Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install bob

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S bob

Arch Linux sync databases · bob · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Windows

Scoopverifiziert · 92%

scoop install main/bob

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/bob.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Version manager for neovim

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

bob

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Bob is a Rust command-line version manager for Neovim, aimed at users who want to install, switch, run, and remove stable, nightly, versioned, or commit-specific Neovim builds from one tool.

Projektgeschichte

The project presents itself as a cross-platform Neovim version manager and distributes install scripts, release archives, nightly builds, pacman packaging, and a crates.io install path from its official README. Its notices show an actively maintained tool that has changed implementation details over time, including macOS storage changes in 2022, a proxy executable migration in 2023, improved Apple Silicon support in 2024, and OpenSSL build deprecation in 2025.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Bob's adoption is mostly within Neovim power-user and plugin-development circles, where testing multiple Neovim versions is routine. The input package facts list Homebrew, Arch/pacman, and Scoop packaging, showing it crossed from cargo-based installation into mainstream system package channels.

Wie es verwendet wird

Common usage is `bob install`, `bob use`, and `bob run` for stable, nightly, latest, explicit versions, or commit hashes. The tool also supports rollback, erase, list, sync, and source builds of Neovim.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Bob is package-nerd interesting because it treats a fast-moving editor as a versioned runtime, much like language version managers do for Node, Ruby, or Python. It also sits at the intersection of Rust CLI distribution, Neovim nightly culture, and cross-platform binary management.

Zeitleiste

2022: Official notice moves Bob's macOS symbolic link and downloads folder away from Application Support.
2023: Bob switches to a proxy executable model for running Neovim executables.
2024: Bob adds complete ARM support for recent macOS Neovim binary changes and later deprecates nvim-qt support.
2025: OpenSSL builds are deprecated in favor of standard Bob builds.

Related projects

Related projects include Neovim itself, rustup-style version managers, and editor/runtime switchers used by developers who test against nightly and released toolchains.

Quellen

https://github.com/MordechaiHadad/bob#readme
input.source_facts.package-manager

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: orange

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risikoklassifikator

orange Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · infrastructure

Warum

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signale

text:version manager

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 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.

Linux: /home/user/.config/bob/config.json/home/user/.config/bob/config.toml
macOS: /Users/user/Library/Application Support/bob/config.json/Users/user/Library/Application Support/bob/config.toml
Windows: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\bob\config.jsonC:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\bob\config.toml

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`bob`	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 generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version4.1.7

Manager aktualisiert2026-04-27

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv4.1.7

https://github.com/MordechaiHadad/bob

OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:bob
Version	4.1.7
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bob
Homepage	https://github.com/MordechaiHadad/bob
Repository	https://github.com/MordechaiHadad/bob
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/MordechaiHadad/bob#readme
Lizenz	MIT
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/MordechaiHadad/bob/archive/refs/tags/v4.1.7.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-04-27T15:05:56Z
Pulse	updated
Build-Abhängigkeiten	rust
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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	bob
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

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

pacman95%

bob 4.1.7-1

A version manager for neovim

https://github.com/MordechaiHadad/bob

sudo pacman -S bob

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
2 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Bob

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

Scoop95%

main/bob

scoop install main/bob

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Bob

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/bob.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/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/bob.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

bob mit Homebrew, pacman, scoop installieren