cashapp/hermit

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🐚 Hermit manages isolated, self-bootstrapping sets of tools in software projects.

Stars: 926
Forks: 111
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 73
Avg merge: 7m
Merged PRs (30d): 1

Dominant language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 8, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 14, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
Beginner labels: good first issue

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73 open issues indexed

Removing a package from the repo forces Hermit to sync frequently Open

cashapp/hermit#8 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Error after N attempts to check channel for updates fails Open

cashapp/hermit#13 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Confusing package state for packages whose download artefact has been deleted but whose package is still installed. Open

cashapp/hermit#14 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Add full expression interpolation support? Open

cashapp/hermit#15 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Global log file for Hermit Open

cashapp/hermit#16 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Have a "pinned" install mode where Hermit and the manifest repos are pinned at specific versions? Open

cashapp/hermit#19 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Prefix package installation dirs with the repo specific identifier Open

good first issue

cashapp/hermit#21 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Nuke downloaded artefacts after successfully installing them. Open

good first issue

cashapp/hermit#22 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Audit Hermit for direct os.Stdout writes as these corrupt progress bar output. Open

good first issue

cashapp/hermit#23 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Flag for activating Hermit in a clean environment Open

good first issue

cashapp/hermit#24 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Add timeouts with appropriate error message to every possibly time consuming IO operation (downloads, unpacking, installation... ) Open

cashapp/hermit#25 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Ponder whether Hermit should bootstrap the XCode command-line tools. Open

cashapp/hermit#30 · 0 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
`on activate` trigger should be triggered for packages on installation Open

cashapp/hermit#44 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Support for `.tool-versions` Open

cashapp/hermit#46 · 1 comment · 4 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Warn when activating a repo with tools that aren't supported on your platform Open

cashapp/hermit#109 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Set up a release train for Hermit Open

cashapp/hermit#116 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Document using relative bin paths Open

cashapp/hermit#117 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Investigate using a GitHub App + user-to-server + short-lived tokens for accessing private repos Open

enhancement

cashapp/hermit#120 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Corrupt state dir results in unhelpful error Open

bug

cashapp/hermit#138 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Add environment variable to overwrite channel sync frequency Open

enhancement

cashapp/hermit#158 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
GitHub Autoversioner should check if the package sources are in assets Open

bug

cashapp/hermit#159 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Allow packages to inherit? Open

enhancement

cashapp/hermit#160 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
`hermit info --json <pkg>` does not expand binaries globs Open

bug good first issue

cashapp/hermit#161 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
First class support for creating production bundles Open

enhancement

cashapp/hermit#162 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Hermit channels don't seem to update reliably Open

bug

cashapp/hermit#164 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Allow uninstalling packages that are not found in manifsts Open

bug

cashapp/hermit#165 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
If the source sync of a private package manifest repo fails, installation falls back to the public repo Open

bug

cashapp/hermit#166 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Provide a way to disable hermit shell hooks Open

enhancement

cashapp/hermit#178 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
HTTP call is blocking some commands Open

bug

cashapp/hermit#181 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Version revocation Open

enhancement

cashapp/hermit#183 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Panic when server doesn't return a Content-Length Open

bug

cashapp/hermit#189 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Activation script bugged out once Open

bug

cashapp/hermit#190 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
"requires" does not respect channels Open

bug

cashapp/hermit#195 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Can't install an item and dependency at the same time Open

cashapp/hermit#203 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Support optional `manpages` attribute, akin to `binaries` Open

enhancement good first issue

cashapp/hermit#207 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
First class support for package variants Open

enhancement

cashapp/hermit#211 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Let user modify env when `ACTIVE_HERMIT` is set Open

cashapp/hermit#212 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
`hermit update` seems to (sometimes?) re-download Hermit even when it doesn't need to Open

cashapp/hermit#232 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Secret environment variables Open

cashapp/hermit#235 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Improve local development Open

cashapp/hermit#247 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Overriding `binaries` in a platform block doesn't seem to work Open

bug

cashapp/hermit#249 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
eval of shell-hooks command prints errors if cache has been cleared Open

cashapp/hermit#252 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
`binaries` not overwritten in a `version` block Open

bug

cashapp/hermit#254 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Hermit fails horrendously without network Open

cashapp/hermit#258 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Feature Request: Install Binaries Globally Open

cashapp/hermit#260 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Seeing "timeout while waiting for the lock" Open

cashapp/hermit#265 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Support version locking a la npm Open

cashapp/hermit#271 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Hermit fails to infer OS when 'osx' is used as the OS Open

cashapp/hermit#285 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
sources git URL not supporting tags Open

good first issue

cashapp/hermit#287 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
`hermit install` in nested hermit setup didn't include files in git after the command Open

cashapp/hermit#289 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

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