# Install reflex with Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix

Run a command when files change. Version 0.3.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install reflex.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:reflex
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install reflex
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install reflex
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/reflex/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add reflex
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install reflex
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#reflex
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:reflex
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.3.2
- **Source summary:** Run a command when files change
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/cespare/reflex>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/cespare/reflex>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T19:03:00+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- reflex (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.3.2

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - reflex - 0.3.1-1+b17: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: reflex from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Run a command when files change | https://github.com/cespare/reflex
- Nix - reflex: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/re/reflex/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - reflex - 0.3.1-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: reflex from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Run a command when files change | https://github.com/cespare/reflex
- apk - reflex - 20260131-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: reflex from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Relocalizable fast lexical scanner | https://invisible-island.net/reflex/
- apk - reflex-dev - 20260131-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: reflex-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Relocalizable fast lexical scanner (development files) | https://invisible-island.net/reflex/
- apk - reflex-doc - 20260131-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: reflex-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Relocalizable fast lexical scanner (documentation) | https://invisible-island.net/reflex/
- MacPorts - reflex: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/reflex/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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