# Install apache-brooklyn-cli with Homebrew Apache Brooklyn command-line interface. Version 1.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:apache-brooklyn-cli ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install apache-brooklyn-cli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:apache-brooklyn-cli - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.1.0 - **Source summary:** Apache Brooklyn command-line interface - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - br (cli) - br (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.1.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/apache/brooklyn-client - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Apache Brooklyn CLI is the `br` command-line client for Apache Brooklyn, an Apache cloud application management project used to model, deploy, monitor, and manage applications across clouds and other environments. ### Project history Apache Brooklyn's root README describes the platform as a system that supports blueprints in YAML or Java, deploys them to many clouds and target environments, monitors deployments, maintains a live model, and runs autonomic policies to keep applications healthy. The CLI client is a separate Apache Brooklyn sub-project, written in Go. Its README says the repository contains the CLI client for Apache Brooklyn and can be built directly with Maven or inside Docker. Official CLI docs describe `br` as a Brooklyn command-line client application. The command set covers login, deploying YAML blueprints, listing applications, reading sensors and config, invoking effectors, catalog operations, activity logs, policies, entity trees, and version checks against a running Brooklyn server. ### Adoption history Brooklyn's packaging history reflects a classic Apache server-plus-client split. The official docs list platform-specific CLI downloads for Windows, Linux, and OS X, and also note that the client binaries are included inside the Apache Brooklyn distribution under `bin/brooklyn-client-cli/`. Homebrew packages only the CLI formula as `apache-brooklyn-cli`, exposing the `br` executable for users who want to operate a Brooklyn server without installing the full distribution locally. ### How it is used The basic workflow is `br login [username [password]]`, followed by commands such as `br deploy`, `br application`, `br catalog`, `br sensor`, `br effector`, and `br config`. The official docs note that username and password can be omitted when connecting to a localhost server with no security enabled. The CLI is not the Brooklyn server itself. It is a remote-control tool for a running Brooklyn instance, so its package value is in scripting, automation, and inspecting cloud application state from a terminal. ### Why package nerds care The package is interesting because it is a narrow client extracted from a larger Java-based Apache platform. Installing a small Go CLI through Homebrew gives operators the useful terminal surface of Brooklyn without pulling in the full server runtime. It also shows the older Apache cloud-management era in package form: YAML blueprints, jclouds-style locations, application trees, effectors, sensors, catalog items, and server-side config exposed through one `br` command. ### Timeline - 2014: Apache Brooklyn NOTICE files identify Apache Software Foundation copyright beginning in 2014. - 2019: Official CLI reference source in brooklyn-docs records `br` command documentation metadata. - 2020: Brooklyn docs build metadata shows the published GitBook-era latest docs and CLI pages. ### Related projects - Apache Brooklyn is the server and management platform controlled by the CLI. - Brooklyn blueprints are YAML or Java application models deployed and managed through the platform. - Apache jclouds-style cloud locations are part of the broader Brooklyn operating model. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** apache-brooklyn-cli - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [dstack](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dstack/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, orchestration. - [juju](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/juju/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, orchestration. - [nomad-pack](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nomad-pack/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, orchestration. - [apache-pulsar](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-pulsar/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [cadence-workflow](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cadence-workflow/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, orchestration. - [liqoctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/liqoctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, orchestration. - [passenger](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/passenger/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [serf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/serf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, orchestration. - [doctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doctl/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-management, command-line. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/apache-brooklyn-cli.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/apache-brooklyn-cli.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph