# Install envd with Homebrew Reproducible development environment for AI/ML. Version 1.3.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:envd ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install envd ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:envd - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.3.4 - **Source summary:** Reproducible development environment for AI/ML - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - envd (cli) - envd (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.3.4 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/tensorchord/envd - Upstream latest detected: v1.3.4 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage envd is TensorChord's command-line tool for creating container-based development environments for AI and machine-learning work. It uses a Python-like `build.envd` declaration to turn Python, CUDA, shell, Jupyter, and container setup into a repeatable environment. ### Project history The README presents envd as a reaction to fragile AI/ML development setups, where Python packages, CUDA, shell scripts, and Dockerfiles often break together. Its core promise is to replace hand-written environment assembly with a simple declaration plus `envd up`. The project builds OCI-compatible images and uses technologies such as Docker and BuildKit. Its documentation also covers local and Kubernetes-backed contexts, remote builds, package caches, Jupyter setup, and reusable build functions imported from Git repositories. ### Adoption history envd is distributed through several developer channels: the README documents pip installation, direct GitHub release binaries, and bootstrap after installation, while Homebrew packages it as `envd`. Homebrew analytics showed low hundreds of annual installs during this run, consistent with a specialized AI/ML infrastructure tool. ### How it is used A typical workflow installs envd, runs `envd bootstrap`, creates or clones a project with a `build.envd` file, and runs `envd up` to build and attach to the containerized environment. The example manifest installs conda, Python, Python packages, a shell, and optional Jupyter support. The package is especially relevant where reproducibility and GPU/container setup matter: local notebooks, remote build machines, Kubernetes clusters, and teams sharing environment definitions. ### Why package nerds care envd is a packaging-adjacent tool because it treats development environments themselves as declarative artifacts. For package nerds, it sits at the intersection of language package managers, OCI images, BuildKit caching, and reproducible developer onboarding. ### Timeline - 2022: TensorChord copyright and envd documentation identify the project era. - 2020s: envd documents pip, release-binary, and Homebrew installation paths. - 2020s: envd expands beyond local containers with remote build, cache, and Kubernetes-oriented documentation. ### Related projects - envd builds on Docker, BuildKit, OCI images, conda, Python packaging, Jupyter, and Kubernetes. - envdlib is documented as a reusable library of envd build functions imported from Git repositories. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Unix: build.envd ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** envd - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, 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. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [devcontainer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/devcontainer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, development-environment, development-environments. - [coder](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/coder/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, development-environments. - [nodeenv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nodeenv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, development-environments. - [buildkit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/buildkit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools. - [buildkitd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/buildkitd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools. - [cdebug](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cdebug/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools. - [cekit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cekit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools. - [chunkah](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chunkah/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/envd.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/envd.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph