macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install moonlocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install moon with Homebrew, Nix, scoop
Task runner and repo management tool for the web ecosystem, written in Rust. Version 2.4.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-08.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#moonnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mo/moon/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/moonScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/moon.json · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Task runner and repo management tool for the web ecosystem, written in Rust
Project links
Commands and aliases
- moon
- moonx
history
Project history and usage
moon is the open-source build-system and repository-management tool from moonrepo. Its own documentation expands the name into management, organization, orchestration, and notification, and says the first incarnation of the broader "moonrepo" name came from a misspelling of "monorepo". In the February 21, 2023 Launch HN post, Miles and James described building Moonrepo to simplify repository management, project ownership, task running, and daily developer workflows after years working on infrastructure and developer tooling.
Project history
The tool is written in Rust and intentionally occupies a middle ground between heavyweight build systems such as Bazel and lightweight script runners such as make or just. The documentation says many concepts are inspired by Bazel and other build systems but tailored for web-ecosystem languages; the product page lists JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby, and more among supported languages. Its practical feature set includes task orchestration, project graphs, smart hashing, incremental builds, local and remote caching, toolchain management, code ownership metadata, and CI-oriented notifications.
How it is used
In package-manager terms, the Homebrew formula gives macOS developers a native way to install a tool that otherwise sits close to Node-oriented and monorepo tooling. Its niche overlaps with Turborepo, Nx, Bazel, Pants, just, and make, but moon's documentation frames the difference as structured repository management with incremental adoption and explicit developer-experience choices rather than only package.json script acceleration.
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.
- Build metadata lists 3 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.
local files
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
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
.moon/workspace.*.moon/toolchains.*.moon/tasks/**/*moon.*
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
moon | cli | global executable | |
moonx | 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 version2.4.2
manager updated2026-07-08
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.4.2
https://github.com/moonrepo/moon
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:moon |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.4.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/moon |
| Homepage | https://moonrepo.dev/moon |
| Repository | https://github.com/moonrepo/moon |
| Upstream docs | https://moonrepo.dev/docs |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/moonrepo/moon/archive/refs/tags/v2.4.2.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-07-08T03:52:46Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf, protobuf, rust |
| Uses from macOS | bzip2 |
| 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 | moon |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| 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.
Nix95%
moon
nix profile install nixpkgs#moon- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Moon
Scoop95%
main/moon
scoop install main/moon- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Moon
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 configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment