# Install nkt with Homebrew TUI for fast and simple interacting with your BibLaTeX database. Version 0.3.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-14. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:nkt ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install nkt ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:nkt - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.3.1 - **Source summary:** TUI for fast and simple interacting with your BibLaTeX database - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-14T14:13:25-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - nkt (cli) - nkt (alias) ## Build dependencies - zig@0.15 ## 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: 0.3.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-14 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://git.sr.ht/~fjebaker/nkt - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage nkt is a small Sourcehut-hosted Zig command-line/TUI tool by Fergus Baker. Homebrew describes the formula as a BibLaTeX database TUI, while the upstream repository summary and README describe it as terminal note-taking software for notes, journals, tasks, chains, tags, and fuzzy finding; that metadata mismatch keeps this enrichment conservative. ### Project history The visible tag history begins with alpha-v0.2.4 on September 29, 2024, followed by 0.3.0 on April 18, 2025 and 0.3.1 on October 18, 2025. The current README emphasizes plain-text/JSON storage, bring-your-own-editor workflows, and note-taking idioms inspired by Dendron, jrnl, vim-wiki, incremental note-taking, habit chains, and Zettelkasten. ### Adoption history Adoption appears tiny and mostly experimental. Homebrew's formula API reported 8 installs in 30 days, 17 in 90 days, and 33 in 365 days when checked on July 1, 2026; that matches a personal-productivity tool with a narrow audience rather than an ecosystem fixture. ### How it is used Users initialize an `~/.nkt` workspace with `nkt init`, then log journal entries, edit named notes with their normal editor, add tasks, track habit chains, tag entries, and use fuzzy search to get information back out. The package is interesting mainly to terminal-workflow collectors and plain-text knowledge-base users. ### Timeline - 2024-09-29: first visible alpha tags in Sourcehut. - 2025-04-18: 0.3.0 tag. - 2025-10-18: 0.3.1 tag used by Homebrew. - 2026-05-27: Sourcehut log shows continued maintenance activity. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** nkt - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control 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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [papis](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/papis/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bibliography, cli, productivity, reference-management. - [hayagriva](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hayagriva/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: biblatex, bibliography, cli, productivity. - [bagels](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bagels/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, tui. - [bib-tool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bib-tool/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bibliography, cli, productivity. - [bibclean](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bibclean/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bibliography, cli, productivity. - [biber](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/biber/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bibliography, cli, productivity. - [bibtex2html](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bibtex2html/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bibliography, cli, productivity. - [bibutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bibutils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bibliography, cli, productivity. - [aerc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aerc/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, productivity, your. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/nkt.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/nkt.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph