# 使用 Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget 安装 intermodal

查看 intermodal 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:intermodal
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install intermodal
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#intermodal
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/intermodal
```

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

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Casey.Intermodal -e
```

  证据: Windows Package Manager source index: Casey.Intermodal from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:intermodal
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 0.1.16
- **来源摘要:** Command-line utility for BitTorrent torrent file creation, verification, etc.
- **主页:** <https://imdl.io>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/casey/intermodal>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- imdl (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: 0.1.16
## 项目历史与用法

Intermodal is Casey Rodarmor's Rust command-line utility for BitTorrent metainfo work. The installed binary is `imdl`, and the official README describes it as a user-friendly utility for creating, viewing, verifying, and otherwise working with `.torrent` files.

### 项目历史

The GitHub repository was created in May 2019, and early release metadata shows the first 0.0.x and 0.1.x releases in 2020. Rodarmor announced the project in September 2020 as a BitTorrent metainfo utility and as part of a broader idea: improving decentralized content sharing through better metadata, tooling, and eventual standards.

### 采用历史

Intermodal is distributed as a Rust crate and through package managers including Homebrew, Nix, Scoop, winget, and Arch/Void channels documented by the project. Its small install footprint made it appealing as a standalone alternative to torrent-client-specific metadata commands.

### 使用方式

The mdBook documents `imdl torrent` subcommands for creating torrents, dumping bencode, creating torrents from magnet links, showing torrent metadata, verifying downloaded content, generating magnet links, and selecting piece lengths. The README also documents completions, man-page generation, and release artifacts for packagers.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

Intermodal is package-nerd catnip because it separates BitTorrent metainfo operations from full BitTorrent clients. It packages the boring but important parts of torrent distribution: reproducible `.torrent` creation, inspection, verification, shell completions, and generated docs, all in one Rust binary.

### 时间线

- 2019: The GitHub repository was created.
- 2020: The v0.0.1 and v0.1.x releases established the `imdl` CLI.
- 2020: Rodarmor published the Intermodal project announcement and goals.
- 2026: Development and packaging metadata continued around the 0.1 release line.

### Related projects

- Intermodal overlaps with BitTorrent client utilities such as Transmission's metadata tools, torrenttools, and bencode inspectors, but it focuses on metainfo packaging rather than peer-to-peer transfer.

### 来源

- Official README, official mdBook, author project announcement, GitHub release metadata, GitHub repository metadata, and Homebrew formula metadata.


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Nix - intermodal: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/in/intermodal/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/intermodal: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/intermodal.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Casey.Intermodal: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Casey.Intermodal from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph