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Use AWS Transcribe and Bedrock to create summaries of your audio recordings. Version 0.2.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.
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Package summary
Use AWS Transcribe and Bedrock to create summaries of your audio recordings
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Commands and aliases
- distill-cli
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Project history and usage
distill-cli is an AWS Labs Rust command-line tool for summarizing audio and other media with Amazon Transcribe and Amazon Bedrock. It sits in the newer wave of AI-assisted personal workflow CLIs rather than the older Unix-tool lineage.
Project history
Werner Vogels introduced Distill CLI in June 2024 as a local, Rust-powered offshoot of an earlier Distill meeting-summarization proof of concept. The README describes it as based on the open-source Amazon Bedrock Audio Summarizer and built with the AWS SDK for Rust.
Adoption history
The official launch post positioned the tool as a small, extensible command-line utility for builders who wanted to experiment with Rust and AWS generative-AI services. Homebrew packaging gave it the familiar install path used by macOS and Linux CLI users, but its official source material still describes a young proof-of-concept rather than a long-established ecosystem tool.
How it is used
A typical run points distill-cli at an input audio file, uploads media to S3, submits transcription through Amazon Transcribe, and summarizes the transcript with a Bedrock foundation model. Configuration is split between a local config.toml for model and output settings and the standard AWS CLI credential and region files.
Why package nerds care
For package-history purposes, distill-cli is notable as an example of cloud AI services being wrapped in a single-purpose native CLI. Its packaging story is less about broad dependency reuse and more about making an AWS demo workflow feel like a normal terminal tool.
Timeline
- 2024: Public source repository created for distill-cli.
- 2024: Werner Vogels publishes the introductory Distill CLI article.
- 2024: README documents local Rust builds, AWS CLI configuration, and Bedrock model settings.
Related projects
- Amazon Bedrock Audio Summarizer is the direct predecessor named by the distill-cli README.
- The AWS CLI supplies the credential and region configuration model that distill-cli inherits.
Sources
security posture
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No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for distill-cli. 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 6 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.
Recommended review
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Configuration and credential file locations
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
config.toml~/.aws/config
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/.aws/credentials
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
distill-cli | cli | global executable |
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Version and freshness
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page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.2.0
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.2.0
https://github.com/awslabs/distill-cli
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install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:distill-cli |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/distill-cli |
| Homepage | https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2024/06/introducing-distill-cli.html |
| Repository | https://github.com/awslabs/distill-cli |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/awslabs/distill-cli#readme |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://github.com/awslabs/distill-cli/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.0.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22T14:03:09-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf, rust |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | distill-cli |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
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