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Install git-open with Homebrew, Nix

Open GitHub webpages from a terminal. Version 1.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install git-open

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-open

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

overview

Package summary

Open GitHub webpages from a terminal

Commands and aliases

  • git-open

history

Project history and usage

git-open is a small terminal utility for opening GitHub repository pages in a web browser. The README describes it as a way to type less when jumping from the shell to a repository page.

Project history

Jeff Iacono created the GitHub repository in 2012. The project kept the form of a simple shell script, with a README that documents cloning, symlinking the script into the user's PATH, and running git-open with a user and repository name.

Adoption history

The tool remained small, but it was packaged for Homebrew and Nix, giving it a path into common developer workstations. GitHub releases in 2018 and 2019 show later maintenance beyond the initial script publication.

How it is used

Developers use git-open when they know a repository name and want the corresponding GitHub page without manually assembling the URL. The script can infer a default user from GITHUB_USER or git config github.user, and it can target GitHub Enterprise installations through GITHUB_URL.

Why package nerds care

git-open is representative of packageable shell conveniences: one command wraps a repeated browser-opening pattern, honors a few environment variables, and avoids introducing a full forge client.

Timeline

  • 2012: Repository was created on GitHub.
  • 2018: v1.2 release was published.
  • 2019: v1.3 release was published.

Related projects

  • GitHub Enterprise
  • git config github.user
  • Homebrew formulae for shell helpers

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 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
git-opencliglobal 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 version1.3
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.3

https://github.com/jeffreyiacono/git-open

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:git-open
Version1.3
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-open
Homepagehttps://github.com/jeffreyiacono/git-open
Repositoryhttps://github.com/jeffreyiacono/git-open
Upstream docshttps://github.com/jeffreyiacono/git-open#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/jeffreyiacono/git-open/archive/refs/tags/v1.3.tar.gz
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

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

git-open

nix profile install nixpkgs#git-open
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Open
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-open/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/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.

Same workflow

  • gcliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, version-control.
  • ghShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, version-control.
  • git-lfsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, version-control.
  • git-macheteShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, version-control.
  • git-mediateShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, version-control.
  • git-multipushShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, 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
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment