# Install algernon

Pure Go web server with Lua, Markdown, HTTP/2 and template support. Version 1.17.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:algernon
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install algernon
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S algernon
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: algernon from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/algernon
```

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

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id xyproto.algernon -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: xyproto.algernon from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:algernon
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/algernon>
- **Version:** 1.17.9
- **Source summary:** Pure Go web server with Lua, Markdown, HTTP/2 and template support
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/xyproto/algernon>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/xyproto/algernon>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/xyproto/algernon>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/xyproto/algernon/archive/refs/tags/v1.17.9.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-29T18:17:53Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- algernon (cli)
- mdview (cli)
- algernon (alias)
- mdview (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- go

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.17.9
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-29
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/xyproto/algernon
- Upstream latest detected: v1.17.9 (current)

## Sicherheitshinweise

no executable entrypoint in the package index.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- no executable entrypoint in the package index

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** algernon
- **Version Scheme:** 1
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- pacman - algernon - 1.17.8-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: algernon from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Web server with Lua, Markdown, QUIC, Redis and PostgreSQL support | https://algernon.roboticoverlords.org/
- Scoop - main/algernon: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/algernon.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - xyproto.algernon: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: xyproto.algernon from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- winget - c3er.mdview: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: c3er.mdview from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
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- [fcgi](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/fcgi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, web-server.
- [mongoose](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/mongoose/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, web-server.
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- [proxygen](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/proxygen/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, http, http2, networking, server.
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