install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install hcledit

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#hcledit

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

overview

Package summary

Command-line editor for HCL

Project links

Commands and aliases

hcledit

history

Project history and usage

hcledit is a command-line editor for HCL2 files. It is aimed at automation-friendly edits of attributes, blocks, bodies, and formatting while preserving the token stream well enough to avoid discarding comments.

Project history

The repository was created on January 1, 2020, after HCL2 had become the dominant syntax for Terraform-era infrastructure configuration. The README describes the tool as originally born for refactoring Terraform configurations, but deliberately schemaless so it is not bound to Terraform itself.

Adoption history

The tool found a narrow audience among infrastructure engineers who needed repeatable HCL rewrites in shell scripts and CI tasks. Its distribution history is similarly compact: GitHub releases, a Homebrew tap/formula path, source builds with Go, and Nix packaging recorded in the batch input.

How it is used

hcledit reads from stdin or a file, writes to stdout or updates in place, and exposes subcommands for attribute get/set/move/remove, block listing and mutation, whole-body extraction, and formatting. Its value is token-based mutation rather than evaluation of a provider or Terraform module.

Why package nerds care

For package-manager users, hcledit is the HCL counterpart to focused text-structure tools such as jq or yq, but constrained to HCL syntax and Terraform-style refactoring chores. It is useful precisely because it avoids a dependency on a specific application's schema.

Timeline

2020: GitHub repository created.
2020: alpha and v0.0.1 releases published.
2020: v0.1.0 release published after the early alpha series.
2021: v0.2.0 release published.

Related projects

HashiCorp HCL supplies the syntax and Go libraries behind HCL2-aware tooling.
Terraform is the origin use case named by the README.
hcl2json solves a neighboring conversion problem rather than in-place editing.

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.
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.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`hcledit`	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 version0.2.18

manager updated2026-05-05

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.2.18

https://github.com/minamijoyo/hcledit

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:hcledit
Version	0.2.18
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/hcledit
Homepage	https://github.com/minamijoyo/hcledit
Repository	https://github.com/minamijoyo/hcledit
Upstream docs	https://github.com/minamijoyo/hcledit#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/minamijoyo/hcledit/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.18.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-05-05T18:52:16Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
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	hcledit
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head 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%

hcledit

nix profile install nixpkgs#hcledit

normalized package name match
Matched by: Hcledit

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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/hcledit.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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