# Install slumber with Homebrew, Nix, pacman

Terminal-based HTTP/REST client. Version 5.3.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-16.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:slumber
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install slumber
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#slumber
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S slumber
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: slumber from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:slumber
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/slumber>
- **Version:** 5.3.0
- **Source summary:** Terminal-based HTTP/REST client
- **Homepage:** <https://slumber.lucaspickering.me/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/LucasPickering/slumber>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://slumber.lucaspickering.me/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/LucasPickering/slumber/archive/refs/tags/v5.3.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-16T15:18:21Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- slumber (cli)
- slumber (alias)

## Build dependencies

- rust

## 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: 5.3.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-16
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/LucasPickering/slumber
- Upstream latest detected: v5.3.0 (current)
## Project history and usage

Slumber is a terminal HTTP/REST client with both TUI and CLI workflows. It is source-first: request collections are YAML files meant to be edited, shared, and committed with code.

### Project history

The repository was created in August 2023. The official changelog identifies 0.3.1 in October 2023 as the initial distributed release, followed by 1.0.0 in April 2024 and later major releases that continued expanding the TUI, CLI, collections, and persistence features.

### Adoption history

The README links installation and documentation, shows a crates.io badge, and documents Homebrew as an install path. The supplied package metadata lists Homebrew, Nix, and pacman package names, placing Slumber in the newer Rust CLI tooling ecosystem.

### How it is used

Users define request collections such as `slumber.yml`, run the TUI with `slumber`, or use CLI subcommands for scripted HTTP requests. The docs emphasize sharable collections, profiles, templates, imports from external formats, and local persistence.

### Why package nerds care

Slumber appeals to package and CLI enthusiasts because it treats API-client state as text files rather than as opaque app data. That makes it friendlier to Git, dotfiles, reproducible environments, and terminal-first workflows.

### Timeline

- 2023: GitHub repository created.
- 2023: 0.3.1 marked as the initial distributed release.
- 2024: 1.0.0 released.
- 2025: 4.0.0 released with a migration guide.
- 2026: 5.0.0 released.

### Related projects

- Slumber is adjacent to Postman, Insomnia, curl/httpie-style CLI clients, Rust TUI applications, and YAML-based API collection formats.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/LucasPickering/slumber>
- <https://github.com/LucasPickering/slumber#readme>
- <https://slumber.lucaspickering.me/>
- <https://slumber.lucaspickering.me/api/configuration/index.html>
- <https://slumber.lucaspickering.me/api/request_collection/index.html>
- <https://slumber.lucaspickering.me/other/changelog.html>
- input.source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for slumber. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## 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

- Linux: ~/.config/slumber/config.yml
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/slumber/config.yml
- Unix: slumber.yml, slumber.yaml, .slumber.yml, .slumber.yaml
- Windows: C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\slumber\config.yml
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** slumber
- **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 - slumber: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sl/slumber/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - slumber - 5.3.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: slumber from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Terminal-based REST client | https://github.com/LucasPickering/slumber


## Related links

- [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.
- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [bruno-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bruno-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api-client, api-testing, cli, developer-tools, http-client.
- [chiko](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chiko/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api-client, cli, developer-tools, tui.
- [posting](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/posting/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api-client, cli, developer-tools, tui.
- [cobo-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cobo-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api-client, cli, developer-tools.
- [curlie](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/curlie/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api-testing, cli, developer-tools, http-client.
- [evans](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/evans/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api-client, cli, developer-tools.
- [flickcurl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flickcurl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api-client, cli, developer-tools.
- [gitlab-gem](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitlab-gem/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api-client, cli, developer-tools.

## Combined YAML source

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