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Install chatblade with Homebrew, Nix, pacman

CLI Swiss Army Knife for ChatGPT. Version 0.7.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install chatblade

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#chatblade

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

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S chatblade

Arch Linux sync databases · chatblade · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

CLI Swiss Army Knife for ChatGPT

Commands and aliases

  • chatblade

history

Project history and usage

Chatblade is a command-line ChatGPT client built for the early wave of LLM CLI tooling: it accepts arguments or piped input, stores sessions, loads reusable prompt files, streams responses, and can extract Markdown or JSON from model output.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in March 2023, a few months after ChatGPT popularized conversational LLM workflows. Release metadata shows a first public release on March 20, 2023, rapid 0.2.x releases in April 2023, and a latest v0.7.0 release in October 2024. The README now states that the project is archived and no longer under active development.

Adoption history

Chatblade was distributed through pip, Homebrew, and source installs from GitHub; the input facts also list Nix and pacman packaging. Its README examples target shell users who want to pipe content into ChatGPT, keep named sessions, and reuse prompt preambles from a config directory.

How it is used

Common uses include `chatblade question`, piping files or RSS feeds into a prompt, continuing the last conversation with `-l`, creating named sessions with `-S`, loading prompt files with `-p`, selecting models with `-c`, and extracting structured output with `-e`. Authentication is by `OPENAI_API_KEY` or an explicit `--openai-api-key` option.

Why package nerds care

Chatblade is notable as an early packaged LLM command-line client that made ChatGPT feel like a Unix filter. Its package significance is less about long-term infrastructure and more about the 2023 moment when package managers filled quickly with small CLIs wrapping hosted LLM APIs for pipes, prompts, and shell automation.

Timeline

  • 2023-03: GitHub repository created and first public release v0.0.1 published.
  • 2023-04: Rapid 0.2.x releases added early functionality.
  • 2024-10: Latest upstream GitHub release metadata lists v0.7.0.
  • 2026: README states the project is archived and recommends newer CLI tools.

Related projects

  • The README recommends `llm` and Fabric as modern CLI tools in the same spirit.
  • OpenAI ChatGPT and OpenAI/Azure OpenAI APIs are the model services documented by the README.
  • Codex and Claude Code are mentioned by the README as newer direct coding-assistant options.

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.
  • Installs with 4 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 1 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.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.config/chatblade/{prompt_name}~/.config/chatblade/{prompt_name}.yaml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
chatbladecliglobal 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 version0.7.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/npiv/chatblade

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/npiv/chatbladenone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:chatblade
Version0.7.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/chatblade
Homepagehttps://github.com/npiv/chatblade
Repositoryhttps://github.com/npiv/chatblade
Upstream docshttps://github.com/npiv/chatblade#readme
LicenseGPL-3.0-only
Source archivehttps://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ff/02/e7dfd50d98139472851d03d793c39aebe1364a960648312d252137b0ec25/chatblade-0.7.0.tar.gz
Dependenciescertifi, libyaml, pydantic, python@3.13
Build dependenciesrust
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 Namechatblade
Version Scheme0
Revision6
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedyes
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • 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%

chatblade

nix profile install nixpkgs#chatblade
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Chatblade
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ch/chatblade/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
pacman95%

chatblade 0.7.0-3

A CLI Swiss Army Knife for ChatGPT

https://github.com/npiv/chatblade

sudo pacman -S chatblade
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: any
  • 7 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Chatblade
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: chatblade from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

package graph

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

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  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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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 configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment