# Install atac with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, pacman, scoop Simple API client (Postman-like) in your terminal. Version 0.23.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:atac ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install atac ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add atac ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: atac from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install atac ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: atac from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#atac ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/at/atac/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S atac ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: atac from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/atac ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/atac.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:atac - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.23.0 - **Source summary:** Simple API client (Postman-like) in your terminal - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - atac (cli) - atac (alias) ## Dependencies - oniguruma ## Build dependencies - pkgconf - rust ## 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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.23.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/Julien-cpsn/ATAC - Upstream latest detected: v0.23.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage ATAC is a Rust terminal API client, explicitly framed by its README as a Postman-, Insomnia-, and Bruno-like client that runs in the terminal without a graphical environment. The project emphasizes being free, account-less, offline, and backed by readable versionable files. ### Project history The repository began in February 2024 and quickly built a TUI around request collections, HTTP methods, bodies, headers, authentication, WebSocket support, environment files, import/export, themes, key bindings, and scripting. The README still describes the project as pre-1.0, with v1 and v2 TODO sections for requested polish and protocol expansion. The v0.23.0 release in 2026 added JWT and Digest authentication, a global config file, a large rework of text inputs, graphical-protocol disabling, and more headless-environment fixes. That release also describes the project as only a few features away from v1. ### Adoption history ATAC has unusually broad packaging for a young TUI: the upstream README documents cargo, Homebrew, Scoop, Arch, Fedora Copr, Docker, and binary releases. The supplied package metadata also lists apk, Debian, Ubuntu, Nix, pacman, Scoop, and Homebrew packaging, indicating quick uptake across developer-oriented package managers. Its adoption story is tied to dissatisfaction with account-centric GUI API clients. The README comparison table stresses local files, offline behavior, full CLI usage, import from Postman/OpenAPI/cURL, and terminal-native operation. ### How it is used Users install `atac` and run it from a terminal to manage request collections, send HTTP/WebSocket requests, edit request data in a TUI, store environment files, export cURL and language snippets, and import existing API-client formats. It can be used interactively, as a CLI, or embedded into editor workflows such as the documented Neovim integration. ### Why package nerds care ATAC is a good modern example of the package-manager-friendly Rust TUI wave: one static-feeling binary, many distro channels, explicit dependency tables, and a feature pitch aimed at replacing heavyweight SaaS desktop tools with local files that can live in source control. ### Timeline - 2024: Initial repository commits and early Rust TUI implementation. - 2025: v0.22.0 added Postman environment import. - 2026: v0.23.0 added JWT/Digest authentication, global config, and a major text-input rework. ### Related projects - Related projects include Postman, Insomnia, Bruno, cURL, reqwest, ratatui, and editor integrations such as atac.nvim. ### Sources - Official git metadata from https://github.com/Julien-cpsn/ATAC.git - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## 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: /global.toml, /atac.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** atac - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - atac - 0~20150903+r2013-9+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: atac from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | genome assembly-to-assembly comparison | http://kmer.sourceforge.net - Nix - atac: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/at/atac/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - atac - 0~20150903+r2013-8build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: atac from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | genome assembly-to-assembly comparison | http://kmer.sourceforge.net - apk - atac - 0.18.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: atac from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A simple API client (postman like) in your terminal | https://atac.julien-cpsn.com/ - pacman - atac - 0.23.0-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: atac from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A simple API client (postman like) in your terminal | https://github.com/Julien-cpsn/ATAC - Scoop - main/atac: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/atac.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [oniguruma](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/oniguruma/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ain](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ain/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools, http. - [algolia](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/algolia/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools. - [ali](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ali/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, http. - [apfel](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apfel/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools. - [api-linter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/api-linter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools. - [apib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, http. - [apibuilder-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apibuilder-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools. - [apigeecli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apigeecli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api, cli, developer-tools. - [posting](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/posting/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: api, cli, client, developer, developer-tools. - [resterm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/resterm/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: api, cli, client, developer, developer-tools. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/atac.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/atac.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - 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