# Install gibo with Homebrew, Nix, scoop Access GitHub's .gitignore boilerplates. Version 3.0.22 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-02. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gibo ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gibo ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#gibo ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gibo/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/gibo ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gibo.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gibo - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.0.22 - **Source summary:** Access GitHub's .gitignore boilerplates - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Unlicense - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-02T04:19:05Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - gibo (cli) - gibo (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: 3.0.22 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-02 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/simonwhitaker/gibo - Upstream latest detected: v3.0.22 (current) ## 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 Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - gibo: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gibo/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/gibo: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gibo.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [giflib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/giflib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github, gitignore, source-control. - [fetch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fetch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github, source-control. - [ghorg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ghorg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github, source-control. - [ghq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ghq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, source-control. - [gickup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gickup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, source-control. - [gitnr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitnr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gitignore, templates. - [hut](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hut/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, source-control. - [scm-manager](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/scm-manager/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, source-control. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gibo.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gibo.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