# Install infisical with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, winget CLI for Infisical. Version 0.43.103 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-07. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:infisical ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install infisical ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install infisical ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: security/infisical/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#infisical ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: infisical from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id infisical.infisical -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: infisical.infisical from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:infisical - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.43.103 - **Source summary:** CLI for Infisical - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-07T21:32:06Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - infisical (cli) - infisical (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: 0.43.103 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-07 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/Infisical/cli - Upstream latest detected: v0.43.103 (current) ## Project history and usage Infisical CLI is the command-line interface for Infisical, an open-source security infrastructure platform for secrets, certificates, and privileged access management. The CLI focuses on secret retrieval, injection into processes, export, authentication, and automation. ### Project history Infisical's main open-source project frames the platform around making security tooling more accessible to developer teams. The separate CLI repository presents infisical as the official command-line tool for injecting secrets into applications and managing Infisical infrastructure. The CLI grew around developer workflow needs: local login, project initialization, .infisical.json project settings, environment-variable injection through infisical run, machine-identity authentication, export to dotenv/YAML formats, and support for Infisical Cloud or self-hosted domains. ### Adoption history Infisical distributes the CLI through several channels: Homebrew, Scoop, winget, npm, Linux package repositories, Arch User Repository, and GitHub release binaries. The Linux repository migration from Cloudsmith to artifacts-cli.infisical.com shows that the CLI became important enough to warrant dedicated artifact hosting. ### How it is used Users install the CLI, run infisical login, initialize a project, and use infisical run to inject environment variables into local development, CI/CD, staging, or production commands. Non-interactive workflows can authenticate with machine identity credentials and pass an access token through INFISICAL_TOKEN. The CLI also covers secret export and secret scanning. The usage docs warn that terminal history can retain commands that set secrets, which is a small but important operational detail for a secrets-management CLI. ### Why package nerds care Infisical CLI is a modern DevSecOps package: it exists so secrets-management workflows can be scripted, pinned, installed by package managers, and used in CI containers without a browser UI. For package maintainers, the important part is not only the binary but also the artifact-hosting, version-pinning, and environment-variable contract around it. ### Timeline - 2022: Infisical platform repository created as an open-source secrets-management project. - 2024: Infisical CLI package-manager distribution appears across Homebrew, npm, winget, and other channels. - 2025: CLI docs describe v0.4.0 behavior for choosing Infisical Cloud regions or self-hosted instances during login. - 2026: CLI Linux package repository migration scheduled from Cloudsmith to artifacts-cli.infisical.com. ### Related projects - The Infisical platform repository is the server and product counterpart. HashiCorp Vault is a related secrets-management category reference named in Infisical repository topics. npm, Homebrew, Scoop, winget, AUR, and Linux package repositories are part of the CLI distribution story. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for infisical. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** infisical - **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 - infisical: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: infisical from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - MacPorts - infisical: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: security/infisical/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - infisical.infisical: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: infisical.infisical from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata. - [Documentation packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/documentation-tools/) - Matched documentation, manual, or publishing metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [chamber](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chamber/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, devops, secrets-management, security. - [doppler](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doppler/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, devops, environment-variables, secrets-management, security. - [openbao](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openbao/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, secrets-management, security. - [teller](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/teller/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, environment-variables, secrets-management, security. - [varlock](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/varlock/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, environment-variables, secrets-management, security. - [credstash](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/credstash/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, secrets-management, security. - [envchain](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/envchain/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, environment-variables, secrets-management, security. - [ripsecrets](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ripsecrets/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, secrets-management, security. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/infisical.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/infisical.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