# Install plakar with Homebrew, apk, Nix, scoop

Create backups with compression, encryption and deduplication. Version 1.1.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-28. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#plakar.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:plakar
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install plakar
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add plakar
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: plakar from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#plakar
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/plakar
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/plakar.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:plakar
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1.4
- **Source summary:** Create backups with compression, encryption and deduplication
- **Homepage:** <https://plakar.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/PlakarKorp/plakar>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-28T14:09:02+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- plakar (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.1.4

## 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: ~/.config/plakar/destinations.yml, ~/.config/plakar/sources.yml, ~/.config/plakar/stores.yml

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.config/plakar/destinations.yml, ~/.config/plakar/sources.yml, ~/.config/plakar/stores.yml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - plakar: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pl/plakar/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - plakar - 1.1.4-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: plakar from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | backup solution powered by Kloset and ptar | https://plakar.io/
- apk - plakar-doc - 1.1.4-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: plakar-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | backup solution powered by Kloset and ptar (documentation) | https://plakar.io/
- Scoop - extras/plakar: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/plakar.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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