# Install mani with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix CLI tool to help you manage repositories. Version 0.32.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-15. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mani ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mani ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install mani ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/mani/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#mani ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/mani/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mani - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.32.1 - **Source summary:** CLI tool to help you manage repositories - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-15T21:08:17Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - mani (cli) - mani (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: 0.32.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-15 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/alajmo/mani - Upstream latest detected: v0.32.1 (current) ## 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. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes 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. ## 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 - Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mani/config.yaml, ~/.config/mani/config.yaml - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/mani/config.yaml - Unix: mani.yaml, mani.yml, .mani.yaml, .mani.yml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** mani - **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 - mani: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/mani/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - mani: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/mani/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/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. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [all-repos](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/all-repos/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management. - [gitup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management. - [git-get](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-get/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management. - [git-grab](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-grab/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management. - [gitbatch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitbatch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management. - [microplane](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/microplane/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, multi-repo, repository-management. - [garden](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/garden/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, multi-repo. - [gerrit-tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gerrit-tools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, git. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mani.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mani.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