# Install rtk

CLI proxy to minimize LLM token consumption. Version 0.42.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-05.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rtk
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rtk
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#rtk
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/rtk
```

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

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id rtk-ai.rtk -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: rtk-ai.rtk from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:rtk
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rtk>
- **Version:** 0.42.3
- **Source summary:** CLI proxy to minimize LLM token consumption
- **Homepage:** <https://www.rtk-ai.app/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.rtk-ai.app/docs>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/archive/refs/tags/v0.42.3.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-05T18:47:23Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- rtk (cli)
- rtk (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- rust

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 0.42.3
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-05
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk
- Upstream latest detected: v0.42.3 (current)

## 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:** rtk
- **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

- Nix - rtk: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/rt/rtk/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/rtk: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/rtk.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - rtk-ai.rtk: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: rtk-ai.rtk from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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