# Install vexctl

Tool to create, transform and attest VEX metadata. Version 0.4.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:vexctl
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install vexctl
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#vexctl
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install vexctl
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vexctl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:vexctl
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vexctl>
- **Version:** 0.4.1
- **Source summary:** Tool to create, transform and attest VEX metadata
- **Homepage:** <https://openssf.org/projects/openvex/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/openvex/vexctl>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/openvex/vexctl>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/openvex/vexctl/archive/refs/tags/v0.4.1.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- vexctl (cli)
- vexctl (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: 0.4.1
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/openvex/vexctl
- Upstream latest detected: v0.4.1 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** vexctl
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - vexctl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ve/vexctl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - vexctl - 0.4.1+git147.b7e6ef0-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vexctl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | CLI tool to create, transform and attest VEX metadata | https://github.com/openvex/vexctl


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