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Install teamtype with Homebrew, Nix, pacman

Peer-to-peer, editor-agnostic collaborative editing of local text files. Version 0.9.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-08. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#teamtype.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install teamtype

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Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#teamtype

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/te/teamtype/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S teamtype

Arch Linux sync databases · teamtype · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Peer-to-peer, editor-agnostic collaborative editing of local text files

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Commands and aliases

teamtype

history

Project history and usage

Teamtype is a local-first, peer-to-peer collaborative editing tool for local text files. Its README describes it as multiplayer mode for a user's own text editor and the missing real-time complement to Git and other version-control systems.

Project history

The project was formerly known as Ethersync until October 2025, when the README says it was renamed to Teamtype. Its documentation and README present a design centered on real-time encrypted peer-to-peer editing, local files that remain on disk, and editor plugins communicating with a daemon through a JSON-RPC protocol.

Teamtype is maintained as a volunteer project rather than a company-backed hosted service. The README explicitly states that the maintainers do not sell a service, require accounts, access user data, train AI systems, serve ads, or track users.

Adoption history

The README documents installation through GitHub binary releases, Arch Linux, Homebrew, Nix, Cargo, and cargo-binstall, and the supplied package-manager facts show Homebrew, Nix, and pacman packages. It also lists editor integrations for Neovim and VS Code/Codium, plus community or work-in-progress integrations for JetBrains IDEs, TeXstudio, Emacs, Obsidian, web editors, Kakoune, Hedgedoc, Braid, and LSP bridges.

How it is used

Users run `teamtype share` in one directory and share the generated join code; a peer runs `teamtype join` in another directory, after which edits sync instantly while each participant keeps using their own editor. The README shows the peer address being stored in `.teamtype/config`.

Why package nerds care

Teamtype is interesting to package nerds because it packages a collaboration protocol as a normal local CLI rather than a SaaS workflow. It sits at the intersection of editor plugins, local-first software, peer-to-peer networking, and reproducible command-line installs.

Timeline

2024: README copyright headers and project funding notes show active Ethersync-era development.
2025: FOSDEM talk presented Ethersync as real-time collaboration in a text editor.
October 2025: README says the project was renamed from Ethersync to Teamtype.

Related projects

The README says Teamtype is based on Automerge, Iroh, and Magic Wormhole, and the documentation includes a related-projects page for other collaborative text-editing systems.

Sources

https://github.com/teamtype/teamtype
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/teamtype/teamtype/main/README.md
https://teamtype.github.io/teamtype
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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

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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.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: .teamtype/config

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`teamtype`	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 version0.9.2

manager updated2026-07-08

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:teamtype
Version	0.9.2
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://teamtype.github.io/teamtype/
Repository	https://github.com/teamtype/teamtype
Last updated	2026-07-08T19:57:32Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

source database matches

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Nix95%

teamtype

nix profile install nixpkgs#teamtype

normalized package name match
Matched by: Teamtype

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pacman95%

teamtype 0.9.2-4