brew / rank 3818

Install qman with Homebrew, apk, Nix

Modern man page viewer. Version 1.5.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#qman.

Install command Security notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install qman

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add qman

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · qman · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#qman

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/qm/qman/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Modern man page viewer

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

qman

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`qman`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version1.5.1

manager updated2026-06-22

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:qman
Version	1.5.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/plp13/qman
Repository	https://github.com/plp13/qman
Last updated	2026-06-22T14:06:05-07:00
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

qman

nix profile install nixpkgs#qman

normalized package name match
Matched by: Qman

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

apk95%

qman 1.5.1-r1

Modern man page viewer for the terminal

https://github.com/plp13/qman

sudo apk add qman

License: BSD-2-Clause
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: qman
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Qman

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: qman from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

qman-doc 1.5.1-r1

Modern man page viewer for the terminal (documentation)

https://github.com/plp13/qman

sudo apk add qman-doc

License: BSD-2-Clause
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: qman
normalized package name match
Matched by: Qman

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: qman-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/qman.yml

Used sources

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