# Install gdown

Google Drive Public File Downloader when Curl/Wget Fails. Version 6.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-31.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gdown
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gdown
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install gdown
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/gdown/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install gdown
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: gdown from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gdown
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: gdown from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:gdown
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gdown>
- **Version:** 6.1.0
- **Source summary:** Google Drive Public File Downloader when Curl/Wget Fails
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/wkentaro/gdown>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/wkentaro/gdown>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/wkentaro/gdown#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6a/b5/a45f62f20664031bf74a6aeb6f8d8cd5910e411bf90d756bd6b09bdc6c35/gdown-6.1.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-31T16:11:54Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- gdown (cli)
- gdown (alias)

## Dependencies

- certifi
- python@3.14

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 6.1.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-31
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/wkentaro/gdown
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## 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:** gdown
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - gdown - 5.2.0+dfsg-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gdown from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Google Drive public file downloader | https://github.com/wkentaro/gdown
- Nix - gdown: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: gdown from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- MacPorts - gdown: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/gdown/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [gdrive-downloader](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/gdrive-downloader/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, downloaders, file-transfer, google-drive.
- [magic-wormhole](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/magic-wormhole/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking, python.
- [airshare](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/airshare/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking, python.
- [ipget](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/ipget/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, file-transfer, networking.
- [lftp](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/lftp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking.
- [croc](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/croc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking.
- [duck](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/duck/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking.
- [lrzsz](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/lrzsz/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking.
- [pferd](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pferd/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: certifi, cli, downloader, file, networking.

## Sources

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