macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gulp-clilocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install gulp-cli with Homebrew, chocolatey, apt, pacman
Command-line utility for Gulp. Version 3.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gulpDebian stable package indexes · gulp · source: deb.debian.org
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S gulpArch Linux sync databases · gulp · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
Windows
Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install gulp-cliChocolatey community package catalog · gulp-cli · source: community.chocolatey.org
overview
Package summary
Command-line utility for Gulp
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gulp
history
Project history and usage
gulp-cli is the command-line launcher for gulp, the JavaScript build-system and task-runner ecosystem. Its package-manager role is deliberately split from the local gulp library: users install the CLI as a global or package-manager-provided command, while each project keeps its own gulp dependency and gulpfile.
Project history
The gulp-cli repository was created in December 2014, and the npm package was first published as 0.1.0 later that month. That timing matches gulp's move away from a single globally installed gulp package toward a small command shim that locates and runs the gulp version installed in a project.
The 1.0.0 npm publication in November 2015 stabilized the split CLI model. The 2.x line, published from December 2017, sat alongside gulp 4-era workflows, and the 3.0.0 changelog in March 2024 records modernization work such as Liftoff v5, removal of older flags, and support work for future gulp handlers.
Adoption history
The official quick-start documentation teaches `npm install --global gulp-cli` before `npm install --save-dev gulp`, so gulp-cli became the package users and OS package maintainers expose as the executable named `gulp`.
Homebrew, Chocolatey, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, and other package indexes package the CLI separately or map it to the `gulp` command, reflecting its status as the distribution-friendly entry point rather than the project-local build library.
How it is used
Users invoke `gulp [flags] <task>...` from a project tree. The CLI discovers the gulpfile, loads project-local gulp, prints task trees, supports completion, and accepts configuration through `.gulp.*` files in the current directory hierarchy or the home directory.
For package users, the practical distinction matters: upgrading the command-line package changes the launcher, while task semantics are mainly controlled by the project's pinned gulp and plugin dependencies.
Why package nerds care
gulp-cli is a clean example of the global-shim/local-library pattern in Node packaging. It reduces global dependency drift, lets different projects use different gulp versions, and gives package managers a small executable package that can be updated without rewriting every project's build stack.
Its history is also a packaging lesson from the task-runner boom: the command name stayed stable, but ownership of behavior moved into the project dependency graph.
Timeline
- 2014: GitHub repository created and npm package 0.1.0 published.
- 2015: npm package 1.0.0 published.
- 2017: v2.0.0 release published.
- 2024: v3.0.0 changelog records CLI modernization and removal of older compatibility paths.
- 2025: v3.1.0 changelog records support for top-level await on newer Node 22 builds.
Related projects
- gulp is the local task-runner library that gulp-cli launches.
- Liftoff is the Node CLI bootstrap library used by gulp-cli.
- Interpret is used by gulp-cli to support JavaScript-variant configuration and gulpfiles.
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 1 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
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local files
Configuration and credential file locations
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
.gulp.*~/.gulp.*
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gulp | 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 version3.1.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/gulpjs/gulp-cli
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/gulpjs/gulp-clinone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gulp-cli |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.1.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gulp-cli |
| Homepage | https://github.com/gulpjs/gulp-cli |
| Repository | https://github.com/gulpjs/gulp-cli |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/gulpjs/gulp-cli#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://registry.npmjs.org/gulp-cli/-/gulp-cli-3.1.0.tgz |
| Dependencies | node |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | gulp-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 |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Chocolatey95%
gulp-cli
choco install gulp-cli- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gulp Cli
Debian apt92%
gulp 4.0.2+~cs54.26.36-8
streaming build system to automate painful or time-consuming tasks
sudo apt install gulp- Section: web
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: node-gulp
- 32 dependencies
- 32 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gulp
Ubuntu apt92%
gulp 4.0.2+~cs54.26.36-6
streaming build system to automate painful or time-consuming tasks
sudo apt install gulp- Section: universe/web
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: node-gulp
- 32 dependencies
- 32 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gulp
pacman92%
gulp 5.0.1-1
The streaming build system
sudo pacman -S gulp- License: MIT
- Architecture: any
- 2 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gulp
source trail
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- 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