macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mender-artifactlocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install mender-artifact with Homebrew, apt
CLI tool for managing Mender artifact files. Version 4.4.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install mender-artifactDebian stable package indexes · mender-artifact · source: deb.debian.org
overview
Package summary
CLI tool for managing Mender artifact files
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mender-artifact
history
Project history and usage
mender-artifact is the library and CLI for working with Mender Artifact files, the .mender archives used by Mender's over-the-air update system. Mender documentation defines an Artifact as a tar-based archive containing versioning data, extensions, metadata, and one or more payload files. The GitHub project describes artifacts as wrappers that can carry binaries, metadata, checksums, signatures, and scripts used during deployments.
Project history
The tool grew around the practical lifecycle of embedded-Linux updates: create an Artifact, validate it, inspect or dump it, sign it, and preserve metadata while modifying update payloads. Release notes show the format and tooling maturing through signing support in 2017, artifact format v3 documentation and image/artifact modification work in 2018, update-module read/write support in 2019, safer handling of signed and compressed artifacts in 2021, and cloud/HSM-oriented signing additions such as GCP KMS support in 2022.
How it is used
In package-manager terms, mender-artifact is a workstation tool rather than a device daemon. Developers and CI pipelines use it to package operating-system and application updates before upload to a Mender server; Mender's GitHub Actions documentation builds on that flow by uploading artifacts and triggering deployments from CI.
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.
- Installs with 4 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
mender-artifact | 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 version4.4.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected4.4.0
https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-artifact
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mender-artifact |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.4.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mender-artifact |
| Homepage | https://mender.io |
| Repository | https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-artifact |
| Upstream docs | https://docs.mender.io/artifact-creation/create-an-artifact |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-artifact/archive/refs/tags/4.4.0.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | dosfstools, e2fsprogs, mtools, openssl@3 |
| Build dependencies | go, pkgconf |
| 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 | mender-artifact |
| 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.
Debian apt95%
mender-artifact 3.9.0+ds1-2+b5
utility to generate .mender artifacts
https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-artifact
sudo apt install mender-artifact- Section: devel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: golang-github-mendersoftware-mender-artifact
- 7 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mender Artifact
Ubuntu apt95%
mender-artifact 3.9.0+ds1-1build3
utility to generate .mender artifacts
https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-artifact
sudo apt install mender-artifact- Section: universe/devel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: golang-github-mendersoftware-mender-artifact
- 7 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mender Artifact
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.
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