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Install git-xet with Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget

Git LFS plugin that uploads and downloads using the Xet protocol. Version 0.2.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install git-xet

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

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

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

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/git-xet

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/git-xet.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id HuggingFace.Git-Xet -e

Windows Package Manager source index · HuggingFace.Git-Xet · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Git LFS plugin that uploads and downloads using the Xet protocol

Commands and aliases

  • git-xet

history

Project history and usage

Git Xet is the Git extension and Git LFS-compatible command-line entry point for Xet storage. It sits at the boundary between ordinary Git workflows and Hugging Face's Xet-backed storage for large model and dataset files.

Project history

Xet originated in the XetHub storage work later acquired by Hugging Face in August 2024. The Hugging Face xet-core repository adapted that technology into Rust crates, Python bindings, and the git-xet binary, with public git-xet tags beginning at git-xet-v0.1.0 in 2025.

Adoption history

The tool's adoption is tied to Hugging Face Hub storage. Hugging Face documentation describes Xet as replacing Git LFS for Hub storage needs while preserving Git-style pointer files and ordinary repository workflows for large binary artifacts.

How it is used

Practitioners install Git Xet, run git xet install, and then use normal Git add, commit, and push flows against Hugging Face repositories. The extension invokes the Xet protocol under the hood so only changed chunks of large files need to move.

Why package nerds care

git-xet matters to package nerds because it packages a storage backend transition as a Git extension. Homebrew, Nix, Scoop, and winget entries make an ML storage protocol feel like a regular developer-machine dependency.

Timeline

  • 2024: Hugging Face acquired XetHub.
  • 2025: xet-core published git-xet release tags.
  • 2025: Hugging Face documentation described Git Xet as the Git path into Xet-backed Hub storage.

Related projects

  • xet-core provides the Rust client technology.
  • hf-xet and huggingface_hub provide the Python path into the same storage system.
  • Git LFS remains a compatibility reference point for pointer-file workflows.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:download,upload

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 2 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.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
.git/config~/.gitconfig~/.config/git/config/etc/gitconfig

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
git-xetcliglobal 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 generated2026-07-07
manager version0.2.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedgit-xet-v0.2.1

https://github.com/huggingface/xet-core

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:git-xet
Version0.2.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-xet
Homepagehttps://github.com/huggingface/xet-core
Repositoryhttps://github.com/huggingface/xet-core
Upstream docshttps://github.com/xetdata/xet-core#readme
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/huggingface/xet-core/archive/refs/tags/git-xet-v0.2.1.tar.gz
Dependenciesgit-lfs, openssl@3
Build dependenciespkgconf, rust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegit-xet
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-xet

nix profile install nixpkgs#git-xet
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Xet
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-xet/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/git-xet

scoop install main/git-xet
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Xet
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/git-xet.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

HuggingFace.Git-Xet

winget install --id HuggingFace.Git-Xet -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Xet
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: HuggingFace.Git-Xet from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

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

Related tools

  • git-lfsRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • openssl@3Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • git-trimPackage names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, control, developer, developer-tools, extension.
  • git-seriesPackage names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, control, developer, developer-tools, git.

Same workflow

  • braidShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control.
  • breezyShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control.
  • codeberg-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control.
  • cvsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control.
  • cvs-fast-exportShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control.
  • cvsutilsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, 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 configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment