macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install augeaslocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install augeasMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/augeas/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install augeas with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper
Configuration editing tool and API. Version 1.14.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-05.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add augeasAlpine Linux edge package indexes · augeas · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install augeas-docDebian stable package indexes · augeas-doc · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install augeasFedora Rawhide package metadata · augeas · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#augeasnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/au/augeas/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S augeasArch Linux sync databases · augeas · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install augeasopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · augeas · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Configuration editing tool and API
Project links
Commands and aliases
- augmatch
- augparse
- augprint
- augtool
- fadot
history
Project history and usage
Augeas is a library and command-line toolkit for editing real system configuration files through a structured tree API. It is famous among Unix configuration people for replacing brittle sed and awk edits with lenses: bidirectional parsers that understand native config-file syntax.
Project history
Augeas was written by David Lutterkort at Red Hat, according to the official AUTHORS file. The official README frames the project around a deliberately narrow problem: edit actual Linux configuration files in a controlled manner while preserving each file's native format rather than inventing a new cross-platform configuration abstraction.
The Augeas web documentation includes a 2008 Ottawa Linux Symposium talk and Red Hat Summit material, and the GitHub repository was created in 2008. The project has continued as a long-lived system tool with a C API, augtool, language bindings, and a growing stock of lenses for common configuration formats.
Release notes show the modern maintenance arc: 1.10 added augmatch and new API helpers in 2018, 1.13 added preview support and path-expression improvements in 2021, 1.14 added augprint and more lens coverage in 2022, and 1.14.1 in 2023 continued compatibility and lens updates.
Adoption history
Augeas spread through system packaging rather than app-store style distribution. The supplied package facts list Alpine, Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE packages. Its adoption is also visible in the broad contributor list, which includes Linux distribution and configuration-management contributors, and in the stock-lens model that lets downstreams add support for local config formats.
How it is used
Users normally explore and modify the parsed tree with augtool, for example under /files/etc/hosts or /files/etc/grub.conf. Developers and configuration-management systems can call the C API or bindings, while lens authors write small schema-like descriptions to teach Augeas about new file formats.
Why package nerds care
Augeas matters because it packages policy as parsers. Distros and operations tools need to edit config files without destroying comments, ordering, or local syntax; Augeas offers a stable library and CLI for that job. Its package value is in the lens corpus, ABI, bindings, and test fixtures as much as the augtool executable.
Timeline
- 2008: Augeas material was presented at Ottawa Linux Symposium and Red Hat Summit; the GitHub repository was created.
- 2016: GitHub release tags include 1.6.0 and 1.7.0.
- 2018: Version 1.10 added augmatch and API additions.
- 2021: Version 1.13 added preview support and path-expression improvements.
- 2022: Version 1.14 added augprint and expanded lenses.
- 2023: Version 1.14.1 shipped compatibility fixes and lens updates.
Related projects
- Augeas is related to configuration-management systems, language bindings around libaugeas, and other Hercules-team/system tooling. Its docs also expose libfa, the finite-automata library used by the project.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 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.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
augmatch | cli | global executable | |
augparse | cli | global executable | |
augprint | cli | global executable | |
augtool | cli | global executable | |
fadot | 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 generated2026-07-07
manager version1.14.1
manager updated2026-07-05
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/hercules-team/augeasnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:augeas |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.14.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/augeas |
| Homepage | https://augeas.net/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas |
| Upstream docs | https://augeas.net/docs/index.html |
| License | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/releases/download/release-1.14.1/augeas-1.14.1.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-07-05T04:22:06Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | readline |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf |
| Uses from macOS | libxml2 |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
| Caveats | Lenses have been installed to: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/augeas/lenses/dist |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | augeas |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 2 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
augeas-doc 1.14.1-1.1~deb13u1
Augeas lenses documentation
sudo apt install augeas-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: augeas
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Augeas
Debian apt95%
augeas-lenses 1.14.1-1.1~deb13u1
Set of lenses needed by libaugeas0 to parse config files
sudo apt install augeas-lenses- Section: misc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: augeas
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Augeas
Debian apt95%
augeas-tools 1.14.1-1.1~deb13u1
Augeas command line tools
sudo apt install augeas-tools- Section: admin
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: augeas
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Augeas
Debian apt95%
libaugeas-dev 1.14.1-1.1~deb13u1
Development files for writing applications based on libaugeas0
sudo apt install libaugeas-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: augeas
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Augeas
Debian apt95%
libaugeas0 1.14.1-1.1~deb13u1
Augeas configuration editing library and API
sudo apt install libaugeas0- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: augeas
- 4 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Augeas
Nix95%
augeas
nix profile install nixpkgs#augeas- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Augeas
Ubuntu apt95%
augeas-doc 1.14.1-1build2
Augeas lenses documentation
sudo apt install augeas-doc- Section: universe/doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: augeas
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Augeas
Ubuntu apt95%
augeas-lenses 1.14.1-1build2
Set of lenses needed by libaugeas0 to parse config files
sudo apt install augeas-lenses- Section: universe/misc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: augeas
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Augeas
Ubuntu apt95%
augeas-tools 1.14.1-1build2
Augeas command line tools
sudo apt install augeas-tools- Section: universe/admin
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: augeas
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Augeas
Ubuntu apt95%
libaugeas-dev 1.14.1-1build2
Development files for writing applications based on libaugeas0
sudo apt install libaugeas-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: augeas
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Augeas
Ubuntu apt95%
libaugeas0 1.14.1-1build2
Augeas configuration editing library and API
sudo apt install libaugeas0- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: augeas
- 4 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Augeas
apk95%
augeas 1.14.1-r0
A configuration editing tool
sudo apk add augeas- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: augeas
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Augeas
apk95%
augeas-dev 1.14.1-r0
A configuration editing tool (development files)
sudo apk add augeas-dev- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: augeas
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Augeas
apk95%
augeas-doc 1.14.1-r0
A configuration editing tool (documentation)
sudo apk add augeas-doc- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: augeas
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Augeas
apk95%
augeas-libs 1.14.1-r0
Libraries for augeas
sudo apk add augeas-libs- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: augeas
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Augeas
apk95%
augeas-static 1.14.1-r0
Static libraries for Augeas
sudo apk add augeas-static- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: augeas
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Augeas
source trail
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