# Install hcledit with Homebrew, Nix Command-line editor for HCL. Version 0.2.18 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-05. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:hcledit ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install hcledit ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#hcledit ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/hc/hcledit/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:hcledit - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.2.18 - **Source summary:** Command-line editor for HCL - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-05T18:52:16Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - hcledit (cli) - hcledit (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.2.18 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-05 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/minamijoyo/hcledit - Upstream latest detected: v0.2.18 (current) ## 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 Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - hcledit: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/hc/hcledit/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [editorconfig](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/editorconfig/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration, developer-tools, editor. - [hcl2json](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hcl2json/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration, developer-tools, hcl, terraform. - [json2hcl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/json2hcl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration, developer-tools, hcl. - [butane](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/butane/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration, developer-tools. - [config-file-validator](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/config-file-validator/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration, developer-tools. - [dhall-bash](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dhall-bash/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration, developer-tools. - [dhall-json](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dhall-json/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration, developer-tools. - [dynaconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dynaconf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration, developer-tools. - [terraform-lsp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/terraform-lsp/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, editor, hcl. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/hcledit.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/hcledit.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph