# Install rbtools with Homebrew, apk, dnf, zypper

CLI and API for working with code and document reviews on Review Board. Version 6.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rbtools
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rbtools
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add rbtools
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rbtools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install RBTools
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: RBTools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install RBTools
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: RBTools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rbtools
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rbtools>
- **Version:** 6.0
- **Source summary:** CLI and API for working with code and document reviews on Review Board
- **Homepage:** <https://www.reviewboard.org/downloads/rbtools/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/reviewboard/rbtools>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.reviewboard.org/docs/rbtools/latest>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/47/45/e6d3e9e63416e8a820aefe09d46cccc931fc0705947361a67703a587e11e/rbtools-6.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- rbt (cli)
- rbt (alias)

## Dependencies

- certifi
- python@3.14

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 6.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.reviewboard.org/downloads/rbtools/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## 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: .reviewboardrc, ~/.reviewboardrc
- Windows: %APPDATA%\.reviewboardrc
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** rbtools
- **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:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- apk - rbtools - 6.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rbtools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Client tools for Review Board | https://www.reviewboard.org/docs/releasenotes/rbtools/
- apk - rbtools-pyc - 6.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rbtools-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for rbtools | https://www.reviewboard.org/docs/releasenotes/rbtools/
- dnf - RBTools - 5.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: RBTools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Tools for use with ReviewBoard | https://www.reviewboard.org/downloads/rbtools/
- zypper - RBTools - 1.0.3-1.14: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: RBTools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Command line tools for interacting with review board | https://www.reviewboard.org


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [git-appraise](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-appraise/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-review, developer-tools, version-control.
- [git-codereview](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-codereview/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-review, developer-tools, version-control.
- [braid](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/braid/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control.
- [breezy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/breezy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control.
- [cargo-crev](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-crev/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-review, developer-tools.
- [codeberg-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/codeberg-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control.
- [crit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/crit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-review, developer-tools.
- [cvs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cvs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/rbtools.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/rbtools.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
