# Install cli53 with Homebrew, Nix Command-line tool for Amazon Route 53. Version 0.9.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-27. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cli53 ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cli53 ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#cli53 ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cl/cli53/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cli53 - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.9.0 - **Source summary:** Command-line tool for Amazon Route 53 - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-04-27T20:57:52Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cli53 (cli) - cli53 (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: 0.9.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-04-27 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/barnybug/cli53 - Upstream latest detected: v0.9.0 (current) ## 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. ### 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. ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.aws/credentials ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** cli53 - **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 - cli53: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cl/cli53/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [denominator](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/denominator/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, dns. - [dnscontrol](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dnscontrol/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, dns. - [amazon-ecs-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amazon-ecs-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-amplify](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-amplify/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-cdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-cdk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-console](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-console/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-elasticbeanstalk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-elasticbeanstalk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-es-proxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-es-proxy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [awslogs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/awslogs/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: aws, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, command-line. - [cfn-format](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cfn-format/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: aws, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, command-line. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cli53.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cli53.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