# zot mit Homebrew, apk, MacPorts installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für zot in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:zot ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install zot ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install zot ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: llm/zot/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add zot ``` Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:zot - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 0.3.4 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Lightweight coding agent harness written in Go - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream-Dokumentation:** - **Lizenz:** MIT - **Quellarchiv:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-24T16:59:52Z - **Generiert:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00 ## Executables - zot (cli) - zot (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: 0.3.4 - Manager aktualisiert: 2026-07-24 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot - neueste erkannte Version: v0.3.4 (aktuell) ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung zot is a young Go-based coding-agent harness packaged as a single command-line binary. Its niche is the post-Codex/Claude-Code generation of terminal agent tools: local TUI, print, JSON, and RPC modes wrapped around model providers and a small built-in tool set. ### Projektgeschichte The GitHub repository was created in April 2026 by Patrice Eckhart. The project README describes zot as a lightweight coding-agent harness written in Go, with one static binary, four built-in tools, and provider integrations for OpenAI/Codex, Anthropic, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, Ollama/local models, and other API-compatible backends. The public documentation emphasizes embeddability and extensibility rather than a large default plugin ecosystem: zot can run interactively, emit JSON events, serve an RPC protocol for external apps, load SKILL.md instruction packs, and install extensions that communicate over subprocess JSON-RPC. ### Adoptionsgeschichte zot's adoption story is early-stage. GitHub repository metadata showed a few hundred stars and several dozen forks by July 2026, and the batch package metadata already lists Homebrew, Alpine, and MacPorts package names, which is notable for a project created only months earlier. Its practical audience is developers experimenting with local coding-agent harnesses who want a single binary rather than a Node, Python, or Docker-shaped stack. ### Wie es verwendet wird Typical use is to run `zot` for the terminal UI, pass a prompt directly, use `-p` for print mode, use `--json` for newline-delimited events, or run `zot rpc` when embedding it in another program. Authentication is handled through provider API keys or supported subscription login flows, with state under `$ZOT_HOME`. For package users, the important behavior is that zot installs like a normal CLI while still exposing agent-specific features such as session resume, model/provider selection, extension loading, skills, and a Telegram bridge. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren zot is package-nerd interesting because it turns a fast-moving AI-agent pattern into the old reliable artifact shape: one binary on `$PATH`. That makes it easy to compare with Codex CLI, Claude Code-style tools, OpenCode, and other terminal harnesses without first adopting their runtime stack. ### Zeitleiste - 2026-04-17: The public `patriceckhart/zot` GitHub repository is created. - 2026: The README documents a single-binary Go harness with TUI, print, JSON, and RPC modes. - 2026: Package metadata in this batch records zot in Homebrew, Alpine, and MacPorts. ### Related projects - OpenAI Codex CLI and Anthropic Claude Code are upstream workflow reference points because zot documents subscription login flows and provider behavior related to them. - OpenCode, Ollama, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, and other provider backends are adjacent surfaces in zot's model-provider layer. ### Quellen - - - - input.json source_facts.package-manager ## Sicherheitshinweise Für zot wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: $ZOT_HOME/config.json ## Credential files - Unix: $ZOT_HOME/config.json ## Details aus der Quelldatenbank - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** zot - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - apk - zot - 2.1.17-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Vendor-neutral OCI-native container image registry | https://zotregistry.dev/ - apk - zot-cli - 2.1.17-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot-cli from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Vendor-neutral OCI-native container image registry - CLI tools | https://zotregistry.dev/ - apk - zot-cli-bash-completion - 2.1.17-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot-cli-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for zot-cli | https://zotregistry.dev/ - apk - zot-cli-fish-completion - 2.1.17-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot-cli-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for zot-cli | https://zotregistry.dev/ - apk - zot-cli-zsh-completion - 2.1.17-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot-cli-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for zot-cli | https://zotregistry.dev/ - apk - zot-doc - 2.1.17-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Vendor-neutral OCI-native container image registry (documentation) | https://zotregistry.dev/ - apk - zot-exporter - 2.1.17-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot-exporter from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Vendor-neutral OCI-native container image registry - metrics exporter | https://zotregistry.dev/ - apk - zot-openrc - 2.1.17-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Vendor-neutral OCI-native container image registry (OpenRC init scripts) | https://zotregistry.dev/ - MacPorts - zot: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: llm/zot/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Verwandte Links - [MCP tool packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/mcp-tools/) - Mentions MCP or Model Context Protocol. - [AI and agent packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/ai-agent-tools/) - Matched AI model, agent, coding-agent, orchestration, or MCP metadata. - [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. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [forgecode](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/forgecode/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, coding-agent, coding-agents, llm. - [qwen-code](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/qwen-code/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, coding-agent, coding-agents, llm. - [zero](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/zero/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, coding-agent, coding-agents, go. - [beads](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/beads/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, coding-agent, coding-agents. - [cline](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/cline/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, coding-agent, coding-agents. - [code2prompt](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/code2prompt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, coding-agents, llm. - [gitingest](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/gitingest/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, coding-agents, llm. - [kimi-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/kimi-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, coding-agent, coding-agents. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/zot.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/zot.yml) ## Quellen - Nucleus package database - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - 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