install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install gama

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#gama

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

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install gama

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

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id GamaPlatform.Gama -e

Windows Package Manager source index · GamaPlatform.Gama · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Manage your GitHub Actions from Terminal with great UI

Project links

Commands and aliases

gama

history

Project history and usage

GAMA, short for GitHub Actions Manager, is a Go-based terminal user interface for listing, triggering, monitoring, and managing GitHub Actions workflows from a shell.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in late 2023 and the first tagged 1.0.0 release appeared in January 2024. The project documentation presents it as a terminal-first companion for GitHub Actions, with configuration through a YAML file or a GitHub token environment variable.

The 2024 release stream quickly added workflow input handling, workflow history browsing, and usability fixes. By the 1.2 series in 2025, the README emphasized live refresh mode, Docker execution, and downloadable cross-platform binaries.

Adoption history

GAMA's adoption trail is typical of a focused developer CLI: its own release artifacts cover Linux, macOS, and Windows, while the input package facts record availability in Homebrew, Nix, Winget, and zypper.

How it is used

Users provide a GitHub token in ~/.config/gama/config.yaml or through GITHUB_TOKEN, then use the TUI to discover dispatchable workflows, inspect historical workflow runs, trigger workflows with inputs, and watch live status updates.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, GAMA is a small example of the post-GitHub-Actions tooling wave: instead of wrapping git itself, it wraps the CI control plane and ships as a single Go binary suitable for common package managers.

Timeline

2023: Public GitHub repository created.
2024: v1.0.0 released with binary assets.
2024: v1.1 releases continued workflow and usability work.
2025: v1.2 releases documented live mode and cross-platform binary downloads.

Related projects

GitHub Actions is the service GAMA manages.
GitHub CLI can supply an authentication token for GAMA.
Termkit is the GitHub organization publishing the project.

Sources

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 8 platform targets.
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/gama/config.yaml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.config/gama/config.yaml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`gama`	cli	global 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 version1.2.1

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.2.1

https://github.com/termkit/gama

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gama
Version	1.2.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gama
Homepage	https://github.com/termkit/gama
Repository	https://github.com/termkit/gama
Upstream docs	https://github.com/termkit/gama#readme
License	GPL-3.0-only
Source archive	https://github.com/termkit/gama/archive/refs/tags/v1.2.1.tar.gz
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	gama
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
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%

gama

nix profile install nixpkgs#gama

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gama

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ga/gama/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

zypper95%

gama 2.33-1.5

Adjustment of geodetic networks

https://www.gnu.org/software/gama/

sudo zypper install gama

License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Category: Productivity/Scientific/Other
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: gama
8 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Gama

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gama from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

winget95%

GamaPlatform.Gama

winget install --id GamaPlatform.Gama -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gama

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: GamaPlatform.Gama from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

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

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/gama.yml

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

Install gama with Homebrew, Nix, winget, zypper