macOS
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Install newrelic-cli with Homebrew, chocolatey
Command-line interface for New Relic. Version 0.112.15 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-30.
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Windows
Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install newrelic-cliChocolatey community package catalog · newrelic-cli · source: community.chocolatey.org
overview
Package summary
Command-line interface for New Relic
Project links
Commands and aliases
- newrelic
history
Project history and usage
newrelic-cli is New Relic's officially supported command-line interface, released as part of the New Relic Developer Toolkit. It exposes New Relic operational workflows from the terminal and automation scripts.
Project history
The CLI lives in newrelic/newrelic-cli and is written in Go. The upstream README describes it as a consolidation point for tools that manage New Relic resources, with early scope around entity search, entity tagging, and deployment markers. The release feed shows rapid patch releases through June 2026, including v0.112.15 on 2026-06-30; Homebrew reported the same stable version on 2026-07-01.
Adoption history
Adoption follows New Relic's SaaS ecosystem rather than a language community. Homebrew analytics reported 641 install-on-request events over 30 days, 1,940 over 90 days, and 6,196 over 365 days, plus small `--HEAD` usage. The README also documents macOS Homebrew, Windows Scoop and Chocolatey, Linux Snap, prebuilt binaries, signed checksums, and an official Docker image, so Homebrew is only one packaging channel.
How it is used
New Relic's docs describe using the CLI to manage entity tags, define workloads, record deployment markers, and automate common DevOps tasks. The getting-started flow includes configuring credentials, searching for an application, creating entity tags, reading tags back, and creating an APM deployment marker with a revision such as `git describe --tags --always`.
Package nerds use `newrelic` in local troubleshooting and CI/CD: tag entities after provisioning, mark deployments during release jobs, query account entities, script workload or dashboard-related changes, and avoid direct GraphQL/API plumbing for common operational tasks.
Why package nerds care
newrelic-cli is significant as vendor-supported automation glue. It is not just a convenience wrapper: it is the packaged terminal surface for New Relic workflows that otherwise require the UI or direct API calls.
Timeline
- 2020-01-27: GitHub release feed repository id history indicates the public repository era around early 2020.
- 2026-06-03: Release feed shows v0.112.10.
- 2026-06-30: Release feed shows v0.112.15.
- 2026-07-01: Homebrew formula API reported stable 0.112.15 and 6,196 install-on-request events over 365 days.
Related projects
- New Relic Developer Toolkit is the umbrella context named by upstream.
- newrelic-client-go underpins many New Relic API interactions and appears in release dependency updates.
- New Relic's official Docker image is another supported distribution path.
Sources
- https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/new-relic-solutions/build-nr-ui/newrelic-cli/
- https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/new-relic-solutions/tutorials/new-relic-cli/
- https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/newrelic-cli.json
- https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/newrelic-cli
- https://github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli
- https://github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli/releases.atom
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli/master/README.md
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for newrelic-cli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 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
~/.newrelic/config.json
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/.newrelic/credentials.json
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
newrelic | 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 version0.112.15
manager updated2026-06-30
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.112.15
https://github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:newrelic-cli |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.112.15 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/newrelic-cli |
| Homepage | https://github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli |
| Repository | https://github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli |
| Upstream docs | https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/new-relic-solutions/build-nr-ui/new-relic-cli |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli/archive/refs/tags/v0.112.15.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-30T21:30:45Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build dependencies | go |
| 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 | newrelic-cli |
| 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.
Chocolatey95%
newrelic-cli
choco install newrelic-cli- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Newrelic Cli
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