# Install cask with Homebrew, MacPorts Emacs dependency management. Version 0.9.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cask ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cask ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install cask ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/cask/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cask - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.9.1 - **Source summary:** Emacs dependency management - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cask (cli) - cask (alias) ## Dependencies - coreutils - emacs ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.9.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/cask/cask - Upstream latest detected: v0.9.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage Cask is an Emacs Lisp project-management and dependency tool centered on a project-local `Cask` file. It helped Emacs package authors declare dependencies, run commands in an isolated package environment, and build packages from the command line. ### Project history The public repository was created in 2012 and later moved under the cask GitHub organization. Official documentation describes Cask as dependency management for Emacs and documents a small domain-specific language for package metadata and dependencies. ### Adoption history Cask became part of the Emacs package-author toolchain during the period when package.el, MELPA, and CI workflows were becoming common. Its presence in Homebrew and MacPorts made it easy for package maintainers to install the same command-line tool used in project automation. Homebrew analytics show continued use despite the project's age, with 27,894 stable installs in the last 365 days in the formula API. ### How it is used A project declares dependencies in a file named `Cask`; users then run commands such as `cask install`, `cask exec`, `cask emacs`, `cask build`, and `cask package`. The DSL reference covers package metadata and dependency declarations. ### Why package nerds care Cask matters to package nerds because it brought Bundler-style dependency declarations and repeatable command execution to Emacs Lisp projects, making Emacs packages easier to test and publish from CI and shell scripts. ### Timeline - 2012: Public GitHub repository created. - 2010s: Cask documented as an Emacs dependency-management CLI with a project-local DSL. - 2026: Homebrew packages v0.9.1 and reports continuing install activity. ### Related projects - Emacs package.el and MELPA are the broader package ecosystem that Cask projects usually target. - Homebrew and MacPorts distribute the Cask command-line tool on macOS. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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: Cask ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** cask - **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 - MacPorts - cask: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/cask/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [coreutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/coreutils/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [emacs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/emacs/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cargo-edit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-edit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools, package-management. - [cargo-outdated](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-outdated/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools, package-management. - [carthage](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/carthage/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, dependency-manager, developer-tools. - [carton](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/carton/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, dependency-manager, developer-tools. - [cocoapods](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cocoapods/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, dependency-manager, developer-tools. - [coursier](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/coursier/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, dependency-manager, developer-tools. - [pipgrip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pipgrip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools, package-management. - [renovate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/renovate/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools, package-management. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cask.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cask.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