# 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 ```sh sudo av install brew:mender-artifact ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mender-artifact ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install mender-artifact ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mender-artifact from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mender-artifact - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.4.0 - **Source summary:** CLI tool for managing Mender artifact files - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - mender-artifact (cli) - mender-artifact (alias) ## Dependencies - dosfstools - e2fsprogs - mtools - openssl@3 ## Build dependencies - go - pkgconf ## 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: 4.4.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-artifact - Upstream latest detected: 4.4.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 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:** mender-artifact - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - mender-artifact - 3.9.0+ds1-2+b5: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mender-artifact from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | utility to generate .mender artifacts | https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-artifact - Ubuntu apt - mender-artifact - 3.9.0+ds1-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mender-artifact from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | utility to generate .mender artifacts | https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-artifact ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [dosfstools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dosfstools/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [e2fsprogs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/e2fsprogs/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mtools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mtools/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mender-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mender-cli/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [fwup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fwup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, embedded-linux, software-updates, system. - [confd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/confd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, system. - [cpuid](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cpuid/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, system. - [g-ls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/g-ls/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, system. - [gdu](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gdu/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, system. - [gops](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gops/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, system. - [gtrash](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gtrash/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, system. - [systemd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/systemd/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, linux, management, openssl, openssl-3. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mender-artifact.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mender-artifact.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