macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install meta-package-managerlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install meta-package-managerMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/meta-package-manager/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 3009
Install meta-package-manager with Homebrew, MacPorts, scoop
Wrapper around all package managers with a unifying CLI. Version 7.4.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29. Also installable with macports: sudo port install meta-package-manager.
install
Additional install commands
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/meta-package-managerScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/meta-package-manager.json · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Wrapper around all package managers with a unifying CLI
Project links
Commands and aliases
- meta-package-manager
- mpm
history
Project history and usage
Meta Package Manager, commonly invoked as mpm, is a unifying command-line wrapper around many native package managers. The project is maintained by kdeldycke and describes itself as a package-manager analogue to yt-dlp: one CLI that discovers package managers on the machine and normalizes common operations such as listing installed packages, searching, installing, removing, syncing metadata, upgrading, and exporting package inventories.
Project history
The tool's history is tied less to one platform than to the long-standing problem of machines accumulating several package ecosystems at once. Its documentation and README show support across macOS, Linux, Windows, BSD-like systems, and managers including apt, brew, cargo, dnf, flatpak, gem, npm, pacman, pip, pipx, scoop, snap, winget, yarn, zypper, and others, with support varying by operation. Release notes and documentation also emphasize backup and restore manifests, release-age cooldowns as a supply-chain mitigation, and cross-platform standalone binaries.
Adoption history
In practice, mpm is a power-user and fleet-maintenance tool: it is useful when a workstation has Homebrew, pipx, npm, cargo, and OS packages side by side and the user wants one inventory or upgrade command. It sits near tools such as PackageKit, Ansible package modules, or platform-specific wrappers, but its niche is an interactive and scriptable local CLI rather than a configuration-management system.
How it is used
Homebrew and Scoop packaging reflect that niche: users install mpm through one package manager so it can inspect and orchestrate many others.
Sources
- https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/meta-package-manager
- https://github.com/kdeldycke/meta-package-manager
- https://github.com/kdeldycke/meta-package-manager/blob/main/readme.md
- https://github.com/kdeldycke/meta-package-manager/releases
- https://kdeldycke.github.io/meta-package-manager/install.html
- https://pypi.org/project/meta-package-manager/5.7.0/
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.
local files
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
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- macOS
pyproject.toml~/Library/Application Support/mpm/config.toml- Unix
pyproject.toml~/.config/mpm/config.toml- Windows
pyproject.toml%APPDATA%\mpm\config.toml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
meta-package-manager | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mpm | 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 version7.4.1
manager updated2026-07-29
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:meta-package-manager |
|---|---|
| Version | 7.4.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://kdeldycke.github.io/meta-package-manager/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/kdeldycke/meta-package-manager |
| Last updated | 2026-07-29T22:16:24Z |
| 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.
MacPorts95%
meta-package-manager
sudo port install meta-package-manager- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Meta Package Manager
Scoop95%
main/meta-package-manager
scoop install main/meta-package-manager- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Meta Package Manager
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 configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation