Eget

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eget helps locate, download, and extract prebuilt binaries from GitHub.

Forked from https://github.com/zyedidia/eget Refactored and enhanced the tool's functionality.

Features

• Explicit subcommand CLI: uses the consistent eget <command> --options... arguments... form, with clear command boundaries and better automation ergonomics.
• Multiple target types: install and download accept owner/repo, GitHub repository URLs, direct download URLs, and local files.
• Unified download, verify, and extract flow: built-in asset discovery, system/asset selection, SHA-256 verification, and archive extraction reduce manual steps.
• Cache and proxy support: supports cache_dir for download reuse and proxy_url for both GitHub lookups and remote download requests.
• Managed package lifecycle: supports add, list, update, and uninstall for package definitions, installed state, and cleanup workflows.
• Traceable installed state: keeps a dedicated installed store with the latest asset, install time, and extracted files for each package.
• Layered configuration merging: supports global, repo sections, and packages.<name> with predictable option precedence.
• Unified default config directory: configuration and installed-state files default to ~/.config/eget/, while legacy paths remain readable.

Install

• Download from Releases https://github.com/inherelab/eget/releases
• Install by go install command(require Go sdk)

go install github.com/inherelab/eget/cmd/eget@latest

Command Style

eget <command> --options... arguments...

example:

eget install --tag nightly owner/repo

Examples

Install Examples

eget install --tag nightly inhere/markview
# Install and override the executable name
eget install --name chlog gookit/gitw
# Install to a custom directory
eget install --to ~/.local/bin/fzf junegunn/fzf
# Install and record the package definition
eget install --add junegunn/fzf
eget install --add --name rg BurntSushi/ripgrep

Others Examples

# download
eget download --file go --to ~/go1.17.5 https://go.dev/dl/go1.17.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz
# uninstall
eget uninstall fzf
eget list
# update
eget update fzf
eget update --all

Config Examples

# config
eget add --name fzf --to ~/.local/bin junegunn/fzf
eget config init
eget config list|show
eget config get global.target
eget config set global.target ~/.local/bin

Supported Targets

The target argument accepted by install and download can be:

• owner/repo
• GitHub repository URL
• Direct download URL
• Local file

Available Commands

install (aliases: i, ins)

• Resolve, download, verify, and extract a target, then record installation state.
• --name can be used to override the installed executable name; without --to, it also acts as the rename hint for single-file assets.
• With --add, a successful install also writes the repo target to [packages.<name>]; use --name to override the package name.

download (alias: dl)

• Reuses the install pipeline, but only downloads/extracts and does not record installed state.

add

• Writes a managed package definition to [packages.<name>] in the config file.

uninstall (aliases: uni, remove, rm)

• Removes installed files and clears the installed store entry without deleting [packages.<name>].

list (alias: ls)

• Lists the union of local managed packages and installed-store entries, and attaches recent installed-state details when available.

update (alias: up)

• Updates a single managed package, or all managed packages with --all.

config (alias: cfg)

• Supports init, list / ls / show, get KEY, and set KEY VALUE.

Main Options

install, download, and add share these installation-related options:

• --tag: Select a release tag; defaults to latest when omitted.
• --system: Override the target OS/arch, for example windows/amd64 or linux/arm64.
• --to: Set the install or download output path; accepts either a directory or a full file path.
• --cache-dir: Set the remote download cache directory and reuse cached files on subsequent runs.
• --file: Select a file to extract from an archive when multiple candidates exist.
• --asset: Filter release assets by keyword; multiple filters can be separated by commas.
• --source: Download the source archive instead of a prebuilt binary release.
• --all: Extract all files from the archive instead of selecting a single target file.
• --quiet: Reduce normal command output for scripting or batch use.

install additionally supports:

• --add: After a successful install, append the repo target to [packages.<name>] managed config.
• --name: Override the managed package name; for single executable assets, it also acts as the default output-name hint.

update additionally supports:

• --all: Update all managed packages instead of a single target.
• --dry-run: Preview the update plan without performing installation changes.
• --interactive: Interactively select which managed packages to update.

Global options:

• -v, --verbose: Show more execution details such as API requests, response summaries, asset selection, cache hits, and key workflow steps.

Notes:

• install --name can rename a single executable asset, for example installing chlog-windows-amd64.exe as chlog.exe.
• install --add only applies to repo targets and appends the managed package definition after a successful install.
• Argument order follows the cflag/capp parser constraint and must be CMD --OPTIONS... ARGUMENTS....

Configuration

The config file is resolved in this order:

1. EGET_CONFIG
2. ~/.config/eget/eget.toml
3. XDG / LocalAppData fallback path
4. Legacy ~/.eget.toml

Supported config sections:

• [global]
• ["owner/repo"]
• [packages.<name>]

Example:

[global]
target = "~/.local/bin"
cache_dir = "~/.cache/eget"
proxy_url = "http://127.0.0.1:7890"
system = "windows/amd64"

["inhere/markview"]
tag = "nightly"

[packages.markview]
repo = "inhere/markview"
target = "~/.local/bin"
tag = "nightly"
asset_filters = ["windows"]

Common fields:

• target
• cache_dir
• proxy_url
• system
• tag
• file
• asset_filters
• download_source
• all
• quiet
• upgrade_only

Default initialization:

eget config init

This writes:

• global.target = "~/.local/bin"
• global.cache_dir = "~/.cache/eget"
• global.proxy_url = ""

By default, the file is created at ~/.config/eget/eget.toml.

Directory semantics:

• target is the default install directory
• cache_dir is the default download cache directory
• proxy_url is the global proxy for remote requests; both GitHub lookups and remote downloads use it
• download uses cache_dir by default when --to is not provided
• install and download will reuse cached remote download contents from cache_dir when available

The installed-state store also defaults to ~/.config/eget/installed.toml.

Build And Test

make build
make test

Project Structure

The current version has been restructured into an explicit subcommand CLI, with the entry point in cmd/eget/main.go and business logic concentrated under internal/.

• cmd/eget: command entry point
• internal/cli: capp command registration and argument binding
• internal/app: install/add/list/update/config use-case orchestration
• internal/install: find, download, verify, and extract execution pipeline
• internal/config: config loading, merging, and persistence
• internal/installed: installed-state storage
• internal/source/github: GitHub asset discovery

For more details, see docs/DOCS.md.

References

• https://github.com/zyedidia/eget
• https://github.com/gmatheu/eget