# Install ox with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, winget

Independent Rust text editor that runs in your terminal. Version 0.7.7 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ox
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ox
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ox
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: editors/ox/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ox
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ox/ox/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id curlpipe.ox -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: curlpipe.ox from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ox
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ox>
- **Version:** 0.7.7
- **Source summary:** Independent Rust text editor that runs in your terminal
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/curlpipe/ox>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/curlpipe/ox>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/curlpipe/ox#readme>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/curlpipe/ox/archive/refs/tags/0.7.7.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- ox (cli)
- ox (alias)

## Build dependencies

- rust

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.7.7
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/curlpipe/ox
- Upstream latest detected: 0.7.7 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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

- Unix: ~/.oxrc
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** ox
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - ox: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ox/ox/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - ox: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: editors/ox/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - curlpipe.ox: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: curlpipe.ox from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## 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.
- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [le](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/le/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal, text-editor, text-editors.
- [ne](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ne/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal, text-editor, text-editors.
- [ad](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ad/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor, text-editors.
- [amp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, terminal, text-editor.
- [aoeui](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aoeui/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor, text-editors.
- [gedit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gedit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor, text-editors.
- [jove](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jove/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor, text-editors.
- [kibi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kibi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, terminal, text-editor.
- [mg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mg/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, editor, editors, productivity, terminal.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ox.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ox.yml)


## Sources

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