# Install ghr with Homebrew, Nix, winget Upload multiple artifacts to GitHub Release in parallel. Version 0.18.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-15. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ghr ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ghr ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#ghr ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gh/ghr/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id cataggar.ghr -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: cataggar.ghr from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ghr - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.18.3 - **Source summary:** Upload multiple artifacts to GitHub Release in parallel - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-04-15T17:45:20Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - ghr (cli) - ghr (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.18.3 - Package-manager updated: 2026-04-15 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/tcnksm/ghr - Upstream latest detected: v0.18.3 (current) ## Project history and usage ghr is a release-engineering CLI for creating GitHub Releases and uploading release artifacts in parallel. ### Project history The ghr repository was created in July 2014, with an initial v0.1.0 release published days later. Its README presents a Go-oriented release workflow: build artifacts, tag a release, and use `ghr TAG PATH` to create a GitHub Release and upload the files. The tool developed around the practical needs of release automation: reading repository information from `.git/config`, accepting `GITHUB_TOKEN`, supporting GitHub Enterprise through `GITHUB_API`, replacing or recreating assets, marking draft or prerelease releases, and later exposing a GitHub Action wrapper for workflow files. ### Adoption history ghr became useful in the era when projects began publishing multi-platform binaries as GitHub Release assets. The README's demo centers on cross-compiled Go binaries, and the documented Action support shows how the same tool moved into CI-based release pipelines. ### How it is used Practitioners use ghr after a build job has produced a directory of archives, checksums, installers, or other assets. A typical run supplies a tag and path, with optional title, body, commitish, draft, prerelease, replace, delete, generated notes, and parallel upload settings. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about ghr because it is release plumbing: it turns build output into a GitHub Release page with assets, which downstream package managers and install scripts often consume. ### Timeline - 2014: GitHub repository created. - 2014: v0.1.0 initial release published. - 2021: GitHub automatic release notes support arrived in GitHub, and ghr later documented a `-generatenotes` flag. - 2020s: README documents a reusable GitHub Action interface. ### Related projects - The README compares ghr with aktau/github-release and connects it to GitHub Releases, GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, Go cross-compilation, checksums, and CI build artifacts. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ghr - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - ghr: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gh/ghr/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - cataggar.ghr: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: cataggar.ghr from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [commitizen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/commitizen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-management. - [github-release](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/github-release/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-management. - [gitlab-release-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitlab-release-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-management. - [gitversion](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitversion/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-management. - [changelogen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/changelogen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-management. - [changie](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/changie/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-management. - [cocogitto](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cocogitto/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-management. - [convco](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/convco/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-management. - [nvchecker](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nvchecker/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, management, release. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ghr.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ghr.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph