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Install mani with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

CLI tool to help you manage repositories. Version 0.32.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-15.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mani

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install mani

MacPorts ports tree · devel/mani/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mani

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

overview

Package summary

CLI tool to help you manage repositories

Commands and aliases

  • mani

history

Project history and usage

mani is a Go command-line tool for managing many repositories from one YAML inventory. It combines project metadata, cloning and synchronization, task definitions, filtering, and command execution across groups of repositories.

Project history

The public repository was created in October 2019. The project's own background document says it was written because the author wanted a central place for many repositories, with names, URLs, descriptions, one-command cloning, ad-hoc or named commands across selected repositories, and an overview of repositories and command output.

mani's design centers on a user-editable YAML file instead of treating the config as an opaque state file. The documentation highlights projects, tasks, specs, targets, themes, and environment variables as the core concepts in `mani.yaml`.

Adoption history

The README documents distribution through project releases, curl install, Homebrew, MacPorts, Arch AUR, Nix, Go install, and source builds. That package-manager spread reflects a niche but real audience among developers who maintain many Git repositories.

How it is used

Typical use starts with `mani init` in a directory containing Git repositories, which generates a `mani.yaml` inventory. Users then run commands such as listing projects or executing `git status` across all projects, optionally in parallel and with tabular output.

Why package nerds care

mani sits in the same tooling family as `myrepos`, `repo`, `vcstool`, `meta`, and other multi-repository helpers, but packages the workflow as a single Go binary with shell completion and a YAML-first configuration model.

Timeline

  • 2019: Public GitHub repository created.
  • 2020-2021: README copyright years indicate early MIT-licensed public development.
  • 2026: v0.32.1 release published on GitHub.

Related projects

  • The official project background names gita, gr, meta, mu-repo, myrepos, repo, and vcstool as similar software.
  • The README points to the author's `sake` project as a related tool for managing servers.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mani. 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.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mani/config.yaml~/.config/mani/config.yaml
macOS
~/Library/Application Support/mani/config.yaml
Unix
mani.yamlmani.yml.mani.yaml.mani.yml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
manicliglobal 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 version0.32.1
manager updated2026-05-15
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.32.1

https://github.com/alajmo/mani

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:mani
Version0.32.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mani
Homepagehttps://manicli.com
Repositoryhttps://github.com/alajmo/mani
Upstream docshttps://manicli.com/
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/alajmo/mani/archive/refs/tags/v0.32.1.tar.gz
Last updated2026-05-15T21:08:17Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namemani
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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%

mani

nix profile install nixpkgs#mani
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mani
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/mani/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
MacPorts95%

mani

sudo port install mani
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mani
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/mani/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.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • all-reposShares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management.
  • gitupShares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management.
  • git-getShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management.
  • git-grabShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management.
  • gitbatchShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management.
  • microplaneShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, multi-repo, repository-management.

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.

Used sources

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