# Install juise with Homebrew

JUNOS user interface scripting environment. Version 3.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-03.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:juise
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install juise
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:juise
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/juise>
- **Version:** 3.0.0
- **Source summary:** JUNOS user interface scripting environment
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Juniper/juise/wiki>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Juniper/juise>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/Juniper/juise/wiki>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/Juniper/juise/releases/download/3.0.0/juise-3.0.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-03T16:47:36-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- juise (cli)
- juise-config (cli)
- juise (alias)
- juise-config (alias)

## Dependencies

- libslax

## Build dependencies

- libssh2
- libtool
- pkgconf

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 3.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-03
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/Juniper/juise
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## Project history and usage

juise is Juniper's JUNOS User Interface Scripting Environment, a desktop-side environment for writing, testing, debugging, and running Junos-oriented SLAX scripts outside the normal Junos device environment.

### Project history

The official repository and manual describe JUISE as tooling for SLAX scripts that interact with Junos XML data through Junos-specific extension functions. The repository tag history includes a 0.5.1 tag from July 2013 and a later 0.6.0 line, reflecting a specialized toolchain rather than a broad application platform.

### Adoption history

Adoption evidence is narrow and mostly tied to Juniper network automation users. Homebrew packaging made it installable on macOS for engineers who wanted an off-box Junos scripting workflow.

### How it is used

Network engineers use juise to develop and debug op, commit, and related Junos scripts without copying each iteration to a router or switch. It is most relevant in environments that still rely on SLAX and Junos XML scripting.

### Why package nerds care

juise is interesting because it packages vendor-specific network automation tooling as a Unix CLI. It captures an older, XML-and-SLAX-centered automation era before Python, NETCONF libraries, and controller-driven workflows became more common.

### Timeline

- 2013: The public repository tag history includes the 0.5.1 tag.
- 2015: Juniper community material described SLAX as a language for Junos commit, op, and event scripts.
- 2016: The repository tag history includes the 0.6.0 tag.

### Related projects

- libslax is the related SLAX processing library used in the same Junos scripting ecosystem.
- Juniper PyEZ is a later Python-oriented Junos automation project.
- junoscriptorium is Juniper's repository of Junos script examples.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/juise>
- <https://github.com/Juniper/juise>
- <https://github.com/Juniper/juise/tags>
- <https://github.com/Juniper/junoscriptorium>
- <https://github.com/Juniper/py-junos-eznc>
- <https://juniper.github.io/juise/juise-manual.html>


## 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:** juise
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Requirements:** macos
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable


## Related links

- [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.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Documentation packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/documentation-tools/) - Matched documentation, manual, or publishing metadata.
- [libslax](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libslax/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [libtool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libtool/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [gnmic](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gnmic/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, network-automation, networking.
- [rancid](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rancid/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, network-automation, networking.
- [c-kermit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/c-kermit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, scripting.
- [epic5](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/epic5/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, scripting.
- [irssi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/irssi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, scripting.
- [activemq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/activemq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [adns](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [aerleon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aerleon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [bgpq4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bgpq4/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: automation, cli, juniper, networking.
- [bmon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bmon/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, interface, network, networking.
- [macchanger](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/macchanger/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, interface, network, networking.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/juise.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/juise.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
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
