# apparix mit Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für apparix in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:apparix ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install apparix ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install apparix ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/apparix/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install apparix ``` Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: apparix from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#apparix ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ap/apparix/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:apparix - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 11-062 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** File system navigation via bookmarking directories - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream-Dokumentation:** - **Lizenz:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Quellarchiv:** - **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - apparix (cli) - apparix (Alias) ## Installationsverhalten - Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert - Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-07-08 - Manager-Version: 11-062 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://micans.org/apparix/ - Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - Info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung apparix is a shell-oriented directory bookmark system for bash and zsh. It lets users bind short marks to filesystem locations, jump to them with completion, and run helper commands for editing, listing, copying, and inspecting files relative to saved locations. ### Projektgeschichte The apparix README describes the project as starting around 2005 under the Apparix name, originally implemented in C with bash wrapper functions and tab completion. The current upstream says the C implementation later felt like a heavy tool for the job, and the project was reimplemented as a sourceable shell script. Around 2018, the shell rewrite lived in the micans bash-utils repository under the apparish name. In early 2021 the maintainer restored the apparix name and moved the project into its own GitHub repository. The official micans.org project page now points users to that GitHub home page. ### Adoptionsgeschichte apparix has remained a niche but long-lived command-line navigation tool. Its Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, Nix, and Ubuntu packaging matters because the project is fundamentally a shell workflow helper: it becomes useful when it is one package install and one shell-source line away. The upstream history credits Sitaram Chamarty with the original subdirectory-completion idea and first bash implementation, Izaak van Dongen with zsh and completion work, and Martin Zuther with the related fish implementation appari-fish. ### Wie es verwendet wird The common workflow is to mark the current directory with `bm foo`, jump with `to foo`, and use completion for subdirectories under the mark. The bookmark data is stored in `$HOME/.apparixrc`, so marks are immediately shared across shell sessions. Beyond jumping, apparix exposes small helper commands such as `ae`, `av`, `als`, `aget`, and `aput` for editing, viewing, listing, and copying files at bookmarked locations without manually `cd`-ing there. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren apparix sits in the same package-manager culture as cdargs, autojump, fasd, z, and zoxide, but it is older and more explicit: it stores named marks rather than ranking recent directories. That makes it interesting to shell-history nerds who prefer deterministic navigation over frecency heuristics. The modern implementation is intentionally tiny: one sourceable shell file, no service, no daemon, and a plain user resource file. That gives packagers a low-maintenance CLI utility with high leverage for users who live in deep source trees. ### Zeitleiste - 2005: Upstream README says Apparix began around this time as a C program with bash wrappers. - 2018: Shell reimplementation appeared in the maintainer's bash-utils work as apparish. - 2021: Upstream restored the apparix name and moved the project to its own GitHub repository. ### Related projects - appari-fish is the related fish-shell implementation credited by upstream. - The broader tool family includes cdargs-style named directory bookmarks and later shell jumpers such as autojump, fasd, z, and zoxide. ### Quellen - - ## Sicherheitshinweise narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig - 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: ~/.apparixrc ## Details aus der Quelldatenbank - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** apparix - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Debian apt - apparix - 11-062-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: apparix from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | console-based bookmark tool for fast file system navigation | https://micans.org/apparix/ - Nix - apparix: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ap/apparix/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - apparix - 11-062-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: apparix from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | console-based bookmark tool for fast file system navigation | https://micans.org/apparix/ - MacPorts - apparix: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/apparix/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Verwandte Links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Productivity CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [autojump](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/autojump/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, navigation, productivity. - [bkmr](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/bkmr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bookmarks, cli, productivity. - [buku](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/buku/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bookmarks, cli, productivity. - [cdargs](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/cdargs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bookmarks, cli, productivity. - [jpdfbookmarks](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/jpdfbookmarks/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bookmarks, cli, productivity. - [karakeep](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/karakeep/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bookmarks, cli, productivity. - [nb](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/nb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bookmarks, cli, productivity. - [a2ps](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/a2ps/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/apparix.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/apparix.yml) ## Quellen - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph