# Install shimmy with Homebrew

Small local inference server with OpenAI-compatible GGUF endpoints. Version 2.3.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-24.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:shimmy
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install shimmy
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:shimmy
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.3.3
- **Source summary:** Small local inference server with OpenAI-compatible GGUF endpoints
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Michael-A-Kuykendall/shimmy>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Michael-A-Kuykendall/shimmy>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24T22:28:28Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- create_realistic_safetensors (alias)
- create_test_safetensors (alias)
- shimmy (alias)
- test_real_safetensors (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.3.3

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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