macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install dynaconflocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install dynaconf with Homebrew, dnf
Configuration Management for Python. Version 3.3.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-01.
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Linux
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install python3-dynaconfFedora Rawhide package metadata · python3-dynaconf · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
overview
Package summary
Configuration Management for Python
Project links
Commands and aliases
- dynaconf
history
Project history and usage
Dynaconf is a Python configuration-management library and CLI for layered settings, environment-variable overrides, validation, and secrets handling across plain Python projects and web frameworks.
Project history
Dynaconf's public package history begins in August 2015, when the 0.1.0 release was uploaded to PyPI and the GitHub repository was created. The README presents it as configuration management for Python, inspired by the 12-factor app approach, with support for multiple file formats, environment overlays, validation, HashiCorp Vault, Redis, Django, Flask, and a CLI.
The project grew into a long-lived Python packaging fixture rather than a one-off framework extension. Its documentation and README emphasize generated `settings.toml` and `.secrets.toml` files, environment-variable overrides, and a `dynaconf` executable for init, list, write, validate, and export workflows.
Adoption history
Adoption has come mainly from Python application teams that want one settings layer across local files, environment variables, framework integrations, and secret stores. Its packaging footprint includes PyPI and Homebrew, with the Homebrew formula tracking the 3.x line and PyPI showing active releases through 2026.
How it is used
Typical usage starts with `dynaconf init`, which creates a project settings file and optional secrets file, then application code imports a `Dynaconf` settings object. Users can override configuration with prefixed environment variables and can move secrets to `.secrets.*`, Vault, or Redis.
Why package nerds care
Dynaconf is notable in package-manager culture because it packages a common application concern, configuration layering, as both a library and a CLI. It sits between framework-native settings systems, dotenv loaders, and secret-store clients, making it useful to compare with Pydantic Settings, environs, python-decouple, django-environ, and Hydra.
Timeline
- 2015: GitHub repository is created and Dynaconf 0.1.0 appears on PyPI.
- 2020s: Documentation highlights Django, Flask, Vault, Redis, multiple file formats, validation, and CLI workflows.
- 2026: PyPI shows active 3.x releases, while Homebrew packages Dynaconf as a CLI-accessible Python tool.
Related projects
- Related projects include Pydantic Settings, python-dotenv, environs, python-decouple, django-environ, Flask configuration, Django settings, HashiCorp Vault, Redis, and the Rust-oriented Hydroconf project linked from the Dynaconf README.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: orange
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
Why
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal
Signals
- text:configuration management
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime 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
settings.toml.secrets.toml
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
.secrets.toml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
dynaconf | 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 version3.3.2
manager updated2026-07-01
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.dynaconf.com/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:dynaconf |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.3.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dynaconf |
| Homepage | https://www.dynaconf.com/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/dynaconf/dynaconf |
| Upstream docs | https://www.dynaconf.com/ |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2e/fa/351d165f6f9fe493a92a2e155f3097a4379dbe23e731b68543ce9988ee19/dynaconf-3.3.2.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-07-01T00:05:42Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | python@3.14 |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | dynaconf |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| 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.
dnf95%
python3-dynaconf 3.1.2-21.fc45
A dynamic configurator for python projects
https://github.com/rochacbruno/dynaconf
sudo dnf install python3-dynaconf- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: dynaconf
- 2 dependencies
- 5 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dynaconf
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