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Tool for glamorous shell scripts. Version 0.17.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gum

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gum

MacPorts ports tree · devel/gum/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add gum

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · gum · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gum

Debian stable package indexes · gum · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install gum

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · gum · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gum

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gu/gum/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S gum

Arch Linux sync databases · gum · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install gum

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gum · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/gum

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

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id charmbracelet.gum -e

Windows Package Manager source index · charmbracelet.gum · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Tool for glamorous shell scripts

Commands and aliases

  • gum

history

Project history and usage

Gum is Charmbracelet's command-line toolkit for adding prompts, pickers, spinners, styled output, and other terminal UI pieces to shell scripts without writing a full Go TUI application.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in June 2022 and the v0.1.0 release was published in July 2022. Gum builds on Charmbracelet's Go terminal UI libraries, especially Bubble Tea-related components, Bubbles, and Lip Gloss, but exposes them as composable shell commands.

The project fits Charmbracelet's broader line of polished terminal tools by turning reusable TUI primitives into Unix-style commands such as `choose`, `input`, `confirm`, `filter`, `spin`, `style`, `table`, and `write`.

Adoption history

The README documents installs through Homebrew, Arch, Fedora, Nix, Flox, WinGet, Scoop, Debian/Ubuntu, RPM repositories, FreeBSD packages, release archives, and `go install`, which shows that the tool crossed from Go developer circles into general shell-scripting package sets.

Because each command writes ordinary stdout/stderr and composes with variables, files, and pipes, Gum was adopted as a small dependency for dotfiles, setup scripts, demos, and internal operations scripts that need friendlier prompts.

How it is used

Gum commands are used directly in shell scripts: `gum choose` selects from choices, `gum input` reads text, `gum confirm` gates an action, `gum filter` narrows lists, and `gum style` formats terminal output. The official tutorial uses a Conventional Commits helper as a representative script.

Customization is mostly through command flags and environment variables, keeping the package useful in one-off scripts and shared dotfiles without a separate application framework.

Why package nerds care

Gum is interesting to package maintainers because it packages a Go TUI ecosystem as a single static-ish command suite with broad OS coverage. It also illustrates a modern pattern where a developer-friendly CLI becomes both an end-user utility and a building block for other scripts.

For shell users, it replaces many ad hoc `read`, `select`, `fzf`, spinner, and ANSI-formatting snippets with one package whose behavior can be versioned by the system package manager.

Timeline

  • 2022: GitHub repository created.
  • 2022: v0.1.0 release published.

Related projects

  • Bubble Tea is Charmbracelet's Go framework for terminal applications.
  • Bubbles supplies reusable TUI components used by Charmbracelet tools.
  • Lip Gloss supplies terminal styling primitives used by Gum.

security posture

Risk level: yellow

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

  • generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

  • text:shell

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 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

CommandKindExposureNote
gumcliglobal 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 version0.17.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.17.0

https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gum
Version0.17.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gum
Homepagehttps://github.com/charmbracelet/gum
Repositoryhttps://github.com/charmbracelet/gum
Upstream docshttps://github.com/charmbracelet/gum#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/charmbracelet/gum/archive/refs/tags/v0.17.0.tar.gz
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegum
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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.

Debian apt95%

gum 0.14.4-1+b6

Tool for glamorous shell scripts 🎀

https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum

sudo apt install gum
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gum
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gum
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gum from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

gum

nix profile install nixpkgs#gum
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gum
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gu/gum/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

gum 0.16.2-r10

Highly configurable utilities for writing interactive shell scripts

https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum

sudo apk add gum
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gum
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gum
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gum from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gum-bash-completion 0.16.2-r10

Bash completions for gum

https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum

sudo apk add gum-bash-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gum
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gum
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gum-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gum-doc 0.16.2-r10

Highly configurable utilities for writing interactive shell scripts (documentation)

https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum

sudo apk add gum-doc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gum
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gum
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gum-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gum-fish-completion 0.16.2-r10

Fish completions for gum

https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum

sudo apk add gum-fish-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gum
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gum
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gum-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gum-zsh-completion 0.16.2-r10

Zsh completions for gum

https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum

sudo apk add gum-zsh-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gum
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gum
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gum-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

gum 0.17.0-3.fc45

Tool for glamorous shell scripts

https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum

sudo dnf install gum
  • License: BSD-3-Clause AND MIT AND OFL-1.1
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gum
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gum
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gum from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

gum 0.17.0-1

A tool for glamorous shell scripts

https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum

sudo pacman -S gum
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gum
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: gum from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

gum 0.16.0-1.4

Tool for glamorous shell scripts

https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum

sudo zypper install gum
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gum
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gum
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gum from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

gum-bash-completion 0.16.0-1.4

Bash Completion for gum

https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum

sudo zypper install gum-bash-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: gum
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gum
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gum-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

gum-fish-completion 0.16.0-1.4

Fish Completion for gum

https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum

sudo zypper install gum-fish-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: gum
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gum
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gum-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

gum-zsh-completion 0.16.0-1.4

Zsh Completion for gum

https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum

sudo zypper install gum-zsh-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: gum
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gum
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gum-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

gum

sudo port install gum
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gum
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/gum/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/gum

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

charmbracelet.gum

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

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