macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install komaclocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / rank 7125
Install komac with Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget
Community Manifest Creator for Windows Package Manager (WinGet). Version 2.16.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#komac.
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Additional install commands
Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#komacnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ko/komac/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install extras/komacScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/komac.json · source: api.github.com
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id RussellBanks.Komac -eWindows Package Manager source index · RussellBanks.Komac · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Community Manifest Creator for Windows Package Manager (WinGet)
Project links
Commands and aliases
- komac
history
Project history and usage
Komac is a Rust command-line tool for creating, updating, and submitting manifests to Microsoft's Windows Package Manager community repository. Its package-nerd niche is the automation layer around WinGet packaging: it analyzes installer formats, generates manifest data, and can submit pull requests rather than asking maintainers to hand-edit YAML.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created on 2022-11-01 and describes Komac as the Community Manifest Creator for WinGet. Public releases began with a nightly release on 2023-01-28 and a v1.0.0 release on 2023-02-10.
Adoption history
Komac grew around the operational pain of maintaining winget-pkgs manifests. Its README positions it against WingetCreate and YamlCreate, emphasizing cross-platform operation, deeper installer analysis, release-note retrieval, and working without a local winget-pkgs clone.
How it is used
Users run commands such as `komac new`, `komac update`, `komac remove`, and `komac sync` to create manifests, add package versions, remove versions, or synchronize a fork of winget-pkgs. The README also documents GitHub token setup for submitting pull requests to winget-pkgs.
Why package nerds care
Komac matters to package maintainers because it turns Windows package manifest work into a reproducible CLI flow, including installer introspection for formats such as Inno Setup, NSIS, MSI, Burn, and MSIX.
Timeline
- 2022-11-01: GitHub repository created.
- 2023-01-28: Nightly release published.
- 2023-02-10: v1.0.0 release published.
Related projects
- Komac is related to Microsoft's winget-pkgs repository, WingetCreate, YamlCreate, WinGet Releaser, and GitHub Actions that call Komac during release publishing.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: orange
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
Why
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal
Signals
- text:package manager
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
komac | 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 version2.16.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:komac |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.16.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/russellbanks/Komac |
| Repository | https://github.com/russellbanks/Komac |
| 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%
komac
nix profile install nixpkgs#komac- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Komac
Scoop95%
extras/komac
scoop install extras/komac- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Komac
winget95%
RussellBanks.Komac
winget install --id RussellBanks.Komac -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Komac
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