# Install x-cli with Homebrew Command-line power tool for Twitter. Version 5.0.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:x-cli ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install x-cli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:x-cli - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 5.0.0 - **Source summary:** Command-line power tool for Twitter - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - x (cli) - x (alias) ## 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: 5.0.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/sferik/x-cli - Upstream latest detected: v5.0.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage x-cli is Erik Michaels-Ober's command-line client lineage for Twitter, now framed as a command-line interface for the X API. Its history runs through the earlier `t` Ruby CLI, which became a recognizable terminal-first Twitter tool, and the current x-cli repository, which updates the idea for X API authentication and v1.1/v2 API behavior. ### Project history The original project documentation for `t` says it was created after the twitter Ruby gem removed its command-line interface in version 0.5.0. The `t` project was offered as a successor, but as a clean-room implementation containing none of the original CLI code. The current x-cli README describes the tool as a command-line interface for the X API, with OAuth 1.0a and OAuth 2.0 authentication, v1.1 and v2 API support with fallback behavior, streaming commands, shell completion, and YAML configuration. It also preserves migration behavior from the older ~/.trc profile file to the newer ~/.xrc default. ### Adoption history The project became popular because it made Twitter scriptable from ordinary shells: posting, listing, searching, following, and account management could be composed with pipes and other Unix tools. The current GitHub repository still shows thousands of stars and hundreds of forks, reflecting its long-lived CLI niche. ### How it is used Historically, users ran commands such as `t authorize`, `t update`, `t whois`, and list-management commands after creating Twitter API credentials. The current x-cli command tree focuses on `x` commands for accounts, search, streams, delete/list/set operations, and profile management. Configuration is part of the project's continuity: the current README states that ~/.xrc is the default profile config, while ~/.trc is read as a fallback and migrated on write. That preserves the older `t` ecosystem while moving the command name and API model toward X. ### Why package nerds care x-cli is package-nerd interesting as a social-network CLI that survived API churn, branding churn, and authentication changes. It is the kind of package users install not for a daemon or library, but to make a web platform automatable from shell scripts. ### Timeline - twitter gem 0.5.0: The original gem CLI is removed, leading to the separate clean-room `t` project. - 2010s: `t` becomes a RubyGems-installed Twitter command-line power tool. - 2020s: The current x-cli repository presents the tool as an X API CLI with OAuth 1.0a/OAuth 2.0 and API v1.1/v2 support. - Current line: ~/.xrc becomes the default profile config while ~/.trc remains a migration fallback. ### Related projects - The twitter Ruby gem is the ancestor context for the original CLI removal. The current x-cli README also identifies x-api as the client library layer for HTTP, authentication, and retry primitives. ### Sources - - - ## 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: ~/.xrc, ~/.trc ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** x-cli - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Conflicts With:** xorg-server - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## 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. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [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. - [x264](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/x264/) - Package name indicates the same formula family. - [x265](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/x265/) - Package name indicates the same formula family. - [x3270](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/x3270/) - Package name indicates the same formula family. - [chars](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chars/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. 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