Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install lux

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install lux

MacPorts ports tree · net/lux/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#lux

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/lu/lux/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install lux

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · lux · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverifiziert · 92%

scoop install main/lux

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

Windows Package Managerverifiziert · 92%

winget install --id JackDevey.Lux -e

Windows Package Manager source index · JackDevey.Lux · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Fast and simple video downloader

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

lux

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Lux is a Go-based command-line video downloader. Its README positions it as a fast and simple downloader with package-manager installation paths across Homebrew, Go, Arch, Void, Scoop, Chocolatey, and Cask.

Projektgeschichte

The public Lux repository was created in February 2018. The project grew around a single `lux [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]` workflow that inspects stream formats, downloads selected formats, resumes downloads, handles playlists, and can pass downloads to aria2.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Lux became one of the more visible small video-downloader CLIs in the Go ecosystem. Its official GitHub metadata showed roughly 31,000 stars and 3,300 forks in July 2026, which is unusually broad adoption for a single-purpose downloader maintained outside a large foundation.

Package-manager adoption followed the usual downloader path: source install with `go install`, binary releases on GitHub, and downstream formulas or manifests for Homebrew, Scoop, Chocolatey, Arch, Void, Nix, and other systems.

Wie es verwendet wird

The README documents `lux URL` for direct download, `lux -i URL` to list available streams without downloading, `lux -f stream URL` to choose a specific stream, and `lux -p URL` for playlists. It also documents cookies, proxy options, retries, multithreaded downloads, custom referrers, and output naming.

FFmpeg is documented as a prerequisite for final media merging rather than for the download itself, which is a common packaging detail for media downloaders.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Lux is package-nerd interesting because it is a modern Go CLI distributed through many package managers while still tracking fast-changing video-site extractors. That makes it representative of tools where the package version, upstream release cadence, and external website compatibility all matter.

Zeitleiste

2018: Public `iawia002/lux` repository created.
2023: v0.21.0 and v0.22.0 releases published.
2024: v0.24.1 release published.

Related projects

FFmpeg is used for final file merging.
aria2 can be used for downloading through Lux's documented aria2 options.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signale

text:download,video

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 10 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.

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`lux`	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 generiert2026-07-08

Manager-Version0.24.1

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv0.24.1

https://github.com/iawia002/lux

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:lux
Version	0.24.1
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lux
Homepage	https://github.com/iawia002/lux
Repository	https://github.com/iawia002/lux
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/iawia002/lux#readme
Lizenz	MIT
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/iawia002/lux/archive/refs/tags/v0.24.1.tar.gz
Build-Abhängigkeiten	go
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, 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	lux
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

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

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

Nix95%

lux

nix profile install nixpkgs#lux

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Lux

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lu/lux/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

zypper95%

lux 0.24.0-1.13

A video downloader built with Go

https://github.com/iawia002/lux

sudo zypper install lux

License: MIT
Category: Productivity/Networking/Web/Utilities
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: lux
2 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Lux

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lux from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

lux

sudo port install lux

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Lux

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

Scoop95%

main/lux

scoop install main/lux

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Lux

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

winget95%

JackDevey.Lux

winget install --id JackDevey.Lux -e

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Lux

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: JackDevey.Lux from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

winget95%

igoogolx.lux

winget install --id igoogolx.lux -e

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Lux

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: igoogolx.lux from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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/lux.yml

Verwendete Quellen

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

lux mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget, zypper installieren