# Install privatebin-cli with Homebrew, apt, Nix

CLI for creating and managing PrivateBin pastes. Version 2.2.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install privatebin-cli.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:privatebin-cli
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install privatebin-cli
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install privatebin-cli
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#privatebin
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:privatebin-cli
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.2.1
- **Source summary:** CLI for creating and managing PrivateBin pastes
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/gearnode/privatebin>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/gearnode/privatebin>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-29T22:58:17+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- privatebin (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.2.1

## 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

- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/privatebin/config.json
- Unix: ~/.config/privatebin/config.json, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/privatebin/config.json, $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/privatebin/config.json
- Windows: %AppData%\privatebin\config.json

## Credential files

- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/privatebin/config.json
- Unix: ~/.config/privatebin/config.json, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/privatebin/config.json, $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/privatebin/config.json
- Windows: %AppData%\privatebin\config.json
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - privatebin-cli - 2.0.2-1+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: privatebin-cli from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Powerful CLI for creating and managing PrivateBin pastes with ease | https://github.com/gearnode/privatebin
- Nix - privatebin: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/privatebin/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/privatebin-cli.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/privatebin-cli.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