install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install jet

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install jet

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/jet/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#jet

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

overview

Package summary

Type safe SQL builder with code generation and auto query result data mapping

Project links

Commands and aliases

jet

history

Project history and usage

Jet is a Go database access toolkit built around code generation, type-safe SQL builders, and automatic query result mapping. Its README is explicit that Jet is not an ORM; the package instead generates Go types from database metadata so queries can be written as Go code that resembles SQL.

Project history

The go-jet/jet repository was created in 2019 and reached a 1.0 GitHub release the same year. The 2.x line also began in 2019, establishing the module path used by the documented `go install github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/cmd/jet` workflow.

The project evolved as a generator plus runtime library. Release history and documentation show continuing additions around SQL dialect features, result mapping, and database support, with PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, CockroachDB, and MariaDB represented across the README and wiki.

Adoption history

Jet fits a Go community preference for explicit SQL and compile-time feedback. It occupies a middle position between handwritten `database/sql` calls, ORMs, and SQL-code generators: users still write query structure in Go, but the table, column, enum, and model types are generated from the database.

Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix metadata in the input show adoption as a developer command as well as a Go library dependency. The formula packages the `jet` generator executable, which is the visible tool most package-manager users install.

How it is used

The documented workflow is to install the generator, point it at a running database or SQLite file, and choose an output path such as `./.gen`. Jet then generates SQL builder and model packages, after which application code imports those packages and builds typed SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, LOCK, and WITH statements.

Why package nerds care

Jet is package-nerd notable because the command name is tiny and generic, but the package represents a very specific Go database philosophy: generate just enough schema-aware code to make SQL construction typed while avoiding a full ORM identity map.

Timeline

2019: Public GitHub repository created for go-jet/jet.
2019: v1.0.0 and v2.0.0 releases published on GitHub.
2020: v2.4.0 release published on GitHub.
2025: v2.13.0 release published with additional SQL-builder features.

Related projects

Jet is closely related to Go's `database/sql` package, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, CockroachDB, and MariaDB. It also sits in the same problem space as sqlc and Go ORMs, but its README distinguishes it from ORMs.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for jet. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 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

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`jet`	cli	global 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 version2.15.0

manager updated2026-05-21

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv2.15.0

https://github.com/go-jet/jet

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:jet
Version	2.15.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jet
Homepage	https://github.com/go-jet/jet
Repository	https://github.com/go-jet/jet
Upstream docs	https://github.com/go-jet/jet#readme
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/go-jet/jet/archive/refs/tags/v2.15.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-05-21T15:06:46Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	jet
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
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.

Nix95%

jet

nix profile install nixpkgs#jet

normalized package name match
Matched by: Jet

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/je/jet/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

MacPorts95%

jet

sudo port install jet

normalized package name match
Matched by: Jet

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/jet/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/jet.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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