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Install ghq with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget

Remote repository management made easy. Version 1.10.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-11.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install ghq

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install ghq

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/ghq/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/ghq

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/ghq.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id x-motemen.ghq -e

Windows Package Manager source index · x-motemen.ghq · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Remote repository management made easy

Commands and aliases

  • ghq

history

Project history and usage

ghq is a command-line repository manager that gives remote Git and other VCS clones a predictable local directory layout.

Project history

The ghq repository was created in 2013. Its README describes the tool as a way to organize remote repository clones like `go get`: a `ghq get` command places a checkout under a root directory, using the remote URL host and path as the local directory structure.

The project grew from a simple clone-and-list helper into a workspace manager with multiple roots, git-config based settings, support for several VCS backends, repository removal, migration of existing repositories into ghq layout, shallow and partial clone options, shell completions, and Windows packaging.

Adoption history

ghq has a durable following among developers who keep many open-source and work repositories on one machine. Its official README lists installation paths through Homebrew, Void Linux, GNU Guix, Scoop, Go install, conda, asdf, mise, source build, and release binaries.

How it is used

Practitioners use ghq to fetch repositories into `~/ghq` or another configured root, list known checkouts, pipe repository paths into fuzzy finders or editors, remove managed clones, and migrate older working trees into a consistent host/user/project hierarchy.

Why package nerds care

Package nerds care about ghq because it turns a developer's source tree into an indexable package-like store. It is small, scriptable, and especially useful when combined with shell functions, fuzzy search, and editor launchers.

Timeline

  • 2013: GitHub repository created.
  • 2014: v0.2 published on GitHub Releases.
  • 2020: README documents installation through multiple package managers and release binaries.
  • 2024: ghq added repository removal support.
  • 2026: ghq added migration support for existing repositories and worktree-aware operations.

Related projects

  • ghq is related to `go get` style source layouts, Git configuration, Mercurial and other VCS backends, fuzzy finders, editor launchers, and the community ghq-handbook project.

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

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
~/.gitconfig

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
ghqcliglobal 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 version1.10.1
manager updated2026-04-11
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/x-motemen/ghq

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:ghq
Version1.10.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ghq
Homepagehttps://github.com/x-motemen/ghq
Repositoryhttps://github.com/x-motemen/ghq
Upstream docshttps://github.com/x-motemen/ghq#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/x-motemen/ghq.git
Last updated2026-04-11T17:29:40Z
Pulseupdated
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 Nameghq
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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%

ghq

nix profile install nixpkgs#ghq
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ghq
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gh/ghq/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

ghq 1.8.0-r11

CLI to manage remote repository clones

https://github.com/x-motemen/ghq

sudo apk add ghq
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: ghq
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ghq
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ghq from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

ghq-bash-completion 1.8.0-r11

Bash completions for ghq

https://github.com/x-motemen/ghq

sudo apk add ghq-bash-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: ghq
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ghq
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ghq-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

ghq-doc 1.8.0-r11

CLI to manage remote repository clones (documentation)

https://github.com/x-motemen/ghq

sudo apk add ghq-doc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: ghq
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ghq
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ghq-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

ghq-fish-completion 1.8.0-r11

Fish completions for ghq

https://github.com/x-motemen/ghq

sudo apk add ghq-fish-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: ghq
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ghq
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ghq-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

ghq-zsh-completion 1.8.0-r11

Zsh completions for ghq

https://github.com/x-motemen/ghq

sudo apk add ghq-zsh-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: ghq
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ghq
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ghq-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

ghq 1.10.1-1

Remote repository management made easy

https://github.com/x-motemen/ghq

sudo pacman -S ghq
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ghq
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: ghq from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

ghq

sudo port install ghq
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ghq
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/ghq/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/ghq

scoop install main/ghq
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ghq
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ghq.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

x-motemen.ghq

winget install --id x-motemen.ghq -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ghq
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: x-motemen.ghq 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.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

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  • scm-managerShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management, source-control.
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  • hutShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, source-control.
  • scmpuffShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, source-control.
  • all-reposShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management.

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