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Install cli53 with Homebrew, Nix

Command-line tool for Amazon Route 53. Version 0.9.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-27.

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install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cli53

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#cli53

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/cl/cli53/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Command-line tool for Amazon Route 53

Commands and aliases

  • cli53

history

Project history and usage

cli53 is a command-line tool for Amazon Route 53 focused on hosted-zone and DNS-record management, including BIND-format import and export.

Project history

The official GitHub repository was created in December 2010 and describes cli53 as a Route 53 management CLI. Its README centers the project on DNS zone operations: creating, deleting, listing, importing, exporting, validating, and updating Route 53 records.

The project is implemented in Go and distributed through GitHub releases, `go install`, and Homebrew. GitHub release metadata shows public release artifacts from at least 2015 through the 2026 v0.9.0 release.

Adoption history

cli53's adoption story is mainly practical rather than institutional: it packages common Route 53 workflows into a small CLI and ships prebuilt Linux, macOS, and Windows binaries from GitHub releases.

The README explicitly documents Homebrew installation for macOS, while input package metadata also lists Nix packaging. The GitHub repository metadata showed more than two thousand stars at research time, indicating durable niche use among DNS and AWS operators.

How it is used

Typical usage includes creating hosted zones, listing zones, importing and exporting BIND zone files, validating zone files, creating weighted, latency, geolocation, failover, and alias records, and assuming AWS roles.

cli53 uses standard AWS credential locations and environment variables: the README documents `~/.aws/credentials`, `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`, `AWS_PROFILE`, and role assumption with `--role-arn`.

Why package nerds care

cli53 is package-nerd interesting because it is a focused cloud CLI that overlaps with a large vendor CLI but keeps a Unix-friendly shape for DNS import/export and scripting. It is the kind of small, purpose-built binary that package managers keep useful long after the broader vendor tooling exists.

Its Homebrew formula is also a reminder that cloud operators often install small single-purpose tools beside official SDKs and CLIs when those tools fit a repeated operational workflow better.

Timeline

  • 2010: The GitHub repository is created.
  • 2015: GitHub release metadata records cli53 0.6.0.
  • 2026: GitHub release metadata records cli53 v0.9.0.

Related projects

  • Amazon Route 53 is the managed DNS service cli53 controls.
  • BIND zone-file tooling is related because cli53's README highlights BIND import, export, and validation workflows.
  • The AWS SDK credential conventions are related because cli53 uses AWS shared credentials, environment variables, profiles, and role assumption.

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.
  • Build metadata lists 1 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.

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
~/.aws/credentials

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
cli53cliglobal 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 version0.9.0
manager updated2026-04-27
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.9.0

https://github.com/barnybug/cli53

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:cli53
Version0.9.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cli53
Homepagehttps://github.com/barnybug/cli53
Repositoryhttps://github.com/barnybug/cli53
Upstream docshttps://github.com/barnybug/cli53#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/barnybug/cli53/archive/refs/tags/v0.9.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-04-27T20:57:52Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namecli53
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

cli53

nix profile install nixpkgs#cli53
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cli53
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cl/cli53/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • denominatorShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, dns.
  • dnscontrolShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, dns.
  • amazon-ecs-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure.
  • aws-amplifyShares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure.
  • aws-cdkShares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure.
  • aws-consoleShares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure.

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.

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
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment