# Install meta-package-manager with Homebrew, scoop Wrapper around all package managers with a unifying CLI. Version 7.0.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-28. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:meta-package-manager ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install meta-package-manager ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/meta-package-manager ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/meta-package-manager.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:meta-package-manager - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 7.0.1 - **Source summary:** Wrapper around all package managers with a unifying CLI - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-28T12:46:41Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - meta-package-manager (cli) - mpm (cli) - meta-package-manager (alias) - mpm (alias) ## Dependencies - certifi - libyaml - python@3.14 - rpds-py ## Build dependencies - rust ## Uses from macOS - libxml2 - libxslt ## 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: 7.0.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-28 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://kdeldycke.github.io/meta-package-manager/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Meta Package Manager, commonly invoked as mpm, is a unifying command-line wrapper around many native package managers. The project is maintained by kdeldycke and describes itself as a package-manager analogue to yt-dlp: one CLI that discovers package managers on the machine and normalizes common operations such as listing installed packages, searching, installing, removing, syncing metadata, upgrading, and exporting package inventories. ### Project history The tool's history is tied less to one platform than to the long-standing problem of machines accumulating several package ecosystems at once. Its documentation and README show support across macOS, Linux, Windows, BSD-like systems, and managers including apt, brew, cargo, dnf, flatpak, gem, npm, pacman, pip, pipx, scoop, snap, winget, yarn, zypper, and others, with support varying by operation. Release notes and documentation also emphasize backup and restore manifests, release-age cooldowns as a supply-chain mitigation, and cross-platform standalone binaries. ### Adoption history In practice, mpm is a power-user and fleet-maintenance tool: it is useful when a workstation has Homebrew, pipx, npm, cargo, and OS packages side by side and the user wants one inventory or upgrade command. It sits near tools such as PackageKit, Ansible package modules, or platform-specific wrappers, but its niche is an interactive and scriptable local CLI rather than a configuration-management system. ### How it is used Homebrew and Scoop packaging reflect that niche: users install mpm through one package manager so it can inspect and orchestrate many others. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal ## 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 - macOS: pyproject.toml, ~/Library/Application Support/mpm/config.toml - Unix: pyproject.toml, ~/.config/mpm/config.toml - Windows: pyproject.toml, %APPDATA%\mpm\config.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** meta-package-manager - **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 - Scoop - main/meta-package-manager: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/meta-package-manager.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/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. - [Package publisher tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pacapt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pacapt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cross-platform, package-management, package-manager, system. - [dpkg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dpkg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, package-management, package-manager, system. - [zero-install](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/zero-install/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cross-platform, package-management, system. - [fnt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fnt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, package-management, system. - [snap](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/snap/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, package-management, system. - [apt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, package-manager, system. - [backupninja](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/backupninja/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, system. - [borgmatic](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/borgmatic/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, system. - [glances](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glances/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: certifi, cli, cross, cross-platform, platform. - [sysaidmin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sysaidmin/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: automation, certifi, cli, python, python-3-14. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/meta-package-manager.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/meta-package-manager.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