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Install amp with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, zypper

Text editor for your terminal. Version 0.7.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install amp

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install amp

MacPorts ports tree · editors/amp/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#amp

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/am/amp/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install amp

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · amp · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Text editor for your terminal

Commands and aliases

  • amp

history

Project history and usage

Amp is a Rust terminal text editor inspired by Vi and Vim. Its README says it aims to keep Vim's core interaction model, simplify it, and bundle the essential features expected from a modern terminal editor.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in February 2015. The project is written in Rust and separates substantial editor internals, including data structures, syntax highlighting, and workspace management, into the related `scribe` crate.

Amp's documentation presents the editor as a terminal-native application with modal editing, file finding, system clipboard support, preferences, keymaps, and syntax configuration. The latest GitHub release observed for this batch is 0.7.1, published in September 2024.

Adoption history

Amp's adoption has been niche rather than mass-market: it is a package-manager-distributed editor for users interested in Rust command-line software and Vim-like interaction without carrying Vim's full compatibility surface.

The supplied package facts show availability through Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and zypper, which is the typical adoption path for a small terminal editor: easy enough to install from a package manager, but still mostly discovered by users looking for lightweight editor experiments.

How it is used

Users run the `amp` executable in a terminal. The official docs describe preferences as a YAML file in a platform-dependent configuration folder and recommend using the built-in `preferences::edit` command to open it and reveal its path.

The practical use case is quick terminal editing with modal commands, file navigation, syntax highlighting, and configurable keymaps. It is not presented as an IDE; it is a compact editor with enough modern conveniences to stand on its own.

Why package nerds care

Amp is interesting to package nerds as an example of the mid-2010s Rust CLI wave: a familiar Unix tool category rebuilt as a single cargo-built binary, then surfaced through multiple OS package sets.

Its split between the editor and the `scribe` crate is also notable because it turns editor infrastructure into reusable Rust components rather than burying all of it in one executable.

Timeline

  • 2015: GitHub repository created.
  • 2015 onward: Amp develops as a Rust terminal editor inspired by Vi/Vim.
  • 2024: Release 0.7.1 published.

Related projects

  • Vim and Vi: the editing model Amp explicitly cites as inspiration.
  • scribe: Amp's related Rust crate for editor internals.
  • Rust: the implementation language and ecosystem that shaped Amp's packaging story.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
ampcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.7.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected0.7.1

https://github.com/jmacdonald/amp

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:amp
Version0.7.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/amp
Homepagehttps://amp.rs
Repositoryhttps://github.com/jmacdonald/amp
Upstream docshttps://amp.rs/docs
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://github.com/jmacdonald/amp/archive/refs/tags/0.7.1.tar.gz
Build dependenciescmake, rust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameamp
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

amp

nix profile install nixpkgs#amp
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Amp
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/am/amp/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
zypper95%

amp 0.7.1-2.3

A modal text editor for the terminal

https://github.com/jmacdonald/amp

sudo zypper install amp
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: amp
  • 5 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Amp
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: amp from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

amp

sudo port install amp
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Amp
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: editors/amp/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • kibiShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, terminal, text-editor.
  • fresh-editorShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, text-editor.
  • joeShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal, text-editor.
  • juppShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal, text-editor.
  • emacsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor.
  • enter-texShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment