# Install pelican with Homebrew, apt, pacman, dnf

Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax. Version 4.12.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-22. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install pelican.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pelican
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pelican
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install pelican
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: pelican from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S pelican
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: pelican from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install python3-pelican
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-pelican from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pelican
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.12.0
- **Source summary:** Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax
- **Homepage:** <https://getpelican.com/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-22T11:11:14Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pelican (alias)
- pelican-import (alias)
- pelican-plugins (alias)
- pelican-quickstart (alias)
- pelican-themes (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.12.0

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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: pelicanconf.py, publishconf.py
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - pelican - 4.11.0+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pelican from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | blog aware, static website generator | https://getpelican.com/
- Debian apt - pelican-doc - 4.11.0+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pelican-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | blog aware, static website generator (documentation) | https://getpelican.com/
- Ubuntu apt - pelican - 4.9.1+dfsg-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pelican from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | blog aware, static website generator | https://getpelican.com/
- Ubuntu apt - pelican-doc - 4.9.1+dfsg-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pelican-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | blog aware, static website generator (documentation) | https://getpelican.com/
- dnf - python3-pelican - 4.12.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-pelican from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A tool to generate a static blog from reStructuredText or Markdown input files | http://getpelican.com
- pacman - pelican - 4.11.0-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: pelican from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A tool to generate a static blog, with restructured text (or markdown) input files. | https://blog.getpelican.com/


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pelican.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/pelican.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph