# Install leaps with Homebrew, Nix Collaborative web-based text editing service written in Golang. Version 0.9.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:leaps ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install leaps ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#leaps ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/le/leaps/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:leaps - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.9.1 - **Source summary:** Collaborative web-based text editing service written in Golang - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - leaps (cli) - leaps (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.9.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/Jeffail/leaps - Upstream latest detected: v0.9.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage leaps is a Go service for collaboratively editing local files through a web UI, using operational transforms to synchronize multiple editing clients. ### Project history The repository presents leaps as a pair-programming service built around operational transforms. Public tags show active release work in 2017 and a dependency-maintenance tag in 2021. ### Adoption history Adoption appears niche but visible in package-manager collections: the repository listed hundreds of GitHub stars in July 2026, and Homebrew and Nix package it as a self-hostable collaborative text-editing service. ### How it is used The intended workflow is to run the service locally and allow collaborators to edit local files through the browser, with operational transforms preventing edit collisions across connected clients. ### Why package nerds care leaps is interesting to package nerds as an early Go implementation of collaborative text editing packaged as a standalone CLI/service rather than as an editor plugin or hosted web application. ### Timeline - 2017-04-28: v0.6.0 tag published. - 2017-07-14: v0.8.2 tag added a discard flag for safe mode. - 2018-02-19: v0.9.0 tag transitioned the project to dep. - 2021-02-22: v0.9.1 tag fixed dependencies. ### Related projects - Related tools and concepts include operational transforms, ShareDB, Etherpad, Codeshare-style pair-programming services, editor collaboration plugins, and later CRDT-based collaboration systems. ### 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:** leaps - **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 - leaps: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/le/leaps/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. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ad](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ad/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor. - [amp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor. - [aoeui](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aoeui/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor. - [edbrowse](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/edbrowse/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor. - [emacs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/emacs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor. - [enter-tex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/enter-tex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor. - [fresh-editor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fresh-editor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor. - [gedit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gedit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor. - [kibi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kibi/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, editor, productivity, text, text-editor. - [le](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/le/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, editor, productivity, text, text-editor. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/leaps.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/leaps.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