# Install e2b with Homebrew CLI to manage E2B sandboxes and templates. Version 2.13.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-26. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:e2b ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install e2b ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:e2b - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.13.0 - **Source summary:** CLI to manage E2B sandboxes and templates - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-26T06:47:39Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - e2b (cli) - e2b (alias) ## Dependencies - node ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 2.13.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-26 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://e2b.dev - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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. ### 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:** e2b - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [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. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cc-connect](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cc-connect/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, ai-agents, cli, developer-tools. - [docker-agent](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docker-agent/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, ai-agents, cli, developer-tools. - [gastown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gastown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, ai-agents, cli, developer-tools. - [langgraph-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/langgraph-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, ai-agents, cli, developer-tools. - [openskills](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openskills/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, ai-agents, cli, developer-tools. - [strands-agents-sops](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/strands-agents-sops/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, ai-agents, cli, developer-tools. - [aichat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aichat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, developer-tools. - [aider](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aider/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, developer-tools. - [agent-browser](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/agent-browser/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: agents, ai, ai-agents, cli, developer. - [claude-code-templates](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/claude-code-templates/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: agents, cli, code, developer, developer-tools. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/e2b.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/e2b.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph