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Install cntb with Homebrew, Nix

Contabo Command-Line Interface (CLI). Version 1.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cntb

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#cntb

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

overview

Package summary

Contabo Command-Line Interface (CLI)

Commands and aliases

  • cntb

history

Project history and usage

cntb is Contabo's command-line interface for managing Contabo VPS, VDS, and related cloud products.

Project history

The official README describes cntb as a CLI for managing Contabo products and shows generated API-style commands for images and compute instances.

Adoption history

The official README documents prebuilt releases for Windows, macOS, and Linux, while the input package facts show Homebrew and Nix packaging.

How it is used

Users configure cntb once with OAuth2 client ID, client secret, API user, and API password from the Contabo Customer Control Panel, then run commands such as cntb get images.

Why package nerds care

cntb gives package users a provider-specific cloud CLI that can be installed like other Unix tools while still wrapping Contabo's API surface.

Timeline

  • 2026: GitHub releases page lists v1.6 as latest on March 25, 2026.

Related projects

  • The official Makefile shows API client generation from https://api.contabo.com/api-v1.yaml, tying the CLI to Contabo's public API specification.

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.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.cntb.yaml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
~/.cntb.yaml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
cntbcliglobal 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 version1.6
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.6

https://github.com/contabo/cntb

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:cntb
Version1.6
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cntb
Homepagehttps://github.com/contabo/cntb
Repositoryhttps://github.com/contabo/cntb
Upstream docshttps://github.com/contabo/cntb#readme
LicenseGPL-3.0-only
Source archivehttps://github.com/contabo/cntb/archive/refs/tags/v1.6.tar.gz
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 Namecntb
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%

cntb

nix profile install nixpkgs#cntb
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cntb
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cn/cntb/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

  • aiven-clientShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure.
  • aliyun-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure.
  • azionShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure.
  • cloudmonkeyShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure.
  • convoxShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure.
  • denominatorShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud, 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