install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install deployer

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install dep

MacPorts ports tree · devel/dep/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#deployer

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

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%

choco install dep

Chocolatey community package catalog · dep · source: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/dep

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/dep.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Deployment tool written in PHP with support for popular frameworks

Project links

Commands and aliases

dep

history

Project history and usage

Deployer is a PHP deployment CLI focused on repeatable application releases, provisioning, framework recipes, and zero-downtime deployment patterns. It gives PHP projects a programmable deployment file and a `dep` command instead of a pile of shell snippets.

Project history

The official deployphp/deployer repository was created in 2013. Its README presents Deployer as a PHP deployment tool with built-in support for popular frameworks, automatic server provisioning, zero-downtime deployments, and ready-to-use recipes.

The versioned documentation shows the modern workflow: install Deployer, run `dep init`, and answer prompts to create `deploy.php` or `deploy.yaml` with hosts, tasks, and imported recipes.

Adoption history

Deployer spread through PHP application teams because it matched the shape of PHP projects: a Composer-installable tool, framework recipes, SSH-based hosts, and recipes that can be kept near application code. Its Homebrew, MacPorts, Scoop, Chocolatey, and Nix packaging made the `dep` binary convenient outside pure Composer installs.

How it is used

A typical project keeps a `deploy.php` or `deploy.yaml` recipe in the repository, defines hosts and `deploy_path`, and runs `dep deploy`. The docs recommend keeping SSH identity details in `~/.ssh/config`, while the tool manages release directories, shared files, current symlinks, rollback-oriented release history, and custom tasks.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, Deployer is a good example of deployment logic packaged as a language-native CLI. It sits between Composer, SSH, framework conventions, and release directory layouts, showing how packaging culture can turn an operations pattern into a reusable command.

Timeline

2013: Official deployphp/deployer repository created.
2026: Current documentation centers on Deployer 8.x.
2026: Getting-started docs document `deploy.php` and `deploy.yaml` recipe generation.

Related projects

Related official resources include Deployer recipes, the Deployer GitHub Action, and the deployphp/deployer Docker image.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for deployer. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime 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: deploy.phpdeploy.yaml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.ssh/config~/.ssh/id_rsa

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`dep`	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 version8.0.5

manager updated2026-05-18

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/deployphp/deployer

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/deployphp/deployernone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:deployer
Version	8.0.5
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/deployer
Homepage	https://deployer.org/
Repository	https://github.com/deployphp/deployer
Upstream docs	https://deployer.org/docs
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/releases/download/v8.0.5/deployer.phar
Last updated	2026-05-18T20:00:47Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	php
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	deployer
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%

deployer

nix profile install nixpkgs#deployer

normalized package name match
Matched by: Deployer

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/de/deployer/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

MacPorts94%

dep

sudo port install dep

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Dep

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/dep/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Chocolatey92%

dep

choco install dep

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Dep

Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: dep from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','dell-omsa'

Scoop92%

main/dep

scoop install main/dep

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Dep

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/dep.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/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.

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/deployer.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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