# Install boot-clj with Homebrew, scoop, apt, Nix Build tooling for Clojure. Version 2.8.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:boot-clj ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install boot-clj ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install r-cran-boot ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: r-cran-boot from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#boot ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bo/boot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/boot-clj ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/boot-clj.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:boot-clj - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.8.3 - **Source summary:** Build tooling for Clojure - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** EPL-1.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:02:54-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - boot (cli) - boot (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.8.3 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/boot-clj/boot - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Boot is a Clojure build framework and command-line script runner built around the idea that builds are programs. Its historical niche was giving Clojure projects programmable build pipelines, immutable filesets, classloader isolation, and ad-hoc scripting before the newer Clojure CLI tooling became common. ### Project history Boot's own README describes it as both a Clojure build framework and an ad-hoc Clojure script evaluator. Instead of treating a build as a static project map, Boot evaluates Clojure scripts in a runtime environment that can add dependencies, compose tasks, and pass managed filesets between task middleware. The public release line visible in the official GitHub releases starts with 2.0.0 prereleases in late 2014, moves through 2.0 release candidates in early 2015, and continues through the 2.7 and 2.8 series. The 2.8.3 release in April 2019 is the last stable release shown in the sampled GitHub release metadata. ### Adoption history Boot was adopted inside the Clojure community as an alternative to Leiningen-style project configuration, especially for workflows needing composable pipelines, ClojureScript builds, REPL-driven automation, and single-file scripts. The official README lists package-manager installation paths through Homebrew, Nix, AUR, Docker, Chocolatey, and Scoop, showing that it crossed from library ecosystem tooling into OS package collections. ### How it is used Users run `boot` with tasks such as `repl`, `pom`, `jar`, and `install`, or write a `build.boot` script that composes tasks in Clojure. The wrapper script or executable is a thin launcher that downloads and runs Boot's JARs from Maven, so `boot -u` historically handled updating the runtime bits. ### Why package nerds care Boot is interesting to package nerds because it is both a package and a package bootstrapper: the installed command is a shim, while the real tool comes from Maven coordinates. It also illustrates a Clojure-era preference for programmable build logic, fileset immutability, and REPL-friendly build automation rather than declarative-only project files. ### Timeline - 2014: Boot 2.0.0 prereleases appear on GitHub. - 2015: Boot 2.0.0 release-candidate series continues. - 2016: Boot 2.6.0 and 2.7.x releases published. - 2018: Boot 2.8.0 and 2.8.x releases published. - 2019: Boot 2.8.3 published on GitHub. ### Related projects - Related projects include Clojure itself, Maven repositories used for dependency resolution, Leiningen credentials compatibility noted in the curation data, boot-bin wrapper releases, and ClojureScript build workflows documented by the Boot project. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## 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 - Unix: $BOOT_HOME/boot.properties, ./boot.properties, $BOOT_HOME/profile.boot, ./profile.boot, ./build.boot, ./.bootignore ## Credential files - Unix: $BOOT_HOME/credentials.gpg, ~/.lein/credentials.clj.gpg ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** boot-clj - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 2 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Scoop - extras/boot-clj: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/boot-clj.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Debian apt - r-cran-boot - 1.3-31-1: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: r-cran-boot from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU R package for bootstrapping functions from Davison and Hinkley | https://cran.r-project.org/package=boot - Nix - boot: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bo/boot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - r-cran-boot - 1.3-30-1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: r-cran-boot from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GNU R package for bootstrapping functions from Davison and Hinkley | https://cran.r-project.org/package=boot ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mage](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mage/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-system, build-tool, cli, developer-tools. - [ninja](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ninja/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-system, build-tool, cli, developer-tools. - [omake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/omake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, build-system, cli, developer-tools. - [redo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/redo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, build-system, cli, developer-tools. - [smake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/smake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-system, build-tool, cli, developer-tools. - [bsdmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bsdmake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-system, cli, developer-tools. - [cabin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cabin/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-system, cli, developer-tools. - [cmdshelf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmdshelf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, scripting. - [leiningen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/leiningen/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: build, build-tool, cli, clojure, developer. - [sbuild](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sbuild/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: automation, build, build-system, cli, developer. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/boot-clj.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/boot-clj.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph