# Install dotslash with Homebrew, Nix, pacman, scoop Simplified executable deployment. Version 0.5.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-10. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dotslash ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dotslash ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#dotslash ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/dotslash/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S dotslash ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: dotslash from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/dotslash ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/dotslash.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dotslash - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.5.9 - **Source summary:** Simplified executable deployment - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-04-10T00:41:26Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - dotslash (cli) - dotslash (alias) ## Build dependencies - 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: 0.5.9 - Package-manager updated: 2026-04-10 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/facebook/dotslash - Upstream latest detected: v0.5.9 (current) ## Project history and usage DotSlash is Meta's command-line tool for representing platform-specific heavyweight executables as small text files that fetch, verify, and run the correct binary on demand. It is aimed at executable deployment inside source repositories and reproducible build environments. ### Project history Meta announced DotSlash publicly on February 6, 2024 as an open-source developer-infrastructure tool. The first GitHub release, v0.1.0, was published the same day, and subsequent 2024 and 2025 releases iterated on the executable-deployment model. ### Adoption history DotSlash grew from the internal need to vendor large toolchain binaries without bloating repositories or relying on each developer's host environment. Its package-manager adoption includes Homebrew, Nix, pacman, and Scoop entries, which made the `dotslash` interpreter easier to install across common workstation setups. ### How it is used Developers create small executable DotSlash files that describe per-platform providers, sizes, hashes, archive formats, and paths. On first execution, DotSlash downloads and verifies the matching artifact; later executions reuse the cached binary. ### Why package nerds care DotSlash is package-nerd bait because it sits between vendoring, lockfiles, binary caches, and hermetic build tooling. It treats executable resolution as data checked into source control, while leaving the large artifacts outside the repository and verifying them with content hashes. ### Timeline - 2024: Meta announced DotSlash and published v0.1.0 on February 6. - 2024: The project shipped several early releases through v0.4.x. - 2025: v0.5.x releases continued the public release train. ### Related projects - Buck2 - Bazel - Nix - Scoop - Homebrew ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** dotslash - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - dotslash: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/dotslash/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - dotslash - 0.5.8-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: dotslash from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Command-line tool to facilitate fetching an executable, caching it, and then running it | https://github.com/facebook/dotslash - Scoop - main/dotslash: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/dotslash.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. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cargo-edit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-edit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependencies, dependency-management, developer-tools. - [cargo-outdated](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-outdated/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependencies, dependency-management, developer-tools. - [dependabot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dependabot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependencies, dependency-management, developer-tools. - [taze](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/taze/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependencies, dependency-management, developer-tools. - [cargo-features-manager](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-features-manager/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools. - [carthage](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/carthage/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools. - [carton](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/carton/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools. - [cask](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cask/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools. - [dotslash](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cargo/dotslash/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dotslash.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dotslash.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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