, ~/Library/Application Support/Jackett/ - Windows: %ProgramData%\Jackett\ ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - jackett: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ja/jackett/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - jackett - 0.24.1815-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jackett from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | API Support for your favorite torrent trackers | https://github.com/Jackett/Jackett - apk - jackett-openrc - 0.24.1815-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jackett-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | API Support for your favorite torrent trackers (OpenRC init scripts) | https://github.com/Jackett/Jackett - Chocolatey - jackett: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: jackett from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','intel-network-drivers-win10' - Scoop - extras/jackett: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/jackett.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - Jackett.Jackett: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Jackett.Jackett from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/jackett.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/jackett.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