# Install soft-serve

Mighty, self-hostable Git server for the command-line. Version 0.11.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-03-19.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:soft-serve
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install soft-serve
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#soft-serve
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S soft-serve
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: soft-serve from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id charmbracelet.soft-serve -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: charmbracelet.soft-serve from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:soft-serve
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/soft-serve>
- **Version:** 0.11.6
- **Source summary:** Mighty, self-hostable Git server for the command-line
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/releases/download/v0.11.6/soft-serve-0.11.6.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-19T16:28:33Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- soft (cli)
- soft (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- go

## 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: 0.11.6
- Package-manager updated: 2026-03-19
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Sicherheitshinweise

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

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** soft-serve
- **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 - soft-serve: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/so/soft-serve/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - soft-serve - 0.11.6-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: soft-serve from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A self-hosted Git server for the command line | https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve
- winget - charmbracelet.soft-serve: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: charmbracelet.soft-serve from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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## 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