# fork-cleaner mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, winget installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für fork-cleaner in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:fork-cleaner
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fork-cleaner
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install fork-cleaner
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: devel/fork-cleaner/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#fork-cleaner
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fo/fork-cleaner/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id caarlos0.fork-cleaner -e
```

  Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: caarlos0.fork-cleaner from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:fork-cleaner
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fork-cleaner>
- **Version:** 2.4.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Cleans up old and inactive forks on your GitHub account
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/caarlos0/fork-cleaner>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/caarlos0/fork-cleaner>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://github.com/caarlos0/fork-cleaner#readme>
- **Lizenz:** MIT
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/caarlos0/fork-cleaner/archive/refs/tags/v2.4.0.tar.gz>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-16T11:13:54+09:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00

## Executables

- fork-cleaner (cli)
- fork-cleaner (Alias)

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- go

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-07-25
- Manager-Version: 2.4.0
- Manager aktualisiert: 2026-07-16
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/caarlos0/fork-cleaner
- neueste erkannte Version: v2.4.0 (aktuell)
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

fork-cleaner is a small Go command-line utility for cleaning old and inactive forks from a GitHub account. Its official README frames it as an interactive maintenance tool that enumerates forked repositories, checks upstream repository state, and lets the user pass a GitHub token with repository deletion permissions.

### Projektgeschichte

The GitHub repository was created in October 2016 and is maintained under the caarlos0 account. The project follows the author's usual Go CLI release style, with GitHub releases and binary/package installation paths advertised from the README.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Official installation instructions cover Homebrew, snap, apt, yum, distro packages, release binaries, and source builds, indicating that the tool was packaged for several CLI distribution channels rather than only as source code.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users create a GitHub personal access token with repository and delete-repository scopes, pass it with the --token flag, and let fork-cleaner list forked repositories oldest first. A --skip-upstream option exists for accounts with many forks or GitHub API rate-limit pressure.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

fork-cleaner is notable as a purpose-built repository-hygiene CLI: it packages an otherwise manual GitHub-account cleanup workflow into a small installable binary, with GoReleaser-style binary distribution and multiple package-manager entry points.

### Zeitleiste

- 2016: GitHub repository created.
- 2021: 2.0-series releases published.
- 2026: 2.4.0 release published.

### Related projects

- The project is related to GitHub account and repository maintenance tools, and its README links to GoReleaser as part of its release/distribution setup.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/caarlos0/fork-cleaner>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/caarlos0/fork-cleaner/releases?per_page=20>
- <https://github.com/caarlos0/fork-cleaner>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/caarlos0/fork-cleaner/main/README.md>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** fork-cleaner
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** yes
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - fork-cleaner: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fo/fork-cleaner/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - fork-cleaner: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/fork-cleaner/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - caarlos0.fork-cleaner: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: caarlos0.fork-cleaner from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Verwandte Links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [autocode](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/autocode/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github.
- [dra](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/dra/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github.
- [fetch](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/fetch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github.
- [gcli](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/gcli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github.
- [gh](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/gh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github.
- [ghi](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/ghi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github.
- [ghorg](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/ghorg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github.
- [gibo](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/gibo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github.
- [git-trim](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/git-trim/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cleanup, cli, developer, developer-tools, maintenance.
- [git-fresh](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/git-fresh/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, maintenance, repository.
- [git-tools](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/git-tools/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, maintenance, repository.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/fork-cleaner.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/fork-cleaner.yml)


## Quellen

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- 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