install

Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install mk

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Wrapper for auto-detecting build and test commands in a repository

Project links

Commands and aliases

mk
pre

history

Project history and usage

mk is a pycontribs command-line wrapper for making unfamiliar repositories easier to work on. Its README describes the goal as hiding repository implementation details from casual contributors: a user runs mk in a checkout and gets predictable commands for questions such as how to run tests, lint, or prepare a change for review.

How it is used

The tool's practical role is orchestration rather than building from first principles. It detects common project tools and exposes their existing commands, including Makefile targets documented with double-hash comments, npm scripts, pre-commit, tox, and embedded helpers such as changelog generation through the GitHub CLI or container image checks. This puts mk in the same workflow-normalization niche as make, tox, npm scripts, and task runners, but with auto-detection and little per-repository setup.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mk. 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.
Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.
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
`mk`	cli	global executable
`pre`	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 generated2026-07-25

manager version3.0.0

manager updated2026-07-22

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://mk.readthedocs.io

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://mk.readthedocs.ionone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mk
Version	3.0.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mk
Homepage	https://mk.readthedocs.io
Repository	https://github.com/pycontribs/mk
Upstream docs	https://mk.readthedocs.io/
License	MIT
Source archive	https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/75/9e/dcc7813d9f7133f8d384eca24a4d4bb0cb056abcc53f1f170b8353084feb/mk-3.0.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-07-22T10:45:47Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	certifi, libyaml, python@3.14
Build dependencies	rust
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	mk
Version Scheme	0
Revision	10
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

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/mk.yml

Used sources

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

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