# Install promptfoo with Homebrew, Nix, winget

Test your LLM app locally. Version 0.121.20 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-01. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#promptfoo.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:promptfoo
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install promptfoo
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#promptfoo
```

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

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Microsoft.Promptflow -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Microsoft.Promptflow from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:promptfoo
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.121.20
- **Source summary:** Test your LLM app locally
- **Homepage:** <https://promptfoo.dev/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T07:56:23Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pf (alias)
- promptfoo (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.121.20

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for promptfoo. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## 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: promptfooconfig.yaml

## Credential files

- Unix: .env
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - promptfoo: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/promptfoo/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Microsoft.Promptflow: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: Microsoft.Promptflow from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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