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Install energy with Homebrew

CLI is used to initialize the Energy development environment tools. Version 2.5.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install energy

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

CLI is used to initialize the Energy development environment tools

Commands and aliases

  • energy

history

Project history and usage

Energy is a Go framework and command-line entry point for building cross-platform desktop applications around LCL native controls and browser runtimes such as CEF, WebView2, WebKitGTK, and WKWebView.

Project history

The public GitHub project was created in 2022 and presents Energy 3.0 as a Go desktop framework using LCL, CEF, and system webview runtimes. Its README places the CLI in a broader toolchain that includes Energy Designer, examples, and related runtime modules.

The project positions itself between native GUI tooling and Go plus web hybrid applications: LCL provides native controls, while WebView and CEF modes allow HTML, CSS, and JavaScript front ends to communicate with Go back ends.

Adoption history

Energy is distributed through Homebrew as the `energy` executable and is documented through the project site, GitHub README, Go package documentation, and related GitHub repositories. The README also links to a Discord community and related Energy modules, indicating a small but organized ecosystem around the framework.

How it is used

Package-manager users install the CLI to initialize or work with the Energy development environment, then create projects that use LCL native controls, system webviews, or CEF-backed windows. The official quick-start examples show Go programs creating desktop windows, controls, and webview-backed applications.

Why package nerds care

Energy is interesting to package maintainers because it packages a desktop app framework rather than a single end-user utility. Its value depends on coordinating Go modules, native GUI/runtime dependencies, and cross-platform browser back ends.

Timeline

  • 2022: Public GitHub repository created.
  • 2020s: Project documentation describes Energy 3.0 with LCL, CEF, WebView2, WebKitGTK, and WKWebView support.

Related projects

  • Related official projects include Energy Designer, energye/lcl, energye/wv, energye/cef, CEF, CEF4Delphi, and WebView4Delphi.

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 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
energycliglobal 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 version2.5.6
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.5.6

https://github.com/energye/energy

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:energy
Version2.5.6
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/energy
Homepagehttps://energye.github.io
Repositoryhttps://github.com/energye/energy
Upstream docshttps://energye.github.io/course/getting-started
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/energye/energy/archive/refs/tags/v2.5.6.tar.gz
Build dependenciesgo
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 Nameenergy
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

package graph

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

Related tools

  • goBuild 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 package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment