brew / rank 5215

Install up with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop

Tool for writing command-line pipes with instant live preview. Version 0.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#up.

Install command Security notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install up

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install up

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/up/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add up

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · up · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#up

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

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S up

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

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/up

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/up.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Tool for writing command-line pipes with instant live preview

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

history

Project history and usage

up, the Ultimate Plumber, is a terminal UI for interactively building Unix pipelines with an instant preview of command output. It packages an old shell habit, iterating on grep, awk, sort, cut, paste, wc, Perl, and similar filters, into a feedback-oriented interface.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in April 2018, and the README is signed by Mateusz Czapliński in October 2018. The README frames the goal as helping users explore textual data incrementally by redirecting a command's output into up, then typing and executing pipeline fragments in a scrollable preview UI.

Early releases moved quickly in October 2018, with v0.1 followed by releases that changed execution behavior, added custom shell support, improved terminal error messages, and added readline-style shortcuts. v0.4 in October 2020 added flags, help, and dependency updates.

Adoption history

The README links installation routes through a direct Linux binary, Arch AUR, FreeBSD pkg, macOS Homebrew, and GitHub releases for other OSes. GitHub repository metadata showed 8,834 stars and 129 forks when checked on July 2, 2026, which is substantial adoption for a small single-purpose terminal workflow tool.

How it is used

Users pipe text-producing commands into up, browse the captured output, type a pipeline in the input box, press Enter to preview the transformed output, and press Ctrl-X to save the resulting command into an upN.sh script. The README documents a fixed input buffer, long-running input freeze controls, and the fact that the pipeline is passed to bash -c.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, up is interesting because it is a CLI-native productivity layer over the standard Unix text-processing toolbox, not a replacement for it. It helps inspect package metadata, logs, dependency lists, and build output while still producing plain shell pipelines that can be saved and reused.

Timeline

2018: GitHub repository created.
2018: v0.1 released in October.
2018: README signed October 2018 after public announcement and feedback.
2020: v0.4 released with new flags, help, and tcell updates.

Related projects

The README names Pipecut as prior art discovered after announcement and cites Bret Victor's talks as an influence. It also situates up among standard Unix filters such as grep, sort, cut, paste, awk, wc, and perl.

Sources

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
`up`	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 version0.4

manager updated2026-07-25

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:up
Version	0.4
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/akavel/up
Repository	https://github.com/akavel/up
Last updated	2026-07-25T21:47:59+02:00
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.

Nix95%

up

nix profile install nixpkgs#up

normalized package name match
Matched by: Up

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

apk95%

up 0.4-r40

Ultimate Plumber is a tool for writing Linux pipes with instant live preview

https://github.com/akavel/up

sudo apk add up

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: up
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Up

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: up from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

pacman95%

up 0.4-4

A tool for writing Linux pipes with instant live preview

https://github.com/akavel/up

sudo pacman -S up

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Up

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

MacPorts95%

up

sudo port install up

normalized package name match
Matched by: Up

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/up/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop95%

main/up

scoop install main/up

normalized package name match
Matched by: Up

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/up.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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.

combined/up.yml

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