# Install git-open with Homebrew, Nix Open GitHub webpages from a terminal. Version 1.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:git-open ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install git-open ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#git-open ``` Evidence: 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 facts - **Package key:** brew:git-open - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.3 - **Source summary:** Open GitHub webpages from a terminal - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - git-open (cli) - git-open (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.3 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/jeffreyiacono/git-open - Upstream latest detected: v1.3 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 ### 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:** git-open - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - git-open: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-open/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/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. - [gcli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gcli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, version-control. - [gh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, version-control. - [git-lfs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-lfs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, version-control. - [git-machete](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-machete/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, version-control. - [git-mediate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-mediate/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, version-control. - [git-multipush](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-multipush/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, version-control. - [git-now](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-now/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, version-control. - [git-number](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-number/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, version-control. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/git-open.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/git-open.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