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Install gimme with Homebrew

Shell script to install any Go version. Version 1.5.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install gimme

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Shell script to install any Go version

Commands and aliases

  • gimme

history

Project history and usage

gimme is a small shell utility from the Travis CI ecosystem for installing and selecting Go toolchain versions. Its niche is CI and developer-shell setup rather than general Go project management.

Project history

The public repository began in January 2015, and the README states that the original goal was trivial Go cross-compilation within Travis CI. Early releases added automatic Go version discovery, source and binary install paths, and shell environment output that lets users activate a selected Go installation with eval or by sourcing an env file.

The project evolved around changes in the Go release process. The changelog records support for stable and oldstable aliases, checksums for downloaded archives, mirror support through GIMME_DOWNLOAD_BASE, Windows binary downloads, and repeated updates for newer Go release lines.

Adoption history

gimme became useful because Travis CI users needed repeatable Go versions before Go version managers and CI images covered every combination. Its README documents Homebrew and Arch AUR installation paths, placing it in the package-manager layer used by developers who wanted the same version-selection behavior outside Travis jobs.

How it is used

Practitioners use gimme by asking for a Go version, stable alias, oldstable alias, or master branch, then applying the emitted shell environment. In CI it is used with variables such as GIMME_GO_VERSION, GIMME_OS, and GIMME_ARCH to exercise builds across operating-system and architecture combinations.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, gimme is a compact example of a version manager that delegates policy to upstream Go release artifacts while caching local installs. It matters less as a broad ecosystem pillar than as a Travis-era tool that encoded Go matrix testing into one shell script.

Timeline

  • 2015: Repository and first tags appeared for the shell-based Go installer.
  • 2016: 1.0.0 added Homebrew documentation, cross-compilation support, and broader platform handling.
  • 2017: stable alias and known-version listing were added.
  • 2018: .x version resolution, oldstable support, and support for Go 1.11-era releases landed.

Related projects

  • gimme overlaps with Go version managers and CI image management, but its README frames it specifically around Travis CI cross-compilation and upstream Go release downloads.

security posture

Risk level: yellow

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

  • generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

  • text:shell

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.

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

CommandKindExposureNote
gimmecliglobal 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 version1.5.6
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.5.6

https://github.com/travis-ci/gimme

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gimme
Version1.5.6
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gimme
Homepagehttps://github.com/travis-ci/gimme
Repositoryhttps://github.com/travis-ci/gimme
Upstream docshttps://github.com/Nike-Inc/gimme-aws-creds#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/travis-ci/gimme/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.6.tar.gz
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegimme
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Same workflow

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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 package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment