# Install distill-cli with Homebrew Use AWS Transcribe and Bedrock to create summaries of your audio recordings. Version 0.2.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:distill-cli ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install distill-cli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:distill-cli - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.2.0 - **Source summary:** Use AWS Transcribe and Bedrock to create summaries of your audio recordings - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:09-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - distill-cli (cli) - distill-cli (alias) ## Build dependencies - pkgconf - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.2.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/awslabs/distill-cli - Upstream latest detected: v0.2.0 (current) ## 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 Notes 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. ## 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: config.toml, ~/.aws/config ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.aws/credentials ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [waon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/waon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, transcription. - [abcde](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abcde/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. - [adplay](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adplay/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. - [adplug](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adplug/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. - [aften](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aften/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. - [alsa-lib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alsa-lib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. - [bandcamp-dl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bandcamp-dl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. - [carla](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/carla/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. - [whatmp3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/whatmp3/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: audio, cli, create, media. - [wavefile](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/wavefile/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: audio, cli, create, media. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/distill-cli.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/distill-cli.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph