install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install cot

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#cot

nixpkgs package indexes · cot · source: raw.githubusercontent.com

overview

Package summary

Rust web framework for lazy developers

Project links

Commands and aliases

cot

history

Project history and usage

Cot is a Rust web framework and CLI that explicitly aims for a Django-like, batteries-included developer experience. Its package-manager relevance is that it ships not just a library but a project generator and service-running workflow through `cot`/cot-cli.

Project history

The cot-rs/cot repository was created in June 2024. The README describes Cot as a modern, fast Rust web framework built on axum and familiar to Django users, with integrated ORM, admin panel, templates, security defaults, and documentation.

Adoption history

Cot is newer and smaller than established Rust web frameworks, but its crates.io badge, GitHub releases, Homebrew formula, and Nix package entry show early packaging beyond direct `cargo install`. Its adoption story is therefore early-stage package availability rather than broad ecosystem standardization.

How it is used

The guide shows the CLI creating projects and running services, with `-c` or `--config` selecting configuration and `config/dev.toml` as the default development config. That makes the Homebrew package useful for developers who want the generator and runtime command available outside a single Cargo workspace.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, Cot is a Rust CLI plus framework stack with code generation and config-file conventions. It is the kind of package where keeping the CLI version aligned with the framework crates matters more than merely installing a standalone binary.

Timeline

2024: cot-rs/cot repository created.
2025: First GitHub releases published.
2026: Project continued publishing releases and package-manager entries.

Related projects

Rust, axum, Django, crates.io, cot-cli.

Sources

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: config/dev.tomlconfig/prod.toml.example

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: config/dev.tomlconfig/prod.toml.example

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`cot`	cli	global 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 version0.6.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedcot-v0.6.0

https://github.com/cot-rs/cot

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:cot
Version	0.6.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cot
Homepage	https://cot.rs
Repository	https://github.com/cot-rs/cot
Upstream docs	https://cot.rs/guide/latest
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/cot-rs/cot/archive/refs/tags/cot-v0.6.0.tar.gz
Build dependencies	rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	cot
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	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%

cot

nix profile install nixpkgs#cot

normalized package name match
Matched by: Cot

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package graph

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

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/cot.yml

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

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