macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install dublocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install dubMacPorts ports tree · devel/dub/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install dub with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper
Build tool for D projects. Version 1.41.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add dubAlpine Linux edge package indexes · dub · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install dubDebian stable package indexes · dub · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install dubFedora Rawhide package metadata · dub · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#dubnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/du/dub/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S dubArch Linux sync databases · dub · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install dubopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · dub · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Build tool for D projects
Project links
Commands and aliases
- dub
history
Project history and usage
DUB is the package and build manager that gave the D language ecosystem a conventional registry-plus-build-tool workflow. It matters because it made reusable D libraries installable and buildable through a shared package description instead of scattered project-specific build scripts.
Project history
The project describes itself as a package and build manager for D applications and libraries, with a central package registry at code.dlang.org. Its README says DUB emerged as a more general replacement for the package manager originally associated with vibe.d, then expanded from dependency management into building projects and generating IDE project files.
DUB's design center was deliberately small: a short dub.json or later package file, source in a conventional directory, and automatic dependency downloads during builds. That placed it in the same cultural slot as Cargo, npm, or Bundler, but tailored to D's compiler ecosystem and common D project layouts.
Adoption history
DUB became the normal packaging path for public D libraries because the official registry, documentation, and compiler-facing workflow all point through it. The README records broad packaging support over time, including Homebrew, MacPorts, Chocolatey, Debian/Ubuntu, Arch, Alpine, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD.
Its adoption is also tied to IDE and editor integration. The project documentation notes VisualD project generation and Mono-D support for dub.json, which helped make DUB package metadata double as development-environment metadata.
How it is used
D developers use DUB to create packages, resolve dependencies, build executables and libraries, run tests, and publish packages to the D package registry. The common workflow is intentionally root-directory based: run dub from a package directory and let the package file describe dependencies and build settings.
DUB also has package-nerd value as an example of a language ecosystem build tool that grew out of a framework-specific need, then became the ecosystem-level package manager.
Why package nerds care
For package database work, DUB is a high-signal package because it is both a CLI and an ecosystem primitive: the executable is a developer tool, while the project also defines package metadata conventions for the D community.
It is historically interesting because it sits between older makefile-centric compiled-language workflows and newer language-native package managers. DUB made D packages discoverable through a central registry while still respecting multiple D compilers such as DMD, GDC, and LDC.
Timeline
- 2010s: DUB emerges from vibe.d's package-manager needs and generalizes into a package and build manager for D.
- 2010s: code.dlang.org becomes the central DUB package registry.
- 2017: DUB 1.5 and 1.6 releases appear in the GitHub release history.
- 2020s: DUB remains the documented D package/build workflow and is packaged by mainstream OS package managers.
Related projects
- vibe.d is central to DUB's origin story because DUB's README names it as the package manager that DUB generalized beyond.
- code.dlang.org is the registry side of the DUB ecosystem; VisualD and Mono-D are related development tools that consumed DUB package metadata.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: yellow
generalized runtime or code generation signal.
Risk classifier
yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime
Why
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
Signals
- text:build tool
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
- 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.
local files
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
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
/var/lib/dub/settings.json<dub executable folder>/../etc/dub/settings.json/etc/dub/settings.json$DUB_HOME/settings.json$ROOT_PACKAGE_DIR/dub.settings.json- Windows
%ProgramData%\dub\settings.json<dub executable folder>\..\etc\dub\settings.json%DUB_HOME%\settings.json%ROOT_PACKAGE_DIR%\dub.settings.json
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
dub | cli | global 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 generated2026-07-08
manager version1.41.0
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.41.0
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:dub |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.41.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dub |
| Homepage | https://code.dlang.org/getting_started |
| Repository | https://github.com/dlang/dub |
| Upstream docs | https://dub.pm/ |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/dlang/dub/archive/refs/tags/v1.41.0.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22T14:03:12-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | pkgconf |
| Build dependencies | ldc |
| Uses from macOS | curl |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | dub |
| Version Scheme | 1 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
dub 1.40.0-1
Package and build management system for D
sudo apt install dub- Section: devel
- Architecture: amd64
- 6 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dub
Nix95%
dub
nix profile install nixpkgs#dub- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dub
Ubuntu apt95%
dub 1.36.0-1ubuntu2
Package and build management system for D
sudo apt install dub- Section: universe/devel
- Architecture: amd64
- 6 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dub
apk95%
dub 1.41.0-r2
Package and build management system for D
sudo apk add dub- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dub
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dub
apk95%
dub-doc 1.41.0-r2
Package and build management system for D (documentation)
sudo apk add dub-doc- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dub
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dub
apk95%
dub-zsh-completion 1.41.0-r2
Zsh completions for dub
sudo apk add dub-zsh-completion- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dub
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dub
dnf95%
dub 1.41.0-1.fc45
Package and build management system for D
sudo dnf install dub- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dub
- 8 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dub
pacman95%
dub 1.41.0-1
Developer package manager for D programming language
sudo pacman -S dub- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dub
zypper95%
dub 1.41.0-1.4
Package manager and meta build tool for the D programming language
sudo zypper install dub- License: MIT
- Category: Development/Languages/Other
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dub
- 4 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dub
MacPorts95%
dub
sudo port install dub- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dub
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment