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Install drone-cli with Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman, scoop

Command-line client for the Drone continuous integration server. Version 1.9.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#drone-cli.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install drone-cli

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add drone-cli

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · drone-cli · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#drone-cli

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/dr/drone-cli/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S drone-cli

Arch Linux sync databases · drone-cli · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/drone

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

overview

Package summary

Command-line client for the Drone continuous integration server

Commands and aliases

  • drone

history

Project history and usage

Drone CLI is the command-line companion to Drone, the container-oriented continuous integration system. As a package, its importance is less about being a standalone product and more about giving operators, repository admins, and automation scripts a stable `drone` executable for talking to Drone servers.

Project history

The CLI has historically followed Drone's server-side model: pipelines live with source repositories, while the command-line tool handles installation-time and day-two operations such as login/configuration, repository administration, signing, encryption, logs, and local execution helpers. Its repository now lives under Harness, reflecting Drone's later stewardship under the Harness organization.

Adoption history

Drone CLI adoption tracks Drone adoption in self-hosted and cloud CI environments. The official installation docs show package-manager and direct binary installation paths, which made it natural to ship through Homebrew and similar package indexes for developers who need the same `drone` command locally and in automation.

How it is used

The official CLI docs organize usage around installation/configuration and subcommands for encryption, local execution, logs, signing, JSONNET conversion, users, and repositories. In practice, package users install it to administer Drone instances, inspect pipeline state, and script CI server operations.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, Drone CLI is a good example of a CI ecosystem client that is useful only when it stays aligned with its server API. The single `drone` executable, broad subcommand tree, and Homebrew formula make it a small but important bridge between hosted CI infrastructure and local developer shells.

Timeline

  • 2010s: Drone becomes known as a container-native CI/CD system with a separate CLI for server interaction.
  • 2020s: Drone CLI source is maintained under the Harness GitHub organization.
  • Docs era: Official docs present the CLI as the supported command-line interface for installing, configuring, and operating Drone.

Related projects

  • Drone server and Drone runners provide the CI runtime that the CLI administers.
  • The Drone documentation site is the primary command reference for the CLI.
  • Harness is the current upstream organization for the `harness/drone-cli` source repository.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:client,server

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
dronecliglobal 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 generated2026-07-25
manager version1.9.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.9.0

https://github.com/harness/drone-cli

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:drone-cli
Version1.9.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/drone-cli
Homepagehttps://drone.io
Repositoryhttps://github.com/harness/drone-cli
Upstream docshttps://docs.drone.io/cli
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/harness/drone-cli/archive/refs/tags/v1.9.0.tar.gz
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namedrone-cli
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • 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%

drone-cli

nix profile install nixpkgs#drone-cli
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Drone Cli
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dr/drone-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

drone-cli 1.9.0-r4

Drone CLI

https://github.com/harness/drone-cli

sudo apk add drone-cli
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: drone-cli
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Drone Cli
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: drone-cli from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

drone-cli 1.9.0-1

Command line interface for Drone CI

https://docs.drone.io/cli

sudo pacman -S drone-cli
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Drone Cli
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: drone-cli from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
Nix92%

drone

nix profile install nixpkgs#drone
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Drone
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dr/drone/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk92%

drone 2.25.0-r16

Container-Native, Continuous Delivery Platform

https://drone.io/

sudo apk add drone
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: drone
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Drone
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: drone from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

drone-doc 2.25.0-r16

Container-Native, Continuous Delivery Platform (documentation)

https://drone.io/

sudo apk add drone-doc
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: drone
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Drone
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: drone-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

drone-openrc 2.25.0-r16

Container-Native, Continuous Delivery Platform (OpenRC init scripts)

https://drone.io/

sudo apk add drone-openrc
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: drone
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Drone
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: drone-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman92%

drone 2.28.2-1

Continuous Delivery platform built on container technology (Enterprise Edition)

https://drone.io

sudo pacman -S drone
  • License: LicenseRef-Drone-Non-Commercial
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Drone
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: drone from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
Scoop92%

main/drone

scoop install main/drone
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Drone
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/drone.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.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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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.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment