install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install filen-cli

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#filen-cli

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fi/filen-cli/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id FilenCloud.Filen-cli -e

Windows Package Manager source index · FilenCloud.Filen-cli · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Interface with Filen, an end-to-end encrypted cloud storage service

Project links

Commands and aliases

filen

history

Project history and usage

Filen CLI is the command-line companion for Filen's end-to-end encrypted cloud storage service, covering drive access, sync, WebDAV, S3 mirroring, and headless workflows.

For package users, it is the bridge between a consumer-facing encrypted storage service and scriptable Unix-style automation.

Project history

The public Filen CLI repository was created in 2024 for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its README describes a toolset for interacting with Filen Drive in stateless or interactive mode, syncing locations, mounting a network drive, and running WebDAV or S3 mirror servers.

The first public GitHub release, v0.0.1, was published in May 2024. Subsequent 0.0.x releases through 2024 iterated quickly on the CLI distribution.

The README now warns that this CLI is being sunset so the team can focus on a Rust rewrite in the filen-rs repository, citing startup performance, download size, and simpler future development as the reasons.

Adoption history

Filen CLI's adoption is tied to Filen users who need automation beyond the desktop and web apps: headless servers, scripted sync jobs, container deployments, and protocol gateways.

Its distribution channels include official GitHub release binaries, a Linux/macOS install script, Docker images, npm, Homebrew, Nix, and winget, giving it a package-manager footprint beyond the Filen app itself.

The sunset notice makes the package historically transitional: useful and packaged, but expected to give way to the Rust CLI once that rewrite becomes the maintained path.

How it is used

Typical usage starts with authentication, producing local credential/auth files, then running commands for sync, drive access, WebDAV, S3, or update management.

Because Filen is encrypted cloud storage, the CLI is especially useful where users want private storage in automated jobs without using a graphical client.

The package exposes a `filen` executable, and the README points users to built-in help with `filen --help <cmd or topic>` plus official hosted CLI documentation.

Why package nerds care

Filen CLI is interesting to package maintainers because it packages a cloud-storage service client as a cross-platform CLI with release binaries, npm distribution, Docker images, and native package-manager entries.

It also shows a common lifecycle wrinkle: the packaged implementation can be official and useful while upstream already signals the next implementation line, in this case a Rust rewrite.

Timeline

2024-04: Public filen-cli repository created.
2024-05: v0.0.1 GitHub release published.
2024-11: v0.0.20 tag committed in the early release line.
2025: Repository activity continues while README points users toward v0.0.36 as a supported CLI release.
2025: README announces sunsetting of this CLI in favor of a Rust rewrite under filen-rs.

Related projects

Filen CLI belongs to the Filen encrypted storage ecosystem and is related to Filen Drive, Filen desktop/mobile clients, WebDAV/S3 gateway workflows, Docker images, and the filen-rs Rust rewrite.
It occupies a similar operational niche to cloud-storage CLIs such as rclone, but its scope is official access to Filen-specific encrypted storage.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signals

text:cloud
text:encrypt

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 1 build 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.

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ./.filen-cli-credentials./.filen-cli-auth-config

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`filen`	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 version0.0.34

manager updated2026-06-15

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://filen.io

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://filen.ionone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:filen-cli
Version	0.0.34
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/filen-cli
Homepage	https://filen.io
Repository	https://github.com/FilenCloudDienste/filen-cli
Upstream docs	https://docs.filen.io/docs/cli
License	AGPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://registry.npmjs.org/@filen/cli/-/cli-0.0.34.tgz
Last updated	2026-06-15T10:20:16-04:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	node
Build dependencies	pkgconf
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	filen-cli
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

filen-cli

nix profile install nixpkgs#filen-cli

normalized package name match
Matched by: Filen Cli

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fi/filen-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

FilenCloud.Filen-cli

winget install --id FilenCloud.Filen-cli -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Filen Cli

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: FilenCloud.Filen-cli from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/filen-cli.yml

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

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