install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install gitql

local Homebrew formula metadata

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/gitql

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/gitql.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id amrdeveloper.gitql -e

Windows Package Manager source index · amrdeveloper.gitql · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Git query language

Project links

Commands and aliases

gitql

history

Project history and usage

Gitql is a Go command-line tool that exposes Git repository history through a SQL-like query language. It treats commits and related repository data as queryable tables, with examples such as selecting commit hashes, authors, dates, and messages.

Project history

The repository dates to February 2014, and the README describes Gitql as the author's first Go project. The project positions itself as an experiment rather than a replacement for `git log`, noting that it was created for exploration and inspired by textql.

Adoption history

Gitql attracted attention as an early and approachable example of applying database-style querying to Git history. Its package-manager presence in Homebrew, Scoop, and winget reflects a developer-tool audience that wants ad hoc repository inspection from a shell.

How it is used

Practitioners run `gitql "your query"` or use the Git subcommand form `git ql "your query"` inside a repository. Typical use is read-only filtering, ordering, and projection over commit fields, such as listing authors or finding messages matching a string.

Why package nerds care

For package catalogs, Gitql is a compact example of the SQL-for-everything genre applied to version-control metadata. It is useful for discovery and one-off inspection, while its README explicitly avoids promising a full Git replacement.

Timeline

2014: Repository created on GitHub.
2016: 1.2.1 release published.
2020s: Packaged for Homebrew, Scoop, and winget.

Related projects

Gitql is related to Git, textql, and other tools that expose local files or developer metadata through SQL-like query interfaces.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for gitql. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 12 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 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

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`gitql`	cli	global 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 generated2026-07-25

manager version2.3.1

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv2.3.1

https://github.com/filhodanuvem/gitql

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gitql
Version	2.3.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gitql
Homepage	https://github.com/filhodanuvem/gitql
Repository	https://github.com/filhodanuvem/gitql
Upstream docs	https://github.com/filhodanuvem/gitql#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/filhodanuvem/gitql/archive/refs/tags/v2.3.1.tar.gz
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	gitql
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Conflicts With	gql
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head 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.

Scoop95%

main/gitql

scoop install main/gitql

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gitql

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gitql.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

amrdeveloper.gitql

winget install --id amrdeveloper.gitql -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gitql

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: amrdeveloper.gitql 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.

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/gitql.yml

Used sources

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

Install gitql with Homebrew, scoop, winget