macOS
brew install genactlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install genactMacPorts ports tree · games/genact/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
brew
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de genact pour les workflows d'agents IA.
installation
brew install genactlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install genactMacPorts ports tree · games/genact/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
sudo apk add genactAlpine Linux edge package indexes · genact · Source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#genactnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ge/genact/package.nix · Source: api.github.com
sudo pacman -S genactArch Linux sync databases · genact · Source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
scoop install main/genactScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/genact.json · Source: api.github.com
winget install --id svenstaro.genact -eWindows Package Manager source index · svenstaro.genact · Source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
aperçu
Nonsense activity generator
historique
genact is a playful terminal program that prints convincing fake activity, such as compilations, downloads, memory dumps, package builds, and other busy-looking modules. Its package history is mostly about a joke utility becoming a polished cross-platform Rust CLI with releases, shell completions, a WebAssembly version, and broad package-manager availability.
The repository began in 2011 as a small activity simulator and later accumulated modules that imitate common developer and system-administration tasks. Public tags began in 2018, and the project eventually reached 1.x releases with a Rust implementation, prebuilt binaries, Docker images, Cargo installation, and a browser version.
The README states the premise directly: open a few instances and pretend something useful is happening. That framing made genact part of a small genre of terminal toys that are technically packaged like serious CLIs but culturally used for demos, screenshots, streams, and humor.
genact's adoption is visible through its many packaging paths: prebuilt Linux, macOS, and Windows binaries; FreeBSD packages; Homebrew; MacPorts; Scoop; Cargo; Docker; and a WebAssembly web build. That breadth is unusual for a joke utility and explains why it appears in package-manager indexes beyond the Rust ecosystem.
Practitioners run `genact` to generate plausible terminal output during presentations, demos, videos, idle screens, or harmless pranks. The CLI can list modules, select specific modules, change speed, exit after time or module counts, and emit shell completions and a manpage.
Its module list imitates familiar tooling such as Ansible, Cargo, Docker builds, kernel compiles, Terraform, web logs, package downloads, cryptomining, and boot logs, making it visually legible to developers even though no real work is performed.
genact is interesting to package nerds because it is a toy with real distribution hygiene: Rust crate, static release binaries, Docker image, Homebrew formula, WebAssembly target, shell completions, and a manpage. It is the sort of tiny package that proves whether a package manager's long tail is healthy.
posture de sécurité
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
risque vert · confiance faible · appliance
Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.
exécutables
| Commande | Type | Exposition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
genact | cli | exécutable global |
fraîcheur
Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.
https://github.com/svenstaro/genact
métadonnées d'installation
| Clé du paquet | brew:genact |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.5.1 |
| Gestionnaire de paquets | Homebrew |
| Page du gestionnaire de paquets | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/genact |
| Page d'accueil | https://svenstaro.github.io/genact/ |
| Dépôt | https://github.com/svenstaro/genact |
| Docs amont | https://github.com/svenstaro/genact#readme |
| Licence | MIT |
| Archive source | https://github.com/svenstaro/genact/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.1.tar.gz |
| Dernière mise à jour | 2026-06-15T10:20:17-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dépendances de compilation | rust |
| Bouteille | disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| post-install Homebrew | non défini |
| Service | aucun déclaré |
faits du registre
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | genact |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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correspondances dans les bases sources
Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.
genact
nix profile install nixpkgs#genactgenact 1.5.1-r0
A nonsense activity generator
https://github.com/svenstaro/genact
sudo apk add genactgenact 1.5.1-2
A nonsense activity generator
https://github.com/svenstaro/genact
sudo pacman -S genactgenact
sudo port install genactmain/genact
scoop install main/genactsvenstaro.genact
winget install --id svenstaro.genact -episte source
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