macOS
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Install tenere with Homebrew, Nix
TUI interface for LLMs written in Rust. Version 0.11.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-10. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#tenere.
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Linux
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overview
Package summary
TUI interface for LLMs written in Rust
Project links
Commands and aliases
- tenere
history
Project history and usage
Tenere is a Rust terminal user interface for large-language-model chat. Its official README describes it as a TUI for LLMs with chat history, saved chats, Vim-style keybindings, clipboard support, and multiple backends.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in April 2023, during the first wave of small terminal clients built around hosted and local LLM APIs. The project presented itself as a terminal-first chat client rather than a general AI framework.
Adoption history
Tenere's official installation instructions cover binary releases, crates.io, Nix, nix-on-droid, Homebrew, and source builds. That distribution pattern put it in front of Rust, Nix, and Homebrew users who wanted a small TUI wrapper for LLM backends.
How it is used
Users run `tenere` to open an interactive chat interface and choose a backend such as ChatGPT, llama.cpp, or Ollama. The README documents API-key configuration through environment variables or the TOML config file for ChatGPT and llama.cpp, and URL/model configuration for local backends.
Why package nerds care
For package-nerd audiences, Tenere is notable as a compact Rust CLI that tracks the shift from cloud-only ChatGPT use to mixed hosted and local LLM workflows. Its Homebrew, Nix, crates.io, and Android-via-Nix instructions make it a useful example of modern terminal AI tooling packaging.
Timeline
- 2023-04-05: GitHub repository created.
- 2023-04-16: v0.1 release published.
- 2024: v0.10 and v0.11 releases published.
- 2025-09-01: v0.11.3 release published.
Related projects
- The README names ChatGPT, llama.cpp, and Ollama as supported backends, placing Tenere among terminal clients that sit above API-compatible LLM servers.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for tenere. 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.
- Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 2 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.
local files
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
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Linux
~/.config/tenere/config.toml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tenere/config.toml- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/tenere/config.toml- Windows
~/AppData/Roaming/tenere/config.toml
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Linux
~/.config/tenere/config.toml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tenere/config.toml- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/tenere/config.toml- Windows
~/AppData/Roaming/tenere/config.toml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
tenere | cli | global 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 version0.11.3
manager updated2026-07-10
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.11.3
https://github.com/pythops/tenere
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:tenere |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.11.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tenere |
| Homepage | https://github.com/pythops/tenere |
| Repository | https://github.com/pythops/tenere |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/pythops/tenere#readme |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/pythops/tenere/archive/refs/tags/v0.11.3.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-07-10T10:41:25-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | libgit2, oniguruma |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf, rust |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | tenere |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
tenere
nix profile install nixpkgs#tenere- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Tenere
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment