# 使用 Homebrew 安装 betty

查看 betty 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:betty
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install betty
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:betty
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 0.1.7
- **来源摘要:** English-like interface for the command-line
- **主页:** <https://github.com/pickhardt/betty>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/pickhardt/betty>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- betty (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 0.1.7
## 项目历史与用法

Betty is a Ruby command-line assistant that translates English-like phrases into shell commands, pitched by its README as a friendly natural-language interface for users who do not remember exact commands.

### 项目历史

The GitHub repository was created in May 2014. Its README presents Betty as version 0.1.8, documents a broad set of command phrases, and notes that the original maintainer no longer has time to actively maintain it while remaining open to new maintainers.

### 采用历史

Betty's package history is narrow compared with the other tools in this batch: the input records Homebrew packaging only. Its adoption belongs mostly to the 2010s wave of playful natural-language CLI helpers rather than to a broad multi-distro system package footprint.

### 使用方式

Users invoke commands such as asking for word counts, dates, file searches, archive extraction, process lists, permissions changes, and music controls. Betty prints the command it is about to run and can ask users to choose among multiple matching commands.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

Betty is package-nerd interesting as a small artifact of the pre-LLM natural-language CLI era: it packaged a phrase-to-command rule set as an installable Unix tool, showing how command discovery and shell ergonomics were explored before modern AI assistants.

### 时间线

- 2014: Repository created in May.
- 2010s: README documents version 0.1.8 and an English-like command catalog.
- 2021: Repository metadata shows later maintenance activity, but the README asks for new maintainers.

### Related projects

- Related projects include shell command explainers and natural-language assistants such as howdoi, tldr-style command discovery tools, and later AI-backed shell helpers.

### 来源

- <https://api.github.com/repos/pickhardt/betty>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pickhardt/betty/master/README.md>
- source_facts.package-manager


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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: ~/.bettyconfig

## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph