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Install autopkgr with Homebrew Cask
Install and configure AutoPkg. Version 2.0 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Install and configure AutoPkg
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Commands and aliases
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Project history and usage
AutoPkgr is a free macOS graphical application for installing, configuring, scheduling, and running AutoPkg. It targets Mac administrators who need automated software packaging but prefer a native interface over a wholly command-line workflow.
Project history
The Linde Group developed AutoPkgr as a free native macOS front end for installing, configuring, and running AutoPkg. Public issue records show it in active use by 2014, while the repository grew into a substantial Objective-C macOS project with a privileged helper and scheduling and notification integrations.
Adoption history
AutoPkgr found a niche among Mac administrators who wanted AutoPkg's automated packaging workflow without performing every setup, scheduling, and repository task at the command line. Its official GitHub project has accumulated hundreds of stars and a long public commit history.
How it is used
Administrators use AutoPkgr to set up AutoPkg, add and update recipe repositories, run packaging recipes, and schedule recurring AutoPkg activity. It reduces the initial command-line work while retaining AutoPkg as the underlying engine.
No single official AutoPkgr configuration-file or credentials-file location is documented clearly enough in the reviewed canonical README and wiki landing surface to report one here.
Why package nerds care
AutoPkgr is a package-management tool about another package-management tool: it makes AutoPkg's recipe-based automation approachable through a native Mac interface. That makes it especially relevant to administrators maintaining unattended software-import and deployment pipelines.
Timeline
- 2014: Public issue history documents early AutoPkgr deployment and installation workflows.
- 2015: AutoPkgr 1.2.x was in operational use for updating AutoPkg recipe repositories.
- 2026: The official repository remains the canonical source and support hub for the 2.x line.
Related projects
- AutoPkg is the command-line packaging automation system that AutoPkgr configures and runs.
- AutoPkg recipe repositories provide the reusable package-building and import recipes managed through the workflow.
- Homebrew Cask supplies the autopkgr package-manager entry represented by this record.
Sources
- Official issue history: https://github.com/lindegroup/autopkgr/issues/61
- Official repository and README: https://github.com/lindegroup/autopkgr
- Official wiki: https://github.com/lindegroup/autopkgr/wiki
- source_facts.package-manager.brew-cask: "autopkgr"
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for autopkgr. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- 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.
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| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
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| No executable data was present. | |||
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 generated2026-11-04
manager version2.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/lindegroup/autopkgr
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/lindegroup/autopkgrnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:autopkgr |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/autopkgr |
| Homepage | https://www.lindegroup.com/autopkgr |
| Repository | https://github.com/lindegroup/autopkgr |
| Upstream docs | https://www.lindegroup.com/autopkgr |
| Source archive | https://github.com/lindegroup/autopkgr/releases/download/v2.0/AutoPkgr-2.0.dmg |
| SHA-256 | 05955ffd7cc7e6e18b099aae1c3e2a373350543366e604bd540958148ce729e7 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | autopkgr |
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| Artifacts | |
| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
source trail
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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.
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