# Install mender-cli with Homebrew, apt General-purpose CLI tool for the Mender backend. Version 2.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-13. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mender-cli ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mender-cli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install mender-cli ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mender-cli from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mender-cli - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.0.0 - **Source summary:** General-purpose CLI tool for the Mender backend - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-13T23:35:05+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - mender-cli (cli) - mender-cli (alias) ## Dependencies - openssl@3 - xz ## 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: 2.0.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-13 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-cli - Upstream latest detected: 2.0.0 (current) ## Project history and usage mender-cli is a general-purpose command-line client for the Mender backend. The project README states its goal directly: simplify integration between the Mender server and cloud services such as CI and build automation, then expand toward common backend integration use cases. It belongs beside mender-artifact in the Mender workstation-tool set: mender-artifact prepares update files, while mender-cli talks to the server-side APIs and operational features. ### Project history The release notes show a tool that broadened from authentication and configuration plumbing into more operational workflows. Version 1.2.0 stored login tokens in the XDG cache directory in 2019; 1.3.0 added macOS binary publication; 1.4.0 added two-factor login support; 1.5.0 added configuration-file lookup and shell completion; 1.6.0 added artifact listing and remote terminal access; later 1.8.x and 1.9.x entries added artifact deletion, raw device-list output, troubleshoot improvements, port-forward reliability work, and personal-access-token/JWT support. ### How it is used In practice, teams use mender-cli in scripts and CI jobs to authenticate to hosted or self-hosted Mender, list and manage artifacts, interact with devices, and automate deployment-adjacent server tasks. Its configuration-file locations and credential options make it a package-manager-facing CLI rather than a library dependency. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: /etc/mender-cli/.mender-clirc, ~/.mender-clirc, ./.mender-clirc ## Credential files - Unix: /etc/mender-cli/.mender-clirc, ~/.mender-clirc, ./.mender-clirc ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** mender-cli - **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-cli - 1.9.0+ds1-1+b16: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mender-cli from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | general-purpose CLI for the Mender backend | https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-cli - Ubuntu apt - mender-cli - 1.9.0+ds1-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mender-cli from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | general-purpose CLI for the Mender backend | https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-cli ## 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. - [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [xz](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/xz/) - 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-artifact](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mender-artifact/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [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. - [fwup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fwup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, embedded-linux, 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. - [dwarfs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dwarfs/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, linux, openssl, openssl-3, system. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mender-cli.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mender-cli.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - 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