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Install grunt-cli with Homebrew, Nix, pacman, apt, winget

JavaScript Task Runner. Version 1.5.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install grunt-cli

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#grunt-cli

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

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S grunt-cli

Arch Linux sync databases · grunt-cli · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install grunt

Debian stable package indexes · grunt · source: deb.debian.org

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id Grunt.Grunt -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Grunt.Grunt · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

JavaScript Task Runner

Commands and aliases

  • grunt

history

Project history and usage

grunt-cli is the small command-line launcher for Grunt, the JavaScript task runner. Its importance is not that it contains the build system itself, but that it standardizes the global or local `grunt` command while delegating execution to the Grunt version installed beside a project Gruntfile.

Project history

The Grunt ecosystem began with the core grunt repository in September 2011 and the dedicated grunt-cli repository in November 2012. The CLI split reflects a Node.js packaging lesson: the executable can live globally while the task runner and plugins stay pinned in each project.

Grunt documentation for the 0.4 era explicitly tells users that installing grunt-cli does not install the Grunt task runner. Instead, each `grunt` invocation searches through Node's require system for a local Grunt installation, reads the project Gruntfile, and runs requested tasks. The grunt-cli npm package was created in November 2012, matching the repository's early public history.

Adoption history

grunt-cli was widely adopted with Grunt during the early Node.js build-tool era, when JavaScript projects needed repeatable commands for minification, linting, concatenation, tests, and release chores. Its global-install pattern let developers type `grunt` in many projects while allowing each project to control its own Grunt and plugin versions.

As npm scripts and later bundlers became more common, grunt-cli's role narrowed but remained historically important: it is the launcher that made Grunt's project-local dependency model ergonomic across shells, editors, CI systems, and package managers.

How it is used

Typical use is `npm install -g grunt-cli` to place `grunt` on PATH, followed by project-local installation of `grunt` and plugins as development dependencies. Running `grunt` from a project directory locates the nearest Gruntfile, loads project tasks, and executes the named or default task. The CLI also exposes options for help, base path, alternate Gruntfile, task directories, npm-installed plugins, dry-run behavior, verbosity, version output, and shell completion.

Why package nerds care

grunt-cli is package-manager lore because it encodes the global-binary/local-library compromise that became common in Node tooling. It gives Homebrew, npm, Debian, Arch, Nix, Ubuntu, and Windows package entries a simple executable to ship, while project correctness still depends on `package.json` and the local `node_modules` graph.

For maintainers, grunt-cli is also a reminder that a package named like a tool can be only a shim. Installing it gives users the command, not necessarily the task runner semantics until a project supplies a Gruntfile and dependencies.

Timeline

  • 2011: gruntjs/grunt repository created.
  • 2012: gruntjs/grunt-cli repository created.
  • 2012: grunt-cli package created on npm.
  • 2013: Grunt 0.4 documentation formalized the global CLI plus local Grunt workflow.
  • 2021: grunt-cli 1.4.x releases published.
  • 2024: grunt-cli 1.5.0 release published.

Related projects

  • grunt is the task runner that grunt-cli locates and runs.
  • grunt-contrib plugins provide common tasks such as uglify, jshint, and nodeunit in documented examples.
  • npm is the package manager used by Grunt documentation for installing grunt-cli, grunt, and plugins.

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 1 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime 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.

Unix
./Gruntfile.js./Gruntfile.coffee

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
gruntcliglobal 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 version1.5.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://gruntjs.com/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://gruntjs.com/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:grunt-cli
Version1.5.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/grunt-cli
Homepagehttps://gruntjs.com/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-cli
Upstream docshttps://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-cli#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-cli/-/grunt-cli-1.5.0.tgz
Dependenciesnode
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegrunt-cli
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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%

grunt-cli

nix profile install nixpkgs#grunt-cli
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Grunt Cli
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gr/grunt-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
pacman95%

grunt-cli 1.5.0-1

The grunt command line interface.

https://gruntjs.com/

sudo pacman -S grunt-cli
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: any
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Grunt Cli
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: grunt-cli from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
Debian apt92%

grunt 1.6.1-1

JavaScript task runner/build system/maintainer tool

https://gruntjs.com/

sudo apt install grunt
  • Section: web
  • Architecture: all
  • 14 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Grunt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: grunt from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt92%

grunt 1.6.1-1

JavaScript task runner/build system/maintainer tool

https://gruntjs.com/

sudo apt install grunt
  • Section: universe/web
  • Architecture: all
  • 14 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Grunt
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: grunt from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
winget92%

Grunt.Grunt

winget install --id Grunt.Grunt -e
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Grunt
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Grunt.Grunt 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.

Related tools

  • nodeRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • grunt-cliSame normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: grunt, grunt-cli.

Same workflow

  • nccShares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools, javascript, nodejs.
  • gulp-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools, javascript, nodejs.
  • nxShares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools, javascript, task-runner.
  • pnpmShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, javascript, nodejs.
  • pulpShares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, build-tools, cli, developer-tools, javascript.
  • rollupShares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, build-tools, cli, developer-tools, javascript.
  • grunt-cliSame normalized package name in another local ecosystem.

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.

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