# Install iamb with Homebrew, apk, Nix, winget, zypper Matrix client for Vim addicts. Version 0.0.11 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:iamb ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install iamb ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add iamb ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iamb from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#iamb ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ia/iamb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install iamb ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: iamb from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id ulyssa.iamb -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: ulyssa.iamb from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:iamb - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.0.11 - **Source summary:** Matrix client for Vim addicts - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - iamb (cli) - iamb (alias) ## Build dependencies - pkgconf - rust ## Uses from macOS - sqlite ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.0.11 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ulyssa/iamb - Upstream latest detected: v0.0.11 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage iamb is a terminal Matrix client built for people who want Vim-like editing, window navigation, and chat management. Its package-manager identity is a modern Rust TUI application: a chat client that belongs in terminals, dotfiles, and distribution package indexes rather than only in app stores. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created on August 25, 2021. The public origin issue, opened on December 30, 2022, states the goal plainly: a Matrix client for the terminal that uses Vim keybindings for editing messages and managing windows. The documentation describes iamb as a terminal-based Matrix client for Vim users, with features including threads, spaces, end-to-end encryption, read receipts, image previews, notifications, room management, message editing and redaction, custom keybindings, and multiple profiles. It also notes that much of the Vim emulation comes from the author's modalkit crate. The release stream visible on GitHub begins with v0.0.7 in March 2023 and includes v0.0.8 in July 2023, v0.0.9 in March 2024, v0.0.10 in August 2024, and v0.0.11 in January 2026. ### Adoption history iamb's adoption follows the route of Rust terminal applications: crates.io installation, source builds with Cargo, and distribution packages. The README lists package-manager installation paths for Arch AUR, FreeBSD, Gentoo GURU, Homebrew, NetBSD, Nix/NixOS, openSUSE Tumbleweed, and Snap. Homebrew packages iamb as a Matrix client for Vim addicts and records Rust and pkgconf as build-time dependencies. Repository metadata showed more than a thousand stars by 2026, consistent with a recognizable terminal-chat niche. ### How it is used Users configure iamb with a TOML file under the XDG config directory, defining profiles with Matrix user IDs and optional homeserver URLs. The application is then used as an interactive terminal client for rooms, direct messages, spaces, invitations, message sending, editing, reactions, and navigation. Its strongest usage pattern is keyboard-first chat for users who already expect Vim motions and split/window metaphors. The feature set also makes it interesting for terminal environments that support richer image protocols such as sixel, Kitty, or iTerm2. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about iamb because it is a good example of the newer Rust TUI packaging wave: a networked end-user app, not only a developer utility, distributed through Cargo and several operating-system package managers. Its PACKAGING.md also gives maintainers explicit guidance about system SQLite/TLS linking, LTO, desktop metadata, icons, examples, and man pages, which is exactly the sort of upstream packaging surface that makes distribution maintainers' lives easier. ### Timeline - 2021: GitHub repository created. - 2022: Origin issue opened for a Vim-keybinding Matrix terminal client. - 2023: v0.0.7 and v0.0.8 releases published. - 2024: v0.0.10 added features including direct-message room marking, external editor suffix configuration, notification controls, alias commands, and packaging metadata work. - 2026: v0.0.11 release published; Homebrew packaged iamb as a Rust-built Matrix terminal client. ### Related projects - iamb is built around Matrix and relates to the Matrix Rust SDK ecosystem. - modalkit supplies much of its Vim-style editing and window-management behavior; terminal UI and image-preview dependencies are part of the surrounding Rust TUI ecosystem. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## 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 - Unix: ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/iamb/config.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** iamb - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - iamb: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ia/iamb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - iamb - 0.0.11-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iamb from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Rust Matrix chat client with Vim keybindings | https://iamb.chat/ - apk - iamb-doc - 0.0.11-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iamb-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Rust Matrix chat client with Vim keybindings (documentation) | https://iamb.chat/ - zypper - iamb - 0.0.10-2.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: iamb from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A Matrix client for Vim addicts | https://github.com/ulyssa/iamb - winget - ulyssa.iamb: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: ulyssa.iamb from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gitter-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitter-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: chat, cli, productivity, terminal. - [gossip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gossip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, communication, productivity, rust. - [pidgin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pidgin/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: chat, cli, communication, productivity. - [amp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, terminal. - [clock-rs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clock-rs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, terminal. - [ekphos](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ekphos/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, terminal. - [intelli-shell](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/intelli-shell/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, terminal. - [kibi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kibi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, terminal. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/iamb.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/iamb.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - 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