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Install e2b with Homebrew

CLI to manage E2B sandboxes and templates. Version 2.13.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-26.

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install e2b

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overview

Package summary

CLI to manage E2B sandboxes and templates

Commands and aliases

  • e2b

history

Project history and usage

E2B is open source infrastructure for running AI-generated code in secure cloud sandboxes. The Homebrew package exposes the E2B CLI for managing sandboxes and templates, while the broader project centers on JavaScript and Python SDKs, code interpreter workflows, and self-hostable infrastructure.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created on 2023-03-04, during the wave of developer tooling built around LLM agents and code execution. The README describes E2B as infrastructure for starting and controlling isolated sandboxes from JavaScript or Python, with a separate Code Interpreter SDK for `runCode` and `run_code` workflows.

Adoption history

E2B has substantial AI-developer adoption signals: the README displays monthly download badges for the Python and JavaScript SDKs, links to a cookbook of examples with different LLMs and AI frameworks, and GitHub API metadata showed 12,783 stars and 954 forks on 2026-06-30.

How it is used

Typical usage starts by installing the SDK, setting an `E2B_API_KEY`, creating a sandbox, and running commands inside it. The CLI package complements that workflow by managing E2B sandboxes and templates from a terminal.

Why package nerds care

E2B is package-nerd significant because it packages a new post-LLM primitive: disposable, cloud-hosted execution environments for agents. It sits between SDK, CLI, code-interpreter package, cookbook, and self-hosted Terraform infrastructure rather than being just a single binary.

Timeline

  • 2023-03-04: Public GitHub repository created.
  • 2023-2026: Project developed around AI-agent sandboxes, SDKs, a code-interpreter package, examples cookbook, and self-hosting infrastructure.
  • 2026-06-30: GitHub API showed active repository updates and more than twelve thousand stars.

Related projects

  • The README points to the E2B JavaScript SDK, Python SDK, Code Interpreter SDK, E2B cookbook, and self-hosted infrastructure repository, tying the CLI to a larger sandbox platform.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
e2bcliglobal 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 version2.13.0
manager updated2026-06-26
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://e2b.dev

  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://e2b.devnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:e2b
Version2.13.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/e2b
Homepagehttps://e2b.dev
Repositoryhttps://github.com/e2b-dev/e2b
Upstream docshttps://e2b.dev/docs
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://registry.npmjs.org/@e2b/cli/-/cli-2.13.0.tgz
Last updated2026-06-26T06:47:39Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesnode
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namee2b
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

package graph

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Related tools

  • nodeRuntime 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
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment