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Install taktuk with Homebrew, apt, Nix

Deploy commands to (a potentially large set of) remote nodes. Version 3.7.8 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install taktuk

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libtaktuk-1-dev

Debian stable package indexes · libtaktuk-1-dev · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#taktuk

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ta/taktuk/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Deploy commands to (a potentially large set of) remote nodes

Commands and aliases

  • taktuk

history

Project history and usage

TakTuk is an Inria-origin tool for adaptive large-scale remote execution deployment. Its homepage describes a command-line system that spreads itself across remote nodes, builds an interconnection network, transports commands, and multiplexes or demultiplexes I/O.

Project history

The TakTuk documentation credits the original concept to Cyrille Martin's PhD thesis and names Jacques Briat, Olivier Richard, Thierry Gautier, and Guillaume Huard among the people involved. Version 3, the Perl version, is credited to Guillaume Huard and is the maintained package line documented by the site.

The January 2007 TakTuk 3.0 release was the first stable release of the new Perl engine. The project notes that moving from earlier C++ versions to Perl allowed TakTuk to propagate its own code to remote hosts, avoiding the need to install TakTuk everywhere before deployment.

Adoption history

TakTuk was accepted into Debian's unstable branch in February 2007, a key package-manager milestone for a cluster-administration tool. The TakTuk download page directs Debian users to `apt-get install taktuk` and acknowledges Lucas Nussbaum's packaging, documentation, and testing work.

The project was used with KAAPI in GRIDS@work plugtests in 2006, 2007, and 2008, including deployments across more than 1400 processors in 2006 and more than 3600 processor cores in 2007 and 2008. In March 2012, the TakTuk news page reported TakTuk as a base tool in Grid5000/FutureGrid.

How it is used

TakTuk uses passwordless remote login, normally SSH, to establish a logical network between hosts. It can execute commands on deployed nodes, send input to commands, gather output to the root host, and allow deployed processes to communicate through the logical network.

The project positions TakTuk for parallel machine administration and parallel application development. For simpler regular-cluster tasks, the site recommends Kanif, a wrapper that provides C3-, pdsh-, and dsh-like behavior while relying on TakTuk underneath.

Why package nerds care

Package nerds care about TakTuk because it is a classic cluster-era Unix tool with a strong packaging story: Perl implementation, SSH-based operation, Debian packaging, Homebrew/Nix availability, and a wrapper ecosystem. It also illustrates why package managers matter for infrastructure tools that must be deployed consistently across many machines.

Timeline

  • 2006: TakTuk used in the third GRIDS@work Grid5000 plugtest with KAAPI.
  • 2007-01-26: TakTuk 3.0 released as the first stable Perl-engine release.
  • 2007-02: TakTuk accepted into Debian unstable.
  • 2007-07: Kanif 1.0 released as a TakTuk wrapper.
  • 2008-11: TakTuk::Pilot Perl module released with TakTuk 3.6.2.
  • 2010-03: TakTuk 3.7 series added deployment groups, gateway support, process targeting, and wait commands.
  • 2012-03: TakTuk reported as a base tool in Grid5000/FutureGrid.

Related projects

  • Related tools include Kanif, the TakTuk wrapper for cluster management, and older cluster command dispatch tools such as C3, pdsh, and dsh whose syntax and behavior Kanif intentionally mimics.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 3 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
taktukcliglobal 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 generated2026-07-08
manager version3.7.8
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://taktuk.gitlabpages.inria.fr/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://taktuk.gitlabpages.inria.fr/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:taktuk
Version3.7.8
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/taktuk
Homepagehttps://taktuk.gitlabpages.inria.fr/
Upstream docshttps://taktuk.gitlabpages.inria.fr/documentation.html
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/taktuk/taktuk_3.7.8.orig.tar.gz
Build dependenciesautoconf, automake, libtool
Uses from macOSperl
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 Nametaktuk
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • 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.

Debian apt95%

libtaktuk-1-dev 3.7.7-3.1+b1

C bindings for taktuk (development files)

https://taktuk.gitlabpages.inria.fr/

sudo apt install libtaktuk-1-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: taktuk
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Taktuk
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libtaktuk-1-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libtaktuk-perl 3.7.7-3.1

Perl bindings for taktuk

https://taktuk.gitlabpages.inria.fr/

sudo apt install libtaktuk-perl
  • Section: perl
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: taktuk
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Taktuk
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libtaktuk-perl from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libtaktuk3t64 3.7.7-3.1+b1

C bindings for taktuk

https://taktuk.gitlabpages.inria.fr/

sudo apt install libtaktuk3t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: taktuk
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Taktuk
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libtaktuk3t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

taktuk 3.7.7-3.1

efficient, large scale, parallel remote execution of commands

https://taktuk.gitlabpages.inria.fr/

sudo apt install taktuk
  • Section: net
  • Architecture: all
  • 3 dependencies
  • 4 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Taktuk
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: taktuk from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

taktuk

nix profile install nixpkgs#taktuk
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Taktuk
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ta/taktuk/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

libtaktuk-1-dev 3.7.7-3.1build1

C bindings for taktuk (development files)

https://taktuk.gitlabpages.inria.fr/

sudo apt install libtaktuk-1-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: taktuk
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Taktuk
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libtaktuk-1-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libtaktuk-perl 3.7.7-3.1build1

Perl bindings for taktuk

https://taktuk.gitlabpages.inria.fr/

sudo apt install libtaktuk-perl
  • Section: universe/perl
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: taktuk
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Taktuk
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libtaktuk-perl from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libtaktuk3t64 3.7.7-3.1build1

C bindings for taktuk

https://taktuk.gitlabpages.inria.fr/

sudo apt install libtaktuk3t64
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: taktuk
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Taktuk
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libtaktuk3t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

taktuk 3.7.7-3.1build1

efficient, large scale, parallel remote execution of commands

https://taktuk.gitlabpages.inria.fr/

sudo apt install taktuk
  • Section: universe/net
  • Architecture: all
  • 3 dependencies
  • 4 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Taktuk
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: taktuk from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

package graph

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

Related tools

  • autoconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • automakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libtoolBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • kanifPopular package that depends on this formula.

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  • actions-batchShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure.
  • aiacShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure.

source trail

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Used sources

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