install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install fw

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#fw

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

overview

Package summary

Workspace productivity booster

Project links

Commands and aliases

fw

history

Project history and usage

fw is a Rust command-line workspace manager for cloning projects, switching among them, and running setup commands across a developer workspace. Its upstream README frames it as a personal productivity tool with explicit workflow assumptions rather than a general-purpose project manager.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in March 2017. Early releases reached 1.x during 2017, and later releases moved into the 2.x series, with releases continuing through at least 2025.

The README presents fw as a tool for describing a workspace, cloning git projects, running setup commands, generating editor/projectile configuration, and reducing project-switching overhead.

Adoption history

fw has a small but real package-manager footprint: the upstream README advertises a crates.io package badge, while the input package metadata records availability in Homebrew and Nix. Its adoption is best understood as a niche command-line workflow tool rather than a broad ecosystem standard.

How it is used

Users maintain a configuration directory under the platform config directory, or override it with `FW_CONFIG_DIR`. The tool assumes git repositories, ssh-based cloning, and ssh-agent authentication by default.

Typical usage is to define projects once, let fw clone or locate them, and use shell integration to jump into a project with setup actions such as running build commands or activating language environments.

Why package nerds care

fw is interesting to package nerds because it sits between dotfiles, shell navigation, Git workspace bootstrapping, and editor integration. It is a small example of a personal workflow script becoming a packaged CLI with cross-platform config-directory behavior.

Its README is unusually explicit about what the tool is not: it encodes the author's workflow and lists assumptions such as git-only repositories and ssh-agent authentication.

Timeline

2017: Public GitHub repository created.
2017: 1.x releases published.
2023: 2.18.0 and 2.19.x releases published.
2025: 2.20.0 and 2.21.0 releases published.

Related projects

fw overlaps with shell `CDPATH`, project switcher scripts, editor project indexes such as Projectile, and language environment managers such as nvm or virtualenv when used as setup hooks.
It depends culturally on Git and ssh-agent based developer workflows.

Sources

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 6 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.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux: ~/.config/fw
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/fw
Windows: {FOLDERID_RoamingAppData}\fw

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`fw`	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 generated2026-07-26

manager version2.21.0

manager updated2026-06-22

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv2.21.0

https://github.com/brocode/fw

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:fw
Version	2.21.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fw
Homepage	https://github.com/brocode/fw
Repository	https://github.com/brocode/fw
Upstream docs	https://github.com/brocode/fw#readme
License	WTFPL
Source archive	https://github.com/brocode/fw/archive/refs/tags/v2.21.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-22T14:03:23-07:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	openssl@3
Build dependencies	rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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	fw
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%

fw

nix profile install nixpkgs#fw

normalized package name match
Matched by: Fw

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

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/fw.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

Install fw with Homebrew, Nix