install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install gastown

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install gt

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · gt · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#gt

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

overview

Package summary

Multi-agent workspace manager

Project links

Commands and aliases

gastown
gt

history

Project history and usage

Gas Town is a Go-based multi-agent workspace manager for coordinating AI coding agents across git-backed workspaces. Its package interest comes from turning agent orchestration into a local CLI workflow, with persistent work state, agent identities, mailboxes, handoffs, and merge-queue-style project operations.

Project history

The public repository was created in December 2025 and reached a 1.0.0 release in April 2026 after a sequence of pre-1.0 releases. The official README presents Gas Town as a workspace manager for Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Gemini, and other agents, built around town, rig, crew, hook, convoy, and bead concepts.

Version 1.0.0 was described by the project as a production-stability milestone after iterative development. The release notes called out Windows support, workflow formulas, a GitHub pull-request merge strategy for the refinery, security hardening, mayor approval gates, and a rate-limit watchdog plugin.

Adoption history

The official installation instructions put Homebrew first and also document npm and source builds, indicating a CLI-first distribution model aimed at developers running local agent workspaces. The README also lists Dolt, beads, tmux, Claude Code, Codex CLI, and GitHub Copilot CLI as surrounding tooling rather than treating Gas Town as a standalone binary.

How it is used

Typical usage starts by installing `gt`, creating a town workspace, adding a git-backed rig, adding a crew workspace, and attaching the mayor session. From there the tool manages agent dispatch, persistent hooks, convoys, escalation, session discovery, and merge processing.

Why package nerds care

Gas Town is notable as an early package-manager-distributed attempt to make multi-agent coding workflows reproducible with a conventional CLI, git worktrees, and installable dependencies. For package cataloging, it is interesting because it packages an AI-agent operating model rather than a narrow compiler, linter, or shell utility.

Timeline

2025: Public GitHub repository created.
2026: v0.5.0 through v0.13.0 pre-1.0 releases established the early release train.
2026: v1.0.0 released as a production-stability milestone.
2026: v1.2.x releases continued shortly after 1.0.

Related projects

Gas Town integrates with beads for git-backed issue tracking and Dolt/DoltHub for some distributed coordination features. It is designed to orchestrate AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, and Gemini rather than replacing those runtimes.

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 6 platform targets.
Installs with 2 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.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`gastown`	cli	global executable
`gt`	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 version1.1.0

manager updated2026-07-04

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.1.0

https://github.com/gastownhall/gastown

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gastown
Version	1.1.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gastown
Homepage	https://github.com/gastownhall/gastown
Repository	https://github.com/gastownhall/gastown
Upstream docs	https://github.com/gastownhall/gastown#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/gastownhall/gastown/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-07-04T16:53:43+09:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	beads, icu4c@78
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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	gastown
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Conflicts With	genometools libslax
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

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Nix92%

gt

nix profile install nixpkgs#gt

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Gt

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

dnf92%

gt 0.4-50.fc44

Modified Timidity which supportes enhanced gus format patches

http://alsa.opensrc.org/GusSoundfont

sudo dnf install gt

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: gt
6 dependencies
1 provides
installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Gt

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dnf92%

soundfont-utils 0.4-50.fc44

Utilities for converting from / to various soundfont formats

http://alsa.opensrc.org/GusSoundfont

sudo dnf install soundfont-utils

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: gt
4 dependencies
1 provides
installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Gt

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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/gastown.yml

Used sources

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Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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