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Install apibuilder-cli with Homebrew
Command-line interface to generate clients for api builder. Version 0.2.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
overview
Package summary
Command-line interface to generate clients for api builder
Project links
Commands and aliases
- apibuilder
- create-config
- read-config
history
Project history and usage
apibuilder-cli is the command-line interface for API Builder, a platform for managing API descriptions and invoking code generators. It lets users list organizations and applications, upload API descriptors, generate clients, and update local generated code from project configuration.
Project history
The public apicollective/apibuilder-cli repository was created in 2015. The README describes a CLI centered on the app.apibuilder.io service: public APIs need no setup, while private APIs use a generated configuration file containing an API token.
The broader API Builder site presents the service as tooling for modern APIs, including management, sharing, version history, native libraries, and code generators. The CLI is the package-manager-facing piece of that ecosystem, exposing generator and upload workflows to scripts.
Adoption history
The README documents Homebrew installation on macOS and a shell install path for other platforms. The batch input shows Homebrew packaging, which is consistent with a developer workflow tool used from local repositories and CI jobs rather than as a long-running service.
How it is used
The CLI can list organizations, applications, and versions; invoke a named generator into a target directory; upload an API descriptor with a version; update generated code based on .apibuilder/config; clean API Builder versions not tagged in the source repository; and check or upgrade the CLI itself.
Private API use stores tokens in ~/.apibuilder/config. Project update workflows use a YAML .apibuilder/config file in the current repository to specify organizations, projects, versions, generators, target paths, file patterns, and generator attributes.
Why package nerds care
apibuilder-cli matters as glue between an API catalog and generated client/server code in a local source tree. For package users, the interesting bits are the split between global credentials and per-project generator config, and the fact that the CLI can be driven from Git hooks or continuous delivery with silent upload and clean modes.
Timeline
- 2015: Public apicollective/apibuilder-cli repository created.
- 2010s: README documents Homebrew installation and token-backed private API setup.
- 2026: Repository metadata shows continued pushes to the public repository.
Related projects
- apibuilder-cli is related to the API Builder web service, app.apibuilder.io generators, API descriptor formats, and generated clients such as Play, http4s, Android, Kotlin, and other generator-backed outputs.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:client
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
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
~/.apibuilder/config.apibuilder/config
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/.apibuilder/config
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
apibuilder | cli | global executable | |
create-config | cli | global executable | |
read-config | 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 version0.2.4
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected0.2.4
https://github.com/apicollective/apibuilder-cli
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:apibuilder-cli |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/apibuilder-cli |
| Homepage | https://www.apibuilder.io |
| Repository | https://github.com/apicollective/apibuilder-cli |
| Upstream docs | https://app.apibuilder.io/generators |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/apicollective/apibuilder-cli/archive/refs/tags/0.2.4.tar.gz |
| Uses from macOS | ruby |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | apibuilder-cli |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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.
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
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment