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brew install cartridge-cli

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overview

Package summary

Tarantool Cartridge command-line utility

Project links

Commands and aliases

cartridge

history

Project history and usage

Cartridge CLI was the command-line tool for creating, building, running, packaging, and administering Tarantool Cartridge applications. It sits in the package-manager niche of database application lifecycle tooling rather than in the core database runtime itself.

Project history

The public repository was created under the Tarantool organization in 2019. Its README now marks the project as deprecated and archived, and directs users to Tarantool's newer tt CLI, which supersedes the Cartridge CLI workflows for managing Tarantool environments, applications, and clusters.

The changelog shows active maintenance through the 2.x series, including template dependency updates, packaging behavior changes, and security-driven Go/tooling updates. The Homebrew formula currently pins the stable source to tag 2.12.12.

Adoption history

Adoption followed Tarantool Cartridge's application-development story: the official developer guide used cartridge-cli for creating projects, developing cluster-aware applications, and packaging deployments. Current official docs encourage migration to tt for Tarantool 3.0 and newer.

Homebrew analytics show light contemporary use, with 63 installs in the last 365 days in the formula API, consistent with a deprecated tool retained for older Cartridge projects.

How it is used

Typical use was `cartridge create`, `cartridge build`, `cartridge start`, `cartridge status`, `cartridge replicasets`, and `cartridge pack`. Generated Cartridge projects include `.cartridge.yml` and `instances.yml`; packaged deployments place instance configuration under `/etc/tarantool/conf.d/`.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, Cartridge CLI is a snapshot of Tarantool's pre-tt application tooling: a Go CLI distributed via RPM, DEB, and Homebrew that bridged local development, cluster topology files, and Linux service packaging.

Timeline

2019: Public GitHub repository created under tarantool/cartridge-cli.
2022: Version 2.12.0 changed package naming behavior and moved to Go 1.18.
2024: Version 2.12.12 released; Homebrew stable points at this tag.
2026: README marks the project deprecated and archived in favor of tt.

Related projects

Tarantool Cartridge is the application framework that Cartridge CLI managed.
tt is the successor Tarantool CLI recommended by official documentation.

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 10 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 2 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: ./.cartridge.yml~/.cartridge.yml./instances.yml/etc/tarantool/conf.d/instances.yml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`cartridge`	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 version2.12.12

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/tarantool/cartridge-cli

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/tarantool/cartridge-clinone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:cartridge-cli
Version	2.12.12
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cartridge-cli
Homepage	https://tarantool.org/
Repository	https://github.com/tarantool/cartridge-cli
Upstream docs	https://www.tarantool.io/en/doc/2.11/book/cartridge/cartridge_cli/commands
License	BSD-2-Clause
Source archive	https://github.com/tarantool/cartridge-cli.git
Build dependencies	go, mage
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, 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	cartridge-cli
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	yes
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

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/cartridge-cli.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
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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