# Install mise with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget
Polyglot runtime manager (asdf rust clone). Version 2026.8.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-01. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#mise.
## Install
```sh
sudo av install brew:mise
```
## Agent safety answer
mise manages language runtimes and can execute project toolchain hooks.
- **Credential access:** Reads project config, environment variables, and tool-specific credentials.
- **Remote mutation:** Can install runtimes and run configured tasks that call remote systems.
- **Publish/artifact risk:** Can drive build and release commands through tasks.
- **Recommended control:** Gate task execution, plugin installs, and secret-backed commands.
- **Agent-use guidance:** Allow version inspection; require approval for task runs that publish, deploy, or install plugins.
Additional install commands:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install mise
```
Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install mise
```
Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/mise/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add mise
```
Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mise from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#mise
```
Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/mise/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman (92%):
```sh
sudo pacman -S mise
```
Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: mise from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
### Windows
- Chocolatey (92%):
```sh
choco install mise
```
Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: mise from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','microsoft-windows-terminal'
- Scoop (92%):
```sh
scoop install main/mise
```
Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mise.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget (92%):
```sh
winget install --id jdx.mise -e
```
Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: jdx.mise from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
## Package facts
- **Package key:** brew:mise
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2026.8.0
- **Source summary:** Polyglot runtime manager (asdf rust clone)
- **Homepage:**
- **Repository:**
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T21:49:01Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- mise (alias)
## Install behavior
- Bottle: not available
## Freshness
- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2026.8.0
## Project history and usage
mise is a Rust-based developer-environment manager by jdx that grew out of the earlier rtx project. The project's documentation says rtx was renamed to mise to avoid confusion with Nvidia's RTX graphics branding and to make the CLI easier to search for and discuss. Its Homebrew description still captures that origin by calling it a polyglot runtime manager and an asdf Rust clone, while the project README frames the broader scope as dev tools, environment variables, and tasks in one CLI.
### Project history
Technically, mise started in the same problem space as asdf, pyenv, nvm, and direnv: keeping per-project tool versions and environment setup reproducible. It kept compatibility hooks that mattered to asdf users, including .tool-versions files and asdf plugins, but expanded into multiple installation backends such as npm, pipx, core, aqua, and GitHub releases. The documentation emphasizes real executable paths on PATH, optional shell activation, shims for CI and IDE use, and a mise.toml file that can hold tool versions, environment variables, and task definitions together.
### How it is used
In practice, developers use mise to install and switch between runtimes like Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, Terraform, CMake, and many other CLIs, then run project tasks under the same resolved environment. Its package-manager niche is broader than a language-specific version manager and more integrated than a plain task runner: it is installed by Homebrew and other package managers as a single CLI that coordinates tool acquisition, directory-aware environment loading, and repeatable project commands.
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## Security Notes
runtime and toolchain version manager.
- **Geiger risk:** orange / high
- runtime and toolchain version manager
- **Approval gate rules:** 6
## 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
- Unix: mise.local.toml, mise.toml, mise/config.toml, .mise/config.toml, .config/mise.toml, .config/mise/config.toml, .config/mise/conf.d/*.toml, ~/.config/mise/config.toml
## Other Package-Manager Records
- Nix - mise: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/mise/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - mise - 2026.7.12-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mise from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Polyglot runtime and dev tool version manager | https://mise.jdx.dev/
- apk - mise-doc - 2026.7.12-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mise-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Polyglot runtime and dev tool version manager (documentation) | https://mise.jdx.dev/
- pacman - mise - 2026.7.17-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: mise from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | The front-end to your dev env | https://github.com/jdx/mise
- MacPorts - mise: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/mise/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - mise: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: mise from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','microsoft-windows-terminal'
- Scoop - main/mise: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mise.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - jdx.mise: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: jdx.mise from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mise.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/mise.yml)
## Sources
- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- approval-gate seed metadata
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated agent safety answer