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Install gistit with Homebrew

Command-line utility for creating Gists. Version 0.1.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install gistit

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Command-line utility for creating Gists

Commands and aliases

  • gistit

history

Project history and usage

gistit is a small C command-line utility for creating GitHub Gists from standard input or files. It overlaps with other gist uploaders but emphasizes a compiled CLI with libcurl and jansson dependencies.

Project history

The repository history begins in June 2012 with an initial implementation, followed by small releases through the 0.1.x series. The README describes a console app that can create gists from piped input, a single file, or multiple files, with flags for private gists, file names, descriptions, help, and version output.

Adoption history

gistit appears to have remained a niche uploader. Its README documents build dependencies and Homebrew installation, but the available project materials do not show the broad packaging or maintainer ecosystem seen around the older Ruby gist client.

How it is used

Practitioners use gistit in pipeline form, such as sending command output to a new gist, or by passing one or more file names. The README also documents anonymous gist creation by default and an account-association flow through the companion web application.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, gistit is mainly interesting as a minimal C implementation of a GitHub Gist uploader: it has few dependencies, an autotools-style build, and a command surface small enough to package without a language runtime.

Timeline

  • 2012: Initial repository history and v0.1 release.
  • 2013: v0.1.1 and v0.1.2 followed with small updates.
  • 2015: v0.1.3 was tagged.
  • 2021: v0.1.4 was tagged.

Related projects

  • gistit is related to GitHub Gist, the Ruby gist client, libcurl, jansson, and its small companion web application.

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 13 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 2 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

CommandKindExposureNote
gistitcliglobal 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 version0.1.4
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.1.4

https://github.com/jrbasso/gistit

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gistit
Version0.1.4
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gistit
Homepagehttps://github.com/jrbasso/gistit
Repositoryhttps://github.com/jrbasso/gistit
Upstream docshttps://github.com/tummychow/git-absorb#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/jrbasso/gistit/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.4.tar.gz
Dependenciesjansson
Build dependenciesautoconf, automake
Uses from macOScurl
Bottleavailable (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

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

package graph

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

Related tools

  • autoconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • automakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • gcliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github, version-control.
  • ghShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github, version-control.
  • gistShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-sharing, developer-tools, gist, github.
  • git-openShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github, version-control.
  • git-spiceShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github, version-control.
  • git-xargsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, github, version-control.

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