# Install ipget with Homebrew, Nix Retrieve files over IPFS and save them locally. Version 0.13.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-28. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ipget ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ipget ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#ipget ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ip/ipget/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ipget - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.13.1 - **Source summary:** Retrieve files over IPFS and save them locally - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-04-28T02:17:10Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - ipget (cli) - ipget (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## 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: 0.13.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-04-28 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ipfs/ipget - Upstream latest detected: v0.13.1 (current) ## Project history and usage ipget is an IPFS command-line downloader: the project describes it as `wget for IPFS`, focused on retrieving files and directory structures from the IPFS network and saving them locally. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in 2015 under the IPFS organization. Its README frames the tool as a standalone downloader with its own IPFS node, so users do not need a separate IPFS daemon just to fetch content. A 2016 1.0.0 roadmap shows the early project goals clearly: reliable retrieval, better first-time user experience, binary distribution, and availability through major package managers. ### Adoption history ipget's adoption niche is narrower than the core IPFS daemon: it serves users who want a simple fetch command for IPFS content rather than a full node-management workflow. The project ships binaries through IPFS distribution channels and appears in Homebrew and Nix, matching the roadmap's emphasis on package-manager availability. ### How it is used Users pass an IPFS path, CID, or IPNS path and optionally choose an output path. The command can use local, spawned, temporary, or fallback node strategies and can display progress. The package is useful in scripts that need to fetch content-addressed data without teaching the script how to manage a long-running IPFS daemon. ### Why package nerds care ipget is package-nerdy because it maps the familiar Unix downloader shape onto a content-addressed network. It is smaller in scope than Kubo/go-ipfs, but that is exactly why it fits package-manager culture: install one binary, fetch one thing. It also documents a common IPFS packaging tension: users want IPFS retrieval as a normal CLI utility, while the underlying protocol normally implies node behavior, peers, and network bootstrapping. ### Timeline - 2015: GitHub repository created under the IPFS organization. - 2016: 1.0.0 roadmap calls out reliable builds and retrieval, first-time user experience, binary releases, and package-manager distribution. - 2023: v0.10.0 release published on GitHub. - 2026: v0.13.1 release published on GitHub. ### Related projects - IPFS provides the protocol and network that ipget retrieves from. - GNU wget is the user-interface analogy cited by the ipget README. - Kubo/go-ipfs is the fuller IPFS node implementation that ipget avoids requiring for simple downloads. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ipget - **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 - Nix - ipget: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ip/ipget/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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. - [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched web development metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gdown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gdown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, file-transfer, networking. - [gdrive-downloader](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gdrive-downloader/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, file-transfer, networking. - [airshare](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/airshare/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking. - [bbftp-client](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bbftp-client/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking. - [croc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/croc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking. - [davix](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/davix/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking. - [duck](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/duck/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking. - [ffsend](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffsend/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking. - [piknik](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/piknik/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, file, file-transfer, networking, over. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ipget.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ipget.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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