install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install azure-dev

local Homebrew formula metadata

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%

choco install azd

Chocolatey community package catalog · azd · source: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install extras/azd

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/azd.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id Microsoft.Azd -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Microsoft.Azd · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Developer CLI that provides commands for working with Azure resources

Project links

Commands and aliases

azd

history

Project history and usage

Azure Developer CLI, invoked as `azd`, is Microsoft's project-oriented Azure application CLI. Where `az` manages Azure resources directly, `azd` packages repeatable app workflows such as init, provision, deploy, pipeline setup, and environment management around `azure.yaml` templates.

Project history

The Azure/azure-dev repository's public release stream starts with `azure-dev-cli_0.1.0-beta.1` in July 2022. Its README describes a developer-centric CLI meant to take code to cloud quickly, with recommended Azure practices and template-driven workflows built in.

The tool grew around the `azure.yaml` project file and per-environment `.azure/<environment-name>/.env` files. Microsoft Learn documents `azure.yaml` as the configuration file for azd projects and explains that environment variables are stored in environment-specific `.env` files under `.azure`.

Adoption history

`azd` adoption is tied to Azure sample templates, app modernization demos, and teams that want fewer hand-written provisioning commands. The input package facts list Homebrew, Chocolatey, Scoop, and winget packages, showing the tool is aimed at developer workstations as much as CI.

Because `azd` is newer than Azure CLI, package-manager adoption is narrower, but the command is important in Azure docs and samples where a repository can become deployable with `azd init` and `azd up`.

How it is used

Common commands are `azd init`, `azd up`, `azd provision`, `azd deploy`, and `azd env set`. The official schema docs describe `azure.yaml` as the file that tells the CLI about services, infrastructure, resources, hooks, and deployment behavior.

`azd` does not document a separate long-lived credential file for the CLI itself; it leans on Azure authentication flows and stores project/environment configuration in the project tree.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, `azure-dev` is interesting because the Homebrew formula name differs from the command name `azd`, and Microsoft's README now points macOS users at a trusted Azure tap/cask flow while package-manager metadata also records community-distribution paths.

It is also a good example of a cloud CLI whose real payload is conventions: the executable is small compared with the project template ecosystem, generated environment files, and CI/CD hooks it orchestrates.

Timeline

2022: The Azure/azure-dev release stream begins with `azure-dev-cli_0.1.0-beta.1`.
2020s: Microsoft Learn documents `azure.yaml` and azd environments as the durable project configuration model.
2020s: Packages appear for Homebrew, Chocolatey, Scoop, and winget.

Related projects

Azure CLI (`az`) remains the lower-level Azure resource-management CLI.
Bicep and Terraform are supported infrastructure providers in `azure.yaml`.
Azure sample template repositories provide many of the practical starting points for `azd`.

Sources

Azure/azure-dev README and GitHub Releases
Microsoft Learn Azure Developer CLI docs
source_facts.package-manager

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for azure-dev. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
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.

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: azure.yaml.azure/<environment-name>/.env

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`azd`	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 version1.27.0

manager updated2026-06-30

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/Azure/azure-dev

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/Azure/azure-devnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:azure-dev
Version	1.27.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/azure-dev
Homepage	https://aka.ms/azd
Repository	https://github.com/Azure/azure-dev
Upstream docs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/azure-developer-cli
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/Azure/azure-dev/archive/refs/tags/azure-dev-cli_1.27.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-30T23:54:07Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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	azure-dev
Aliases	azd
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
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.

Chocolatey92%

azd

choco install azd

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Azd

Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: azd from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','autodesk-fusion360'

Scoop92%

extras/azd

scoop install extras/azd

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Azd

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/azd.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget92%

Microsoft.Azd

winget install --id Microsoft.Azd -e

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Azd

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Microsoft.Azd 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/azure-dev.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 azure-dev with Homebrew, chocolatey, scoop, winget