install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install zot

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install zot

MacPorts ports tree · llm/zot/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add zot

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · zot · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

overview

Package summary

Lightweight coding agent harness written in Go

Project links

Commands and aliases

zot

history

Project history and usage

zot is a young Go-based coding-agent harness packaged as a single command-line binary. Its niche is the post-Codex/Claude-Code generation of terminal agent tools: local TUI, print, JSON, and RPC modes wrapped around model providers and a small built-in tool set.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in April 2026 by Patrice Eckhart. The project README describes zot as a lightweight coding-agent harness written in Go, with one static binary, four built-in tools, and provider integrations for OpenAI/Codex, Anthropic, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, Ollama/local models, and other API-compatible backends.

The public documentation emphasizes embeddability and extensibility rather than a large default plugin ecosystem: zot can run interactively, emit JSON events, serve an RPC protocol for external apps, load SKILL.md instruction packs, and install extensions that communicate over subprocess JSON-RPC.

Adoption history

zot's adoption story is early-stage. GitHub repository metadata showed a few hundred stars and several dozen forks by July 2026, and the batch package metadata already lists Homebrew, Alpine, and MacPorts package names, which is notable for a project created only months earlier.

Its practical audience is developers experimenting with local coding-agent harnesses who want a single binary rather than a Node, Python, or Docker-shaped stack.

How it is used

Typical use is to run `zot` for the terminal UI, pass a prompt directly, use `-p` for print mode, use `--json` for newline-delimited events, or run `zot rpc` when embedding it in another program. Authentication is handled through provider API keys or supported subscription login flows, with state under `$ZOT_HOME`.

For package users, the important behavior is that zot installs like a normal CLI while still exposing agent-specific features such as session resume, model/provider selection, extension loading, skills, and a Telegram bridge.

Why package nerds care

zot is package-nerd interesting because it turns a fast-moving AI-agent pattern into the old reliable artifact shape: one binary on `$PATH`. That makes it easy to compare with Codex CLI, Claude Code-style tools, OpenCode, and other terminal harnesses without first adopting their runtime stack.

Timeline

2026-04-17: The public `patriceckhart/zot` GitHub repository is created.
2026: The README documents a single-binary Go harness with TUI, print, JSON, and RPC modes.
2026: Package metadata in this batch records zot in Homebrew, Alpine, and MacPorts.

Related projects

OpenAI Codex CLI and Anthropic Claude Code are upstream workflow reference points because zot documents subscription login flows and provider behavior related to them.
OpenCode, Ollama, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, and other provider backends are adjacent surfaces in zot's model-provider layer.

Sources

https://api.github.com/repos/patriceckhart/zot
https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot
https://www.zot.sh/
input.json source_facts.package-manager

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for zot. 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.
Build metadata lists 1 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.

Unix: $ZOT_HOME/config.json

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: $ZOT_HOME/config.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`zot`	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 version0.3.4

manager updated2026-07-24

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.3.4

https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:zot
Version	0.3.4
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/zot
Homepage	https://www.zot.sh/
Repository	https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot
Upstream docs	https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot/archive/refs/tags/v0.3.4.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-07-24T16:59:52Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
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	zot
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head 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.

apk95%

zot 2.1.17-r0

Vendor-neutral OCI-native container image registry

https://zotregistry.dev/

sudo apk add zot

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: zot
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Zot

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

zot-cli 2.1.17-r0

Vendor-neutral OCI-native container image registry - CLI tools

https://zotregistry.dev/

sudo apk add zot-cli

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: zot
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Zot

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot-cli from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

zot-cli-bash-completion 2.1.17-r0

Bash completions for zot-cli

https://zotregistry.dev/

sudo apk add zot-cli-bash-completion

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: zot
normalized package name match
Matched by: Zot

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot-cli-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

zot-cli-fish-completion 2.1.17-r0

Fish completions for zot-cli

https://zotregistry.dev/

sudo apk add zot-cli-fish-completion

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: zot
normalized package name match
Matched by: Zot

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot-cli-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

zot-cli-zsh-completion 2.1.17-r0

Zsh completions for zot-cli

https://zotregistry.dev/

sudo apk add zot-cli-zsh-completion

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: zot
normalized package name match
Matched by: Zot

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot-cli-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

zot-doc 2.1.17-r0

Vendor-neutral OCI-native container image registry (documentation)

https://zotregistry.dev/

sudo apk add zot-doc

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: zot
normalized package name match
Matched by: Zot

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

zot-exporter 2.1.17-r0

Vendor-neutral OCI-native container image registry - metrics exporter

https://zotregistry.dev/

sudo apk add zot-exporter

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: zot
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Zot

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot-exporter from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

zot-openrc 2.1.17-r0

Vendor-neutral OCI-native container image registry (OpenRC init scripts)

https://zotregistry.dev/

sudo apk add zot-openrc

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: zot
normalized package name match
Matched by: Zot

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zot-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

MacPorts95%

zot

sudo port install zot

normalized package name match
Matched by: Zot

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: llm/zot/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

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

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.

combined/zot.yml

Used sources

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

Install zot with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts

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Project history

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How it is used

Why package nerds care

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Related projects

Sources

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