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Install pixie with Homebrew, scoop, apt, winget

Observability tool for Kubernetes applications. Version 0.8.8 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with scoop: scoop install extras/pixie.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install pixie

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install px

Debian stable package indexes · px · source: deb.debian.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install extras/pixie

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/pixie.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id genotrance.px -e

Windows Package Manager source index · genotrance.px · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Observability tool for Kubernetes applications

Commands and aliases

  • px

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for pixie. 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.
  • 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

CommandKindExposureNote
pxcliglobal 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 version0.8.8
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/pixie-io/pixie

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/pixie-io/pixienone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:pixie
Version0.8.8
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pixie
Homepagehttps://px.dev/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/pixie-io/pixie
Upstream docshttps://docs.px.dev/
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/pixie-io/pixie.git
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namepixie
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Conflicts With
  • px
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Scoop95%

extras/pixie

scoop install extras/pixie
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Pixie
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/pixie.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Debian apt92%

px 3.6.9-1

ps and top for human beings

https://github.com/walles/px/

sudo apt install px
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: all
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Px
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: px from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt92%

px 3.3.1-1

ps and top for human beings

https://github.com/walles/px/

sudo apt install px
  • Section: universe/admin
  • Architecture: all
  • 5 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Px
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: px from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Scoop92%

main/px

scoop install main/px
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Px
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/px.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget92%

genotrance.px

winget install --id genotrance.px -e
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Px
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: genotrance.px from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

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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.

Used sources

  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment