# Install skate with Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman, winget

Personal key value store. Version 1.0.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#skate.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:skate
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install skate
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add skate
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#skate
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S skate
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: skate from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id charmbracelet.skate -e
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:skate
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Source summary:** Personal key value store
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/charmbracelet/skate>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/charmbracelet/skate>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T04:03:40+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- skate (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.0.1

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - skate: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sk/skate/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - skate - 1.0.1-r13: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: skate from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A personal key value store | https://github.com/charmbracelet/skate
- apk - skate-bash-completion - 1.0.1-r13: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: skate-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for skate | https://github.com/charmbracelet/skate
- apk - skate-doc - 1.0.1-r13: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: skate-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A personal key value store (documentation) | https://github.com/charmbracelet/skate
- apk - skate-fish-completion - 1.0.1-r13: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: skate-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for skate | https://github.com/charmbracelet/skate
- apk - skate-zsh-completion - 1.0.1-r13: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: skate-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for skate | https://github.com/charmbracelet/skate
- pacman - skate - 1.0.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: skate from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A personal key value store | https://github.com/charmbracelet/skate
- winget - charmbracelet.skate: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: charmbracelet.skate from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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