# Install inxi with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper Full featured CLI system information tool. Version 3.3.41-1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-03. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:inxi ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install inxi ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add inxi ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: inxi from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install inxi ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: inxi from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install inxi ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: inxi from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#inxi ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/in/inxi/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S inxi ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: inxi from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install inxi ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: inxi from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:inxi - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.3.41-1 - **Source summary:** Full featured CLI system information tool - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-03T00:33:50Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - inxi (cli) - inxi (alias) ## Uses from macOS - perl ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 3.3.41-1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-03 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://smxi.org/docs/inxi.htm - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage inxi is a full-featured command-line system information tool used to summarize hardware, kernel, graphics, network, storage, sensors, distribution, desktop, and other diagnostic details. It is especially visible in Linux support culture, where a single `inxi` command can give helpers a normalized snapshot of an unfamiliar machine. ### Project history The inxi project documents its origin as a fork of `infobash` 3.02, the Bash/Gawk system information script by Michiel de Boer, also known as locsmif. Harald Hope's inxi line dates from 2008, and the project credits a long series of contributors and data collectors for helping it learn hardware and distribution edge cases. A major internal transition happened when inxi moved from the original Bash/Gawk implementation to Perl 5 in the 2.9 generation in early 2018. That rewrite matters historically because inxi's value comes from many small hardware, distro, terminal, IRC, and output-format edge cases, and the Perl codebase became the maintained path for that growing matrix. The project hosts primary documentation at smxi.org and source code under the smxi organization on Codeberg. The maintained changelog is unusually detailed, reflecting the project's incremental model: repeated small releases for hardware detection, distro support, output formats, sensors, graphics stacks, and regressions found by real users. ### Adoption history inxi spread through distribution packaging and support forums. Its documentation says it was preinstalled in several distributions and packaged in Arch Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Slackware, openSUSE, Red Hat EPEL, and many others, with forum and article references stretching across Linux communities. Its adoption pattern is unusual for a system tool: it is not only an administrator utility, but also a social support protocol. Forum posts, bug reports, IRC support, and distro help pages commonly ask for `inxi -F`, `inxi -Fxz`, or similar output so volunteers can reason about hardware and drivers without long back-and-forth questioning. ### How it is used Users run inxi to print compact or detailed system summaries, often with flags that expand hardware sections or redact sensitive fields. It is used interactively in terminals, in IRC-style support flows, and in bug reports where normalized machine information is more useful than raw `lspci`, `lsusb`, `/proc`, and distro-release fragments. ### Why package nerds care inxi is significant because it packages operational folklore. It knows about distribution release files, graphics stacks, sensors tools, desktop environments, kernels, and hardware reporting oddities, then turns that mess into stable text, JSON, or XML output. For package people, it is both a diagnostic dependency and a reminder that cross-distro system inspection is mostly edge cases. The package also illustrates why script-like utilities can become infrastructure: once forums, maintainers, and support teams standardize on a command's output, the package is no longer just a convenience binary. It becomes part of the language users speak when asking for help. ### Timeline - 2005-2007: infobash, the predecessor Bash/Gawk system information script, is authored by Michiel de Boer. - 2008: Harald Hope's inxi line begins from the infobash fork. - 2013: The maintained changelog records frequent 1.8 and 1.9 series releases. - 2018: inxi is rewritten from Bash/Gawk to Perl 5 in the 2.9 generation. - 2024: smxi.org lists Codeberg as the source-code home for inxi and related smxi tools. - 2025: The project documentation continues to collect reviews, videos, package references, and support links around inxi usage. ### Related projects - infobash is the direct ancestor. - smxi, sgfxi, rbxi, svmi, and acxi are related smxi.org tools and repositories. - Distribution support forums, distro package repositories, and IRC clients are part of the ecosystem in which inxi became useful. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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: /etc/inxi.conf, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/inxi.conf, ~/.config/inxi.conf, ~/.inxi/inxi.conf ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** inxi - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - inxi - 3.3.38-1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: inxi from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | full featured system information script | https://smxi.org/docs/inxi.htm - Nix - inxi: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/in/inxi/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - inxi - 3.3.34-1-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: inxi from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | full featured system information script | https://smxi.org/docs/inxi.htm - apk - inxi - 3.3.39.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: inxi from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fully featured CLI system information tool | https://smxi.org/ - apk - inxi-doc - 3.3.39.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: inxi-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fully featured CLI system information tool (documentation) | https://smxi.org/ - dnf - inxi - 3.3.40-2.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: inxi from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A full featured system information script | https://smxi.org/docs/inxi.htm - pacman - inxi - 3.3.40.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: inxi from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Full featured CLI system information tool | https://smxi.org/docs/inxi.htm - zypper - inxi - 3.3.40-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: inxi from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A system information script | https://codeberg.org/smxi/inxi ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Documentation packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/documentation-tools/) - Matched documentation, manual, or publishing metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [eatmemory](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/eatmemory/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, diagnostics, system. - [gops](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gops/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, diagnostics, system. - [xdpyinfo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/xdpyinfo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, diagnostics, system. - [memtester](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/memtester/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, diagnostics, hardware, system. - [atool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/atool/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, perl, system. - [blink1](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/blink1/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, hardware, system. - [clinfo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clinfo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, diagnostics, system. - [convmv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/convmv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, perl, system. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/inxi.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/inxi.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