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Install charm-tools with Homebrew
Tools for authoring and maintaining juju charms. Version 3.0.8 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
overview
Package summary
Tools for authoring and maintaining juju charms
Project links
Commands and aliases
- charm-build
- charm-create
- charm-help
- charm-layers
- charm-proof
- charm-pull-source
- charm-version
history
Project history and usage
Juju Charm Tools is a collection of command-line tools for creating, building, validating, and publishing Juju charms.
Project history
Canonical's Juju ecosystem uses charms as operational packages for deploying and managing applications. The charm-tools README describes this project as tools that make writing Juju charms easier, with commands for the charm authoring lifecycle.
Adoption history
The official README points users to the Snap package named `charm` for stable releases and notes PyPI availability for Python dependency use. The supplied package facts show Homebrew also packaged charm-tools for macOS users.
How it is used
The README highlights `charm create`, `charm build`, `charm proof`, `charm login`, `charm push`, `charm release`, and `charm show`; the Homebrew facts expose split executables such as `charm-build`, `charm-create`, and `charm-proof`.
Why package nerds care
charm-tools is package-nerd interesting because it predates the newer Charmcraft-centered workflow and shows Juju charm authoring distributed across Snap, PyPI, and Homebrew with both a combined `charm` interface and split command executables.
Timeline
- 2013: juju/charm-tools public GitHub repository created.
- 2021: Read the Docs build metadata shows charm-tools documentation generated from the GitHub docs tree.
- 2023: GitHub releases include v3.0.x and v2.8.x maintenance lines.
- 2024: v2.8.9 release published.
Related projects
- Juju is the orchestration system whose charms this tool helps author and maintain.
- charmstore-client provides the Charm Store client commands used for charm store interactions.
- Charmcraft is the newer Canonical charm authoring tool in the same ecosystem.
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 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 5 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
charm-build | cli | global executable | |
charm-create | cli | global executable | |
charm-help | cli | global executable | |
charm-layers | cli | global executable | |
charm-proof | cli | global executable | |
charm-pull-source | cli | global executable | |
charm-version | 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 version3.0.8
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/juju/charm-tools
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/juju/charm-toolsnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:charm-tools |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.0.8 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/charm-tools |
| Homepage | https://github.com/juju/charm-tools |
| Repository | https://github.com/juju/charm-tools |
| Upstream docs | https://charm-tools.readthedocs.io/en/latest |
| License | GPL-3.0-only |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/da/8c/26dcc9b99c6fbacd989f5d54b7a3a976cfa5b8ac26f6992d134091add085/charm_tools-3.0.8.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | certifi, charm, cryptography, libyaml, python@3.14 |
| 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 | charm-tools |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 5 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment