# Install standardebooks with Homebrew

Tools for producing ebook files. Version 4.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-01.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:standardebooks
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install standardebooks
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:standardebooks
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.0.0
- **Source summary:** Tools for producing ebook files
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/standardebooks/tools>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/standardebooks/tools>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-01T22:17:31Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- se (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.0.0
## Project history and usage

Standard Ebooks Tools is the command-line toolset used by Standard Ebooks to produce ebook files. It packages EPUB production, linting, typography, metadata, and build tasks behind the `se` executable.

### Project history

The official repository describes the project as the toolset Standard Ebooks uses to produce its ebook files, including basic setup, text processing, and build tools. Rather than being a general ebook reader or library, it is a production toolkit for contributors working in the Standard Ebooks source layout.

### Adoption history

The toolset is distributed for contributors and developers through Homebrew on macOS and pipx-oriented instructions on Linux and other Unix-like systems. The README also documents shell completions and editable installs, placing it squarely in command-line contributor workflow rather than end-user publishing software.

### How it is used

Installing the package provides the `se` command. Common commands include `se lint`, `se build`, `se clean`, `se typogrify`, `se prepare-release`, and many small text or EPUB maintenance utilities.

### Why package nerds care

Package maintainers care about it because it turns a highly opinionated publishing workflow into a reproducible CLI. It is a concrete example of a project-specific toolchain that still earns a system package because contributors need the same executable, completions, dependencies, and config paths.

### Timeline

- 2017: Public GitHub issue history shows the toolset in active use for Standard Ebooks EPUB production.
- 2026: README documents Homebrew installation, pipx installation, shell completions, and configuration paths.

### Related projects

- The tools are tied to the Standard Ebooks corpus and source directory format, and optionally integrate Ace checking during `se build --check`.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/standardebooks/tools README: describes the toolset, `se` executable, installation paths, commands, corpus workflow, and configuration.>
- <https://standardebooks.org/manual/: Standard Ebooks manual references `se` tools such as `se lint`, `se clean`, and `se build-manifest`.>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for standardebooks. 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

- Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/se/configuration.xml, ~/.config/se/configuration.xml
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/se/configuration.xml
- Windows: ~\AppData\Roaming\se\configuration.xml

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph