# Install peru with Homebrew, Nix

Dependency retriever for version control and archives. Version 1.3.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#peru.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:peru
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install peru
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#peru
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pe/peru/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:peru
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.3.5
- **Source summary:** Dependency retriever for version control and archives
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/buildinspace/peru>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/buildinspace/peru>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- peru (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.3.5

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## 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: peru.yaml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - peru: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pe/peru/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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