# Install sysaidmin with Homebrew

GPT-powered sysadmin. Version 0.2.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-17.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sysaidmin
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sysaidmin
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sysaidmin
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.2.5
- **Source summary:** GPT-powered sysadmin
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/skorokithakis/sysaidmin>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-17T10:44:34Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- sysaidmin (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.2.5
## Project history and usage

Sysaidmin is a command-line, LLM-powered system-administration assistant. A user describes a machine problem, and the program proposes and runs diagnostic or remedial commands after asking permission.

### Project history

Stavros Korokithakis published Sysaidmin 0.1.0 in November 2023. The early releases added model selection, logging, and session controls; version 0.2.0 moved the program to OpenAI's Assistants API. The current README describes support for services exposing the OpenAI Chat Completions interface, including alternative base URLs and models.

### Adoption history

The official README supports installation as a Python command through uv, uvx, or pip. The supplied package metadata also records a Homebrew formula, giving the project a native package-manager route alongside Python tooling.

### How it is used

Users export SYSAIDMIN_API_KEY, optionally set SYSAIDMIN_BASE_URL and SYSAIDMIN_MODEL, and pass a natural-language problem to the sysaidmin executable. The tool displays each command and waits for permission before execution.

### Why package nerds care

Sysaidmin is notable as a compact Python CLI at the intersection of package-managed utilities and agentic system administration: it turns natural-language troubleshooting into permission-gated local commands while allowing OpenAI-compatible model endpoints.

### Timeline

- 2023: Sysaidmin 0.1.0 introduced the command-line assistant.
- 2023: Version 0.2.0 switched to the OpenAI Assistants API.
- 2024: Version 0.2.2 refined assistant cleanup and dependencies.
- 2025: Version 0.2.5 was tagged.

### Related projects

- uv and pip are the documented Python installation routes; OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions services provide its model backend.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/skorokithakis/sysaidmin#readme>
- <https://github.com/skorokithakis/sysaidmin/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md>
- <https://github.com/skorokithakis/sysaidmin/tags>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for sysaidmin. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
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- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph