install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install aftman

local Homebrew formula metadata

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id LPGhatguy.Aftman -e

Windows Package Manager source index · LPGhatguy.Aftman · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Toolchain manager for Roblox, the prodigal sequel to Foreman

Project links

Commands and aliases

aftman

history

Project history and usage

Aftman is a command-line toolchain manager that installs project-specific tools from GitHub releases and switches between them through local and global aftman.toml files. Its README describes it as the successor to Foreman and now warns that the project is no longer maintained, recommending mise-en-place instead.

Project history

The public Aftman repository was created in 2021. The README frames it as spiritually similar to Foreman, a project the author created at Roblox, but with exact version dependencies, commands for installing and upgrading tools, a trust prompt for new downloads, better executable storage, improved platform artifact selection, and less Roblox-specific positioning.

Aftman's release history in GitHub runs through the 0.2 series and v0.3.0 in 2024. The repository metadata marks it archived, so the package now represents a finished or retired tool rather than an actively maintained toolchain manager.

Adoption history

Aftman spread through the Roblox-adjacent developer tooling ecosystem because it could pin tools such as Rojo per project while also supporting a global configuration in ~/.aftman/aftman.toml. The supplied package facts show distribution through Homebrew and Windows winget.

Its deprecation path is visible in the README itself: users are pointed at mise-en-place as a replacement. That makes Aftman relevant historically as a bridge between Roblox-specific Foreman workflows and more general-purpose tool version managers.

How it is used

Users run aftman init to create an aftman.toml, aftman add to add GitHub-hosted tools, aftman install to install all tools listed in discovered config files, and aftman self-install to install or refresh Aftman's shims. Aftman supports local project config and a global ~/.aftman/aftman.toml.

For private GitHub tools or rate limits, Aftman 0.2.7 and later can read a GitHub personal access token from ~/.aftman/auth.toml. The README also documents a trust model for approving tools before automated installs.

Why package nerds care

Aftman is interesting because the package is itself a package manager for other GitHub-release binaries. Downstream packagers have to decide whether an archived meta-tool should stay available for old projects even after upstream recommends migration.

Its config file shape is intentionally simple TOML, but the behavior lives in PATH shims and GitHub release asset selection, which are exactly the parts that make toolchain managers annoying and valuable.

Timeline

2021: Aftman GitHub repository created.
2022: v0.2.x releases added features including list and GitHub authentication support.
2024: v0.3.0 released.
2025: Repository metadata shows the project archived.

Related projects

Foreman is the Roblox toolchain manager named by the README as Aftman's predecessor.
Rojo is used in the README examples as a managed command-line tool.
mise-en-place is the replacement recommended by the archived README.

Sources

https://api.github.com/repos/LPGhatguy/aftman
https://github.com/LPGhatguy/aftman#readme
https://github.com/LPGhatguy/aftman/releases
source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: orange

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signals

text:toolchain manager

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 10 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 2 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: aftman.toml~/.aftman/aftman.toml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.aftman/auth.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`aftman`	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 generated2026-07-08

manager version0.3.0

manager updated2026-05-13

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.3.0

https://github.com/LPGhatguy/aftman

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:aftman
Version	0.3.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/aftman
Homepage	https://github.com/LPGhatguy/aftman
Repository	https://github.com/LPGhatguy/aftman
Upstream docs	https://github.com/LPGhatguy/aftman#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/LPGhatguy/aftman/archive/refs/tags/v0.3.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-05-13T09:48:36-04:00
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	pkgconf, rust
Uses from macOS	bzip2
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, 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	aftman
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	yes
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.

winget95%

LPGhatguy.Aftman

winget install --id LPGhatguy.Aftman -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Aftman

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: LPGhatguy.Aftman from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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/aftman.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
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 aftman with Homebrew, winget