install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install gibo

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#gibo

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

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/gibo

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

overview

Package summary

Access GitHub's .gitignore boilerplates

Project links

Commands and aliases

gibo

history

Project history and usage

gibo is a command-line helper for fetching and dumping `.gitignore` boilerplates from GitHub's gitignore template collection. It turns a common repository setup chore into a small shell-friendly command.

Project history

Simon Whitaker created the public gibo repository in May 2012. The README explains the name as short for `.gitignore boilerplates` and credits the tool to Whitaker, with GitHub's `github/gitignore` repository as the template source.

The project later shipped tagged releases and install paths through Homebrew, Scoop, Chocolatey, Docker, binary releases, and the Go toolchain. The version 3 release line reflects an actively packaged Go CLI rather than a one-off script.

Adoption history

gibo's adoption follows the popularity of GitHub's template collection. GitHub uses that collection to populate `.gitignore` choices in its web interface, and gibo made the same shared corpus available from terminals and scripts.

Package-manager support gave gibo a place in developer bootstrap scripts, dotfile setups, and language-specific project starters. It is useful precisely because `.gitignore` files are mundane and repetitive, so teams prefer a shared maintained template over hand-written ignores.

How it is used

Practitioners commonly run commands such as `gibo dump Swift Xcode >> .gitignore` to append templates for one or more languages, frameworks, editors, or platforms. The README also documents shell completion and using the same output to seed Mercurial `.hgignore` files that use glob syntax.

The tool is most useful at repository creation time, during cleanup of an accidental noisy working tree, or in project generators that need a reasonable ignore file without vendoring template text.

Why package nerds care

gibo is package-nerd friendly because it is tiny, reproducible, and delegates content authority to GitHub's template repository. The package is mostly a convenient delivery mechanism for the command and its update path, not a complicated runtime.

Timeline

2012: Public GitHub repository created.
2024: Version 3.0.12 was published as a GitHub release.
2026: The 3.0 release line continued with packaged binary releases.

Related projects

gibo is closely related to GitHub's `github/gitignore` template repository, Git's `gitignore(5)` behavior, and project bootstrap tools that generate repository boilerplate.

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.
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
`gibo`	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 version3.0.22

manager updated2026-05-02

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv3.0.22

https://github.com/simonwhitaker/gibo

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gibo
Version	3.0.22
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gibo
Homepage	https://github.com/simonwhitaker/gibo
Repository	https://github.com/simonwhitaker/gibo
Upstream docs	https://github.com/simonwhitaker/gibo#readme
License	Unlicense
Source archive	https://github.com/simonwhitaker/gibo/archive/refs/tags/v3.0.22.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-05-02T04:19:05Z
Pulse	updated
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	gibo
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%

gibo

nix profile install nixpkgs#gibo

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gibo

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

Scoop95%

main/gibo

scoop install main/gibo

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gibo

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gibo.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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/gibo.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
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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