macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install sugarjarlocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install sugarjar with Homebrew, apt, dnf
Helper utility for a better Git/GitHub experience. Version 3.0.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install sugarjar.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install sugarjarDebian stable package indexes · sugarjar · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install sugarjarFedora Rawhide package metadata · sugarjar · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
overview
Package summary
Helper utility for a better Git/GitHub experience
Project links
Commands and aliases
- sj
history
Project history and usage
SugarJar is a Ruby command-line helper for Git plus GitHub and GitLab workflows, installed as `sj`. It belongs to the tradition of developer workflow wrappers that package managers carry because they encode a maintainer's preferred Git hygiene into a reproducible CLI.
Project history
The official README says SugarJar is inspired by Arcanist and Facebook's JellyFish, bringing features from Phabricator-style workflows to GitHub. Its focus is practical repository work: smarter clones, branch cleanup, stacked branches, smart pull requests, pre-push checks, and safer force-push behavior.
The official changelog records a 1.0.0 release in October 2023, later 2.x releases that removed `hub` support and required Ruby 3.2, and 3.x releases adding GitLab use cases.
Adoption history
The Homebrew input records SugarJar in Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu package sets. That is modest but meaningful adoption for a personal workflow tool: it has escaped a single checkout and become something downstream packagers can build and ship.
How it is used
SugarJar's README documents commands such as `sj smartclone`, `sj bclean`, `sj smartlog`, `sj smartpush`, and `sj fpush`. It wraps common Git and forge operations while relying on standard tools such as Ruby, `git`, `gh`, or `glab`.
Why package nerds care
Package nerds care about SugarJar because it shows a common packaging pattern: a small opinionated wrapper around ubiquitous tools. Its value is not replacing Git, but standardizing repeated contributor tasks enough that users want it installed from the same package manager as Git itself.
Timeline
- 2020: Changelog entries show early 0.0.x development with smart pull-request and branch-cleanup features.
- 2023: Version 1.0.0 adds feature-prefix support and defaults to the GitHub CLI.
- 2024: Version 1.1.1 relaxes Ruby requirements for easier packaging.
- 2025: Version 2.x removes `hub` support and requires Ruby 3.2 or later.
- 2026: Version 3.x adds GitLab support.
Related projects
- The README names Arcanist and JellyFish as inspirations, and documents `gh` and `glab` as forge CLI dependencies.
Sources
- Input package-manager data: source_facts.package-manager
- Official README: https://github.com/jaymzh/sugarjar#readme
- Official changelog: https://github.com/jaymzh/sugarjar/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
- Official releases: https://github.com/jaymzh/sugarjar/releases
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
sj | 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 version3.0.1
manager updated2026-06-19
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:sugarjar |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.0.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/jaymzh/sugarjar/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/jaymzh/sugarjar |
| Last updated | 2026-06-19T18:44:54Z |
| 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.
Debian apt95%
sugarjar 2.0.1-3
Git/GitHub helper script
https://github.com/jaymzh/sugarjar
sudo apt install sugarjar- Section: vcs
- Architecture: all
- 6 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Sugarjar
Ubuntu apt95%
sugarjar 1.1.1-1
Git/GitHub helper script
https://github.com/jaymzh/sugarjar
sudo apt install sugarjar- Section: universe/vcs
- Architecture: all
- 7 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Sugarjar
dnf95%
sugarjar 3.0.1-2.fc45
A git/github helper utility
http://www.github.com/jaymzh/sugarjar
sudo dnf install sugarjar- License: Apache-2.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: rubygem-sugarjar
- 7 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Sugarjar
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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation