macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
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Install leaps with Homebrew, Nix
Collaborative web-based text editing service written in Golang. Version 0.9.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#leaps.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#leapsnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/le/leaps/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Collaborative web-based text editing service written in Golang
Project links
Commands and aliases
- leaps
history
Project history and usage
leaps is a Go service for collaboratively editing local files through a web UI, using operational transforms to synchronize multiple editing clients.
Project history
The repository presents leaps as a pair-programming service built around operational transforms. Public tags show active release work in 2017 and a dependency-maintenance tag in 2021.
Adoption history
Adoption appears niche but visible in package-manager collections: the repository listed hundreds of GitHub stars in July 2026, and Homebrew and Nix package it as a self-hostable collaborative text-editing service.
How it is used
The intended workflow is to run the service locally and allow collaborators to edit local files through the browser, with operational transforms preventing edit collisions across connected clients.
Why package nerds care
leaps is interesting to package nerds as an early Go implementation of collaborative text editing packaged as a standalone CLI/service rather than as an editor plugin or hosted web application.
Timeline
- 2017-04-28: v0.6.0 tag published.
- 2017-07-14: v0.8.2 tag added a discard flag for safe mode.
- 2018-02-19: v0.9.0 tag transitioned the project to dep.
- 2021-02-22: v0.9.1 tag fixed dependencies.
Related projects
- Related tools and concepts include operational transforms, ShareDB, Etherpad, Codeshare-style pair-programming services, editor collaboration plugins, and later CRDT-based collaboration systems.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
leaps | 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 version0.9.1
manager updated2026-07-26
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:leaps |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/jeffail/leaps |
| Repository | https://github.com/jeffail/leaps |
| Last updated | 2026-07-26T13:41:00+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| 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%
leaps
nix profile install nixpkgs#leaps- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Leaps
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