# Install configen with Homebrew

Configuration file code generator for use in Xcode projects. Version 1.1.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:configen
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install configen
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:configen
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/configen>
- **Version:** 1.1.2
- **Source summary:** Configuration file code generator for use in Xcode projects
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/theappbusiness/ConfigGenerator>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/theappbusiness/ConfigGenerator>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/theappbusiness/ConfigGenerator#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/theappbusiness/ConfigGenerator/archive/refs/tags/1.1.2.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- configen (cli)
- configen (alias)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.1.2
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/theappbusiness/ConfigGenerator
- Upstream latest detected: 1.1.2 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Project history and usage

configen is a small Xcode-oriented configuration code generator. It reads a mapping file and one or more property-list files, then generates Swift or Objective-C configuration code for app builds.

### Project history

The project was published by The App Business as ConfigGenerator, with the executable named configen. The README frames it around robust multi-environment iOS builds: developers keep per-environment values in plist files, describe expected keys and types in a .map file, and add configen as an external build step.

The release feed shows a compact lifecycle: v1.0.0 in 2017, Swift 4 and Xcode 9 compatibility soon after, Swift 4.2/Xcode 10 compatibility in 2018, array support in 2019, and a Swift 5 update in 2020.

### Adoption history

Official installation guidance is project-local: download a release binary or build the Xcode project, copy the executable into the app repository, and wire it into Xcode schemes. The supplied Homebrew package fact shows how the same binary-oriented workflow was also made installable through a package manager.

### How it is used

Typical usage is configen --plist-path <plist> --hints-path <mapping-file> --class-name <output-class-name> --output-directory <output-directory>, optionally with --objective-c. It is aimed at build-time generation of typed configuration constants for multiple app environments.

### Why package nerds care

configen is package-nerd relevant as a narrow, app-build helper that Homebrew turns into a repeatable CLI dependency. It is less a general configuration system than a fossil of a common iOS packaging need: typed, generated build configuration from plist-era project assets.

### Timeline

- 2017: v1.0.0 release published; v1.0.1 updated the project for Swift 4 and Xcode 9.
- 2018: v1.0.2 updated the project for Swift 4.2 and Xcode 10.
- 2019: v1.1.0 added plist array support; v1.0.3 sorted generated variables to reduce git diffs.
- 2020: v1.1.2 updated the project to Swift 5.

### Related projects

- Official documentation ties configen to Xcode, Swift, Objective-C, plist files, mapping files, schemes, and external build-system targets.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/theappbusiness/ConfigGenerator#readme>
- <https://github.com/theappbusiness/ConfigGenerator/releases>
- <https://github.com/theappbusiness/ConfigGenerator/releases/tag/v1.0.0>
- <https://github.com/theappbusiness/ConfigGenerator/releases/tag/v1.0.1>
- <https://github.com/theappbusiness/ConfigGenerator/releases/tag/v1.0.2>
- <https://github.com/theappbusiness/ConfigGenerator/releases/tag/1.1.0>
- <https://github.com/theappbusiness/ConfigGenerator/releases/tag/1.1.2>


## 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: <project>/Config/*.map, <project>/Config/*.plist
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** configen
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Requirements:** macos, xcode
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/configen.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/configen.yml)


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