# Install cobalt with Homebrew, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget Static site generator written in Rust. Version 0.20.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cobalt ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cobalt ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#cobalt ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/cobalt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S cobalt ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: cobalt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/cobalt ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/cobalt.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id cobalt-org.cobalt -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: cobalt-org.cobalt from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cobalt - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.20.4 - **Source summary:** Static site generator written in Rust - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 OR MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cobalt (cli) - cobalt (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## 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: 0.20.4 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/cobalt-org/cobalt.rs - Upstream latest detected: v0.20.4 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage Cobalt is a Rust static site generator distributed as the `cobalt` command, packaged for Homebrew and as the `cobalt-bin` crate on crates.io. Its package-nerd appeal is that it is an early Rust-era take on the Jekyll-style static site workflow: source files, front matter, Liquid-style templates, and a small native CLI. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in 2014, and the changelog records `0.2` as the initial release. The project later organized around the `cobalt-org/cobalt.rs` repository and publishes the binary crate as `cobalt-bin`. Cobalt's changelog shows the tool growing into a fuller site generator through 2016 and 2017, adding `serve`, `watch`, `new`, custom paths, RSS improvements, draft support, syntax highlighting experiments, generated binaries for macOS, Windows, and Linux, and a move from getopt to clap. ### Adoption history Cobalt remains a niche but durable Rust CLI. crates.io lists `cobalt-bin` with tens of thousands of downloads, while Homebrew, Nix, Arch, Scoop, and WinGet packaging in the input show that the tool crossed beyond Cargo-only installation. ### How it is used Users create a site with Cobalt's directory conventions and configure site-wide behavior in `_cobalt.yml`. The official docs describe `_cobalt.yml` as the default config file for site options, source and destination directories, front matter defaults, syntax highlighting, pages, posts, and assets. The day-to-day CLI shape is familiar for static site generators: initialize or create content, build static output, and use local serving/watch workflows while editing. ### Why package nerds care Cobalt is useful as a package-history marker for the period when Rust CLIs began replacing scripting-language developer tools. Its significance is not mass adoption; it is the way it packages a static-site workflow into a native binary and ships across Cargo and OS package managers. The package is also a reminder that package names can be ambiguous: crates.io has an unrelated `cobalt` crate, while the static site generator's executable package is `cobalt-bin`. ### Timeline - 2014: `cobalt-org/cobalt.rs` GitHub repository created. - 2016: `cobalt-bin` crate created on crates.io. - 2017: Changelog records generated binaries for macOS, Windows, and Linux in the 0.5 era and a larger 0.7.0 feature release. - 2022: 0.18.0 drops `cobalt import` and improves local serving behavior. - 2025: 0.20.0 switches Sass support from libsass to grass. - 2026: 0.20.4 release published. ### Related projects - Cobalt sits in the static-site-generator family with Jekyll, Hugo, Zola, and mdBook, and it uses Rust ecosystem pieces such as Cargo distribution and Rust templating/parsing libraries. - Its own docs are built and maintained separately in `cobalt-org/cobalt-org.github.io`, which the official documentation links as the docs source. ### 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: _cobalt.yml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** cobalt - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - cobalt: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/cobalt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - cobalt - 0.20.4-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cobalt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Static site generator written in Rust | https://cobalt-org.github.io/ - Scoop - main/cobalt: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/cobalt.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - cobalt-org.cobalt: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: cobalt-org.cobalt from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [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. - [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. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [zola](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/zola/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust, static-site-generator, website. - [hugo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hugo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-site-generator, website. - [docfx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docfx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-site-generator. - [eleventy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/eleventy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-site-generator. - [gostatic](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gostatic/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-site-generator. - [jbake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jbake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-site-generator. - [marmite](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/marmite/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-site-generator. - [nift](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nift/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-site-generator. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cobalt.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cobalt.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