# Install toml-bombadil with Homebrew, pacman Dotfile manager with templating. Version 4.2.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:toml-bombadil ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install toml-bombadil ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S toml-bombadil ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: toml-bombadil from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:toml-bombadil - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.2.0 - **Source summary:** Dotfile manager with templating - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - bombadil (cli) - bombadil (alias) ## Dependencies - openssl@3 ## Build dependencies - pkgconf - 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: 4.2.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/oknozor/toml-bombadil - Upstream latest detected: 4.2.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage Toml Bombadil is a Rust dotfile manager centered on templates, profiles, hooks, and optional GPG-backed secrets. Its source-backed history is modest but clear: it was written to solve the author's recurring desktop-environment and machine-profile churn. ### Project history The README explains the project origin as a response to repeatedly switching desktop environments and needing dotfiles that could adapt across machines and setups. Instead of only symlinking files, Bombadil can create a copy, symlink that copy, and inject variables into the copied file as a template. The repository has continued as a small Rust CLI project with documented package installation paths and a public release stream; GitHub lists 15 releases, with 4.2.0 as the latest release on 23 April 2025. ### Adoption history Adoption evidence is niche but package-relevant: the README documents Arch Linux installation with pacman, and the batch input records both Homebrew and pacman package-manager entries. The repository also points users to example dotfile repositories that use Bombadil. ### How it is used Users install the bombadil CLI to link dotfiles, apply profiles, inject variables into templates, run install hooks, and manage encrypted secrets in a dotfile repository. ### Why package nerds care Bombadil matters to package nerds as one of the TOML-named dotfile tools that packages a personal workstation workflow into a reproducible CLI. It is small enough that reliable history should stay close to the README and release metadata rather than inflated into a broader movement. ### Timeline - 2025: GitHub listed 4.2.0 as the latest toml-bombadil release. - Current README: Documented pacman installation; the batch input recorded Homebrew packaging. ### Related projects - Other dotfile managers occupy the same package niche, but Bombadil distinguishes itself with TOML-flavored configuration, profiles, templating, hooks, and GPG secrets. ### Sources - - - - input.source_facts.description - input.source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** toml-bombadil - **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 - pacman - toml-bombadil - 4.2.0-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: toml-bombadil from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A dotfile manager with templating | https://github.com/oknozor/toml-bombadil ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mackup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mackup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration, dotfiles, productivity. - [amp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust. - [clock-rs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clock-rs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust. - [dockutil](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dockutil/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration, productivity. - [ekphos](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ekphos/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust. - [fend](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fend/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust. - [fresh-editor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fresh-editor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust. - [gdrive](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gdrive/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust. - [far2l-tty](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/far2l-tty/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, manager, openssl, openssl-3, productivity. - [fw](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fw/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, manager, openssl, openssl-3, productivity. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/toml-bombadil.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/toml-bombadil.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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