# Install tgpt with Homebrew, Nix, pacman AI Chatbots in terminal without needing API keys. Version 2.11.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:tgpt ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install tgpt ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#tgpt ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tg/tgpt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S tgpt ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: tgpt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:tgpt - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.11.1 - **Source summary:** AI Chatbots in terminal without needing API keys - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - tgpt (cli) - tgpt (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## 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: 2.11.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/aandrew-me/tgpt - Upstream latest detected: v2.11.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage tgpt is a cross-platform terminal client for AI chat providers. Its README presents the tool as a way to use AI in the terminal and emphasizes provider support without requiring a user-managed API key for the common path described in the package metadata. ### Project history The public source-backed history is thin, but the project is clearly organized around a Go command-line executable, a provider list, release binaries, and installer scripts for Unix-like systems and Windows. ### Adoption history The README documents installation through Homebrew, Arch Linux, FreeBSD ports/packages, Go, Scoop, and Chocolatey. The Homebrew input also records packaging in Homebrew, Nix, and pacman. ### How it is used Package users install the `tgpt` command to query AI chat services from a shell, update script-installed copies with `tgpt -u`, and optionally configure HTTP or SOCKS proxy settings through environment variables or proxy.txt files. ### Why package nerds care tgpt belongs to the post-LLM wave of small terminal-first AI tools: its package-manager relevance is less about a long lineage and more about making AI chat available as a simple executable in the same workflows where developers already use curl, shells, and package managers. ### Timeline - 2020s: Project README documents multi-platform terminal AI usage and package-manager installation. - 2020s: README documents Homebrew, Arch Linux, FreeBSD, Go, Scoop, and Chocolatey installation paths. ### Related projects - The README links to its provider documentation for the currently available AI backends. ### Sources - Official README: https://github.com/aandrew-me/tgpt#readme - Official provider docs linked from README: https://github.com/aandrew-me/tgpt/blob/main/md/providers.md - source_facts.package-manager ## 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: ./proxy.txt, ~/.config/tgpt/proxy.txt ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** tgpt - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - tgpt: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tg/tgpt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - tgpt - 2.11.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: tgpt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | AI Chatbots in terminal without needing API keys | https://github.com/aandrew-me/tgpt ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [MCP tool packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/mcp-tools/) - Mentions MCP or Model Context Protocol. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [openclaw-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openclaw-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai-assistant, cli, productivity. - [abook](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abook/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [aerc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aerc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [alot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [alpine](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alpine/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [amp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [bagels](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bagels/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [bartib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bartib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [eureka](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/eureka/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, productivity, terminal, without. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tgpt.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/tgpt.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