# Install atomcode with Homebrew Cask

Open-source terminal AI coding agent. Version 5.0.3 via Homebrew Cask; verified 2026-07-30. Also installable with winget: winget install --id AtomGit.AtomCode -e.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cask:atomcode
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew Cask (100%):

```sh
brew install --cask atomcode
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cask:atomcode
- **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask
- **Version:** 5.0.3
- **Source summary:** Open-source terminal AI coding agent
- **Homepage:** <https://atomgit.com/atomgit_atomcode/atomcode>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-30T16:10:41Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- atomcode (binary)
- atomcode (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 5.0.3
## Project history and usage

AtomCode is an AtomGit-hosted open-source terminal AI coding agent written in Rust and distributed as source, npm package, and Homebrew cask.

### Project history

The official README describes AtomCode as an AI coding agent that lives in the terminal, reads a codebase, edits files, runs commands, and verifies its work. It identifies the project as 100% AI-generated and positions it as an open-source alternative to Claude Code and Cursor Agent.

The official repository is a Rust workspace with terminal, daemon, bridge, MCP, extension, and web UI components. The README badge and supplied cask metadata both identify version 4.26.0 for this batch.

### Adoption history

The supplied package metadata records AtomCode as a Homebrew cask. The README also documents npm installation through `@atomgit.com/atomcode`, source installation with Cargo, and Homebrew cask installation, which indicates packaging across JavaScript, Rust, and macOS package-manager channels.

### How it is used

The main executable is `atomcode`. Users run it in a project, configure providers in `~/.atomcode/config.toml`, and can use login commands for AtomGit OAuth, SSO, MCP, daemon mode, web UI, mobile app access, background sessions, code review, and headless prompts.

### Why package nerds care

AtomCode is a fast-moving AI coding-agent package where the interesting operational surface is not just the binary: provider credentials, OAuth files, MCP server definitions, per-project configuration, release archives, and multiple install channels all matter to maintainers.

### Timeline

- 2026: Official AtomGit refs include AtomCode release and test tags.
- 2026: Supplied Homebrew cask metadata records version 4.26.0.

### Related projects

- Related contexts include Model Context Protocol clients, OpenAI-compatible model gateways, Claude Code, Cursor Agent, terminal TUIs, and AI coding-agent package ecosystems.

### Sources

- <https://atomgit.com/atomgit_atomcode/atomcode>
- <https://atomgit.com/atomgit_atomcode/atomcode/blob/main/README.md>
- <https://atomgit.com/atomgit_atomcode/atomcode/blob/main/docs/config.example.toml>
- <https://atomgit.com/atomgit_atomcode/atomcode/blob/main/docs/mcp.md>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/cask/atomcode.json>


## Security Notes

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

- Unix: ~/.atomcode/config.toml, ~/.atomcode/mcp.json, <project>/.mcp.json

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.atomcode/config.toml, ~/.atomcode/auth.toml, ~/.atomcode/mcp_auth.toml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- winget - AtomGit.AtomCode: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: AtomGit.AtomCode from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
