Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install ain

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install ain

MacPorts ports tree · www/ain/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#ain

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ai/ain/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

HTTP API client for the terminal

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

ain

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Ain is a terminal HTTP API client that uses template files to assemble requests and then delegates the actual call to curl, wget, or httpie. The README describes it as an alternative to Postman, Paw, or Insomnia for users who prefer files, folders, scripts, and pipes.

Projektgeschichte

The public GitHub repository was created in October 2020. The project is written in Go and centers on a small `.ain` template format with sections such as Host, Query, Headers, Method, Body, Config, Backend, and BackendOptions.

Ain's design goal is explicit in the README: enable scripting of input and further processing of output through terminal pipes. Rather than building its own HTTP stack as the user-facing primitive, it makes curl, wget, or httpie the backend and focuses on request organization.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Official installation instructions cover `go install`, Homebrew, Scoop, AUR binary packages, and manual downloads from GitHub releases. The input package facts also list Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix packages.

Homebrew listed version 1.6.0 as stable and reported 107 installs over 365 days when checked, suggesting a small but packaged Unix-tool audience.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users write one or more `.ain` template files, pass them to `ain`, optionally provide variables, and receive output from the selected backend. Templates can be layered across files and directories, making it useful for API collections that still behave like shell files.

Ain has no separate credentials store in the official README. Secrets are normally represented through template variables, environment variables, `.env`-style workflows, scripts, or headers inside user-controlled `.ain` files.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Ain is a classic package-manager-friendly CLI: a single Go executable, no service account, no desktop app, and a plain-text file format. Its appeal is to users who want API-client ergonomics without leaving the shell or losing composability with find, fzf, pipes, curl, wget, and httpie.

Zeitleiste

2020: Public GitHub repository created.
2020s: README documents Go, Homebrew, Scoop, AUR, and binary-release installation paths.
2026: Homebrew lists 1.6.0 as stable in checked metadata.

Related projects

curl, wget, and httpie, used as request backends.
Postman, Paw, and Insomnia, named by the README as GUI/API-client alternatives.
Shell tools such as find, fzf, and environment-variable based workflows.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signale

text:http,client

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 8 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: *.ain

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`ain`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-09

Manager-Version1.6.0

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv1.6.0

https://github.com/jonaslu/ain

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:ain
Version	1.6.0
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ain
Homepage	https://github.com/jonaslu/ain
Repository	https://github.com/jonaslu/ain
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/jonaslu/ain
Lizenz	MIT
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/jonaslu/ain/archive/refs/tags/v1.6.0.tar.gz
Build-Abhängigkeiten	go
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	ain
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

ain

nix profile install nixpkgs#ain

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ain

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

MacPorts95%

ain

sudo port install ain

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Ain

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

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/ain.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

ain mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix installieren