# Install deployer with Homebrew, Nix, chocolatey, MacPorts, scoop Deployment tool written in PHP with support for popular frameworks. Version 8.0.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-18. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:deployer ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install deployer ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install dep ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/dep/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#deployer ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/de/deployer/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install dep ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: dep from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','dell-omsa' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/dep ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/dep.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:deployer - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 8.0.5 - **Source summary:** Deployment tool written in PHP with support for popular frameworks - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-18T20:00:47Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - dep (cli) - dep (alias) ## Dependencies - php ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 8.0.5 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-18 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/deployphp/deployer - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## 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 Notes 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. ## 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: deploy.php, deploy.yaml ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.ssh/config, ~/.ssh/id_rsa ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** deployer - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - deployer: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/de/deployer/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - dep: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/dep/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Chocolatey - dep: installed executable or alias match | Chocolatey community package catalog: dep from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','dell-omsa' - Scoop - main/dep: installed executable or alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/dep.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [php](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/php/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [modman](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/modman/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, deployment, developer-tools, php. - [doubledown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doubledown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, deployment, developer-tools. - [fabric](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fabric/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, deployment, developer-tools. - [git-ftp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-ftp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, deployment, developer-tools. - [kamal-proxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kamal-proxy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, deployment, developer-tools. - [kapp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kapp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, deployment, developer-tools. - [kargo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kargo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, deployment, developer-tools. - [netlify-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/netlify-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, deployment, developer-tools. - [bb-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bb-cli/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, php, written. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/deployer.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/deployer.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