# Install buildozer with Homebrew, Nix Rewrite bazel BUILD files using standard commands. Version 8.5.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:buildozer ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install buildozer ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#buildozer ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: buildozer from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:buildozer - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 8.5.1 - **Source summary:** Rewrite bazel BUILD files using standard commands - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - buildozer (cli) - buildozer (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 8.5.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools - Upstream latest detected: v8.5.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage Buildozer is the command-line rewrite tool from Bazel's `buildtools` repository. It applies scripted edits to Bazel BUILD-like files, complementing Buildifier's formatting role with bulk, machine-checkable structural changes. ### Project history The `bazelbuild/buildtools` repository was created on 2016-06-09 as a home for developer tools around Bazel BUILD files. Its top-level README groups Buildifier, Buildozer, and unused_deps together: formatter, editor, and Java dependency cleanup tool. Buildozer's README defines it as a command-line tool for rewriting multiple Bazel BUILD files with standard commands. Its command language grew around labels, rule kinds, loads, attributes, comments, and later MODULE.bazel operations, reflecting the needs of large Bazel codebases where hand-editing BUILD files is slow and error-prone. ### Adoption history Buildozer's adoption is tied to Bazel adoption. Teams with large monorepos use it for mechanical BUILD-file migrations: adding dependencies, changing rule kinds, rewriting loads, deleting attributes, or applying edits across entire package trees. Its availability through Homebrew and Nix makes it easy to install outside a Bazel source checkout, while Go module installation gives Bazel users a direct upstream-supported path. ### How it is used Typical usage is `buildozer 'command args' //pkg:target`, often repeated across many labels or fed from a command file. Buildozer can print modified files, format through Buildifier, run multiple commands in order, and process files in parallel. The tool is most useful when a repository-wide BUILD migration should be expressed as a small, repeatable command instead of a one-off script that parses Starlark poorly. ### Why package nerds care Buildozer is a package nerd tool because it encodes Bazel's BUILD-file editing semantics into a small CLI. It is the kind of utility that package managers carry so build-system maintainers can do tedious monorepo migrations without checking out a larger toolchain. Its relationship with Buildifier is the key: one tool changes the syntax tree, the other normalizes the result. That pair became part of the everyday hygiene toolkit for serious Bazel repositories. ### Timeline - 2016: `bazelbuild/buildtools` repository is created. - 2016: Buildozer is distributed as one of the core tools in the Buildtools repository. - 2020s: Buildozer gains support for modern Bazel file shapes such as MODULE.bazel operations. - 2026: The Buildtools repository remains active as Bazel's formatter/editor tool collection. ### Related projects - Buildozer is closely related to Bazel, Buildifier, unused_deps, Starlark BUILD files, MODULE.bazel, and monorepo migration tooling. ### 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:** buildozer - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - buildozer: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: buildozer from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [buildifier](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/buildifier/) - Shares the same upstream source repository. - [ibazel](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ibazel/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bazel, build-tools, cli, developer-tools. - [sbuild](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sbuild/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, build-tools, cli, developer-tools. - [aarch64-elf-binutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aarch64-elf-binutils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools. - [add-determinism](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/add-determinism/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools. - [ant](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ant/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools. - [bmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bmake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools. - [buildapp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/buildapp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools. - [grunt-open](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/grunt-open/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: build, build-tools, cli, developer, developer-tools. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/buildozer.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/buildozer.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 - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph