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Local inference and LoRA training CLI for Draw Things. Version 1.20260716.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-20.
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Package summary
Local inference and LoRA training CLI for Draw Things
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Commands and aliases
- draw-things-cli
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Project history and usage
Draw Things CLI is the command-line packaging of Draw Things' local image-generation and LoRA-training stack, exposed from the public Draw Things community repository rather than from the app's private monorepo.
Project history
The public repository was created in November 2023 as a community-facing sync of code used by the Draw Things app. Its README explains that the app itself is managed in a private monorepo, while public-facing code for model implementations, samplers, data models, trainer logic, gRPC server support, and the CLI is synchronized into the community repository.
Adoption history
Adoption is tied to Draw Things users who want local, scriptable image generation outside the GUI. Homebrew installs it from a tagged source archive, while the README also documents a tap-based HEAD install for users who want the unreleased CLI surface.
How it is used
The CLI is built as a Swift Package Manager executable product named draw-things-cli. The README documents help output, a minimal generate command, a default macOS model directory shared with the sandboxed Draw Things app, and the DRAWTHINGS_MODELS_DIR override.
Why package nerds care
For package maintainers, draw-things-cli is interesting because it turns a Mac-first AI image-generation app into a reproducible command-line tool with SwiftPM products, Homebrew distribution, model-directory conventions, and a related self-hosted gRPC server path for local inference setups.
Timeline
- 2023: Public draw-things-community repository created.
- 2024: Repository releases begin using date-stamped v1.yyyymmdd tags.
- 2026: Homebrew stable formula packages draw-things-cli from a tagged draw-things-community source archive.
Related projects
- Draw Things app is the parent GUI application whose public-facing model and trainer code is mirrored into the community repository.
- gRPCServerCLI is a sibling executable in the same Swift package for self-hosting Draw Things server-offload workflows.
- _MediaGenerationKit is a library product in the same Swift package.
Sources
- https://github.com/drawthingsai/draw-things-community
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drawthingsai/draw-things-community/main/README.md
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drawthingsai/draw-things-community/main/Package.swift
- https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/draw-things-cli
- https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/draw-things-cli.json
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for draw-things-cli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 2 platform targets.
Recommended review
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
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draw-things-cli | cli | global executable |
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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 generated2026-07-25
manager version1.20260716.0
manager updated2026-07-20
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.20260716.0
https://github.com/drawthingsai/draw-things-community
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:draw-things-cli |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.20260716.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/draw-things-cli |
| Homepage | https://github.com/drawthingsai/draw-things-community |
| Repository | https://github.com/drawthingsai/draw-things-community |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/drawthingsai/draw-things-community |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/drawthingsai/draw-things-community/archive/refs/tags/v1.20260716.0.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-07-20T04:25:43Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_sequoia, arm64_tahoe) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | draw-things-cli |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Requirements |
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| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
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