# Install faas-cli with Homebrew, chocolatey, Nix, scoop CLI for templating and/or deploying FaaS functions. Version 0.18.10 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-16. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:faas-cli ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install faas-cli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#faas-cli ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/faas-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install faas-cli ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: faas-cli from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='8.6352005','msys2-installer' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/faas-cli ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/faas-cli.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:faas-cli - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.18.10 - **Source summary:** CLI for templating and/or deploying FaaS functions - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-16T21:53:29Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - faas (cli) - faas-cli (cli) - faas (alias) - faas-cli (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: 0.18.10 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-16 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/openfaas/faas-cli - Upstream latest detected: 0.18.10 (current) ## Project history and usage faas-cli is the official command-line interface for OpenFaaS, used to create, build, push, deploy, invoke, and manage serverless functions. ### Project history The faas-cli repository was created in April 2017 as the OpenFaaS command-line entry point. The project README describes it as the official CLI for OpenFaaS and explains the original core workflow: write a handler, pick a language template, and let the CLI build a Docker image and deploy the function. As OpenFaaS matured, faas-cli became the stable user-facing tool around a broader platform. Its command set grew from the basic new, build, push, deploy, remove, and invoke lifecycle into template stores, secrets, registry login, multi-arch publishing, and OpenFaaS Pro authentication flows. The CLI also reflects OpenFaaS's packaging strategy. Official installation docs support a curl installer, Homebrew, Windows binaries, Chocolatey, Scoop, and direct release downloads, so the same tool fits local demos, CI pipelines, and workstation use. ### Adoption history OpenFaaS adoption made faas-cli important because nearly every getting-started path goes through it. The README shows Homebrew installation, a `faas` alias, and commands for creating functions from templates, while the official install docs document cross-platform packaging for macOS, Linux, and Windows. The CLI's adoption is tied to the OpenFaaS gateway model: developers log in to a gateway, point the CLI at `OPENFAAS_URL` or a gateway flag, then deploy function definitions from YAML. That made it a bridge between local source trees, Docker registries, and Kubernetes or other OpenFaaS providers. ### How it is used Typical use starts with `faas-cli new` to scaffold a function from a language template, then `faas-cli up` as the shorthand for build, push, and deploy. Operators use `faas-cli login`, `secret`, `store`, `invoke`, `remove`, and gateway flags or environment variables to work with local or remote OpenFaaS installations. The CLI is also a packaging surface for templates. Official docs describe pulling templates from remote Git repositories and using a template store for official, incubator, and community templates, which is why the tool matters beyond simply sending API calls to a gateway. ### Why package nerds care For package people, faas-cli is a clean example of a Go-based cloud CLI distributed through many channels while keeping a curl installer and release binaries as the canonical path. It also carries the familiar package-manager tension noted by its README: Homebrew is updated regularly, but may not always be the newest minor release. Its command alias matters too. Installing the package gives both `faas-cli` and `faas`, which is the sort of executable naming detail that package formulas, shell completions, and docs all have to keep aligned. ### Timeline - 2017: The faas-cli repository is created as the OpenFaaS CLI. - 2020: The CLI includes release entries for list output improvements and gateway/provider serialization updates. - 2021: Release entries add registry-login and secrets whitespace handling. - 2026: The README continues to document core build, deploy, template, secret, publish, and Pro auth commands. ### Related projects - OpenFaaS is the serverless platform that faas-cli targets. - openfaas/templates provides the default language templates used by `faas-cli new` and `faas-cli template pull`. ### 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. ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.openfaas/config.yml, .openfaas/config.yml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** faas-cli - **Aliases:** faas - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - faas-cli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/faas-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Chocolatey - faas-cli: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: faas-cli from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='8.6352005','msys2-installer' - Scoop - main/faas-cli: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/faas-cli.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cloudflare-wrangler](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cloudflare-wrangler/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, deployment, developer-tools, serverless. - [cartridge-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cartridge-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, deployment, developer-tools. - [deployer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/deployer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, deployment, developer-tools. - [doubledown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doubledown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, deployment, developer-tools. - [dylibbundler](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dylibbundler/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, deployment, developer-tools. - [fabric](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fabric/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, deployment, developer-tools. - [fastlane](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fastlane/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, deployment, developer-tools. - [git-ftp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-ftp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, deployment, developer-tools. - [langgraph-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/langgraph-cli/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. 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