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brew

Install hub with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper

Add GitHub support to git on the command-line. Version 2.14.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install hub

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install hub

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

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add hub

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

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install hub

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

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#hub

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

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S hub

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

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install hub

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

overview

Package summary

Add GitHub support to git on the command-line

Commands and aliases

  • hub

history

Project history and usage

hub is a GitHub-oriented command-line companion for Git. Its central idea is deliberately conservative: keep normal Git behavior, then add shorthand and subcommands for common GitHub work such as cloning owner/repository names, opening project pages, creating repositories, managing issues, pull requests, releases, and making GitHub API calls from scripts.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in December 2009 under Mislav Marohnić's account, and the project later lived at the canonical github/hub repository while retaining the mislav/hub URL as an official repository redirect. The documentation describes hub as an extension to command-line Git, and its manual groups commands into Git commands that hub extends and GitHub-specific commands that hub adds.

hub occupied an important pre-gh niche: it made GitHub feel native inside a Git workflow before GitHub's separately branded gh CLI became the official general-purpose GitHub CLI. The hub README acknowledges gh as GitHub's more user-facing CLI while preserving hub's role as a lightweight Git wrapper and scripting tool.

Adoption history

hub spread through developer package managers because it matched an everyday GitHub workflow rather than a narrow build-time need. The Homebrew formula metadata for this batch lists packages across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Fedora, openSUSE, MacPorts, Nix, Scoop, Chocolatey, winget, and other ecosystems, while the project README documents similarly broad install paths.

How it is used

Typical use is interactive and scriptable: users alias hub as git, clone repositories by GitHub shorthand, fork or create repositories, open pull requests, inspect issues, publish releases, or drop to `hub api` for raw GitHub REST or GraphQL calls. Configuration and OAuth credentials are stored under the XDG-style hub configuration path unless a token is supplied through the environment.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, hub is a classic example of a small CLI that became distribution-worthy by wrapping an existing universal tool instead of replacing it. It also records a period in GitHub tooling history when third-party and community-maintained command-line clients filled gaps that later became first-party platform features.

Timeline

  • 2009: Public GitHub repository created for hub.
  • 2014: GitHub Releases metadata records hub 1.12.x releases.
  • 2020: hub 2.14.2 release published with manual pages identifying version 2.14.2.
  • 2020s: README directs users who want GitHub's official general-purpose CLI toward gh while continuing to document hub's Git-wrapper workflow.

Related projects

  • Related projects include Git itself, GitHub's gh CLI, GitHub Enterprise, Gist, GitHub Actions, and the GitHub REST and GraphQL APIs exposed through `hub api`.

Sources

  • Official hub site, hub manual, repository README, GitHub repository metadata, GitHub Releases API, and Homebrew package metadata supplied in the batch input.

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 13 platform targets.
  • 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
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hub~/.config/hub

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hub~/.config/hub

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
hubcliglobal 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 version2.14.2
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.14.2

https://github.com/mislav/hub

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:hub
Version2.14.2
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/hub
Homepagehttps://hub.github.com/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/mislav/hub
Upstream docshttps://hub.github.com/
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/mislav/hub/archive/refs/tags/v2.14.2.tar.gz
Build dependenciesgo, groff
Bottleavailable (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namehub
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%

hub 2.14.2~ds1-1+b23

make git easier with GitHub

https://github.com/github/hub

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

hub

nix profile install nixpkgs#hub
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Hub
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/hu/hub/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

hub 2.14.2~ds1-1ubuntu2

make git easier with GitHub

https://github.com/github/hub

sudo apt install hub
  • Section: universe/net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Hub
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: hub from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

hub 2.14.2-r41

Extends git with extra features for GitHub

https://hub.github.com/

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

hub-bash-completion 2.14.2-r41

Bash completions for hub

https://hub.github.com/

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

hub-doc 2.14.2-r41

Extends git with extra features for GitHub (documentation)

https://hub.github.com/

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

hub-fish-completion 2.14.2-r41

Fish completions for hub

https://hub.github.com/

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

hub-zsh-completion 2.14.2-r41

Zsh completions for hub

https://hub.github.com/

sudo apk add hub-zsh-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: hub
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Hub
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: hub-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

hub 2.14.2-4

cli interface for Github

https://hub.github.com

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

hub 2.14.2-2.9

Command-line wrapper for git and GitHub

https://github.com/github/hub

sudo zypper install hub
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Development/Tools/Version Control
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: hub
  • 1 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Hub
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: hub from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

hub

sudo port install hub
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Hub
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/hub/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Chocolatey95%

hub

choco install hub
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Hub
Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: hub from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','hexchat'
Scoop95%

main/hub

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

GitHub.hub

winget install --id GitHub.hub -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Hub
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: GitHub.hub 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

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • groffBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • hub-toolPackage name indicates the same formula family.

Same workflow

  • ghShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, github-cli.
  • gcliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, version-control.
  • sugarjarShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, version-control.
  • braidShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
  • codeberg-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
  • duraShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, 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