# Install release-it with Homebrew

Generic CLI tool to automate versioning and package publishing related tasks. Version 20.2.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-26.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:release-it
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install release-it
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:release-it
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/release-it>
- **Version:** 20.2.1
- **Source summary:** Generic CLI tool to automate versioning and package publishing related tasks
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/release-it/release-it>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/release-it/release-it>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/release-it/release-it#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/release-it/-/release-it-20.2.1.tgz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-26T15:47:25Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- release-it (cli)
- release-it (alias)

## Dependencies

- node

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 20.2.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-26
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/release-it/release-it
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## 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: PROJECT_ROOT/.release-it.json, PROJECT_ROOT/.release-it.ts, PROJECT_ROOT/.release-it.js, PROJECT_ROOT/.release-it.cjs, PROJECT_ROOT/.release-it.yaml, PROJECT_ROOT/.release-it.yml, PROJECT_ROOT/.release-it.toml, PROJECT_ROOT/package.json
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** release-it
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Package publisher tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry 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.
- [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [cargo-release](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-release/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, publishing, release-automation, versioning.
- [bump-my-version](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bump-my-version/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-automation, versioning.
- [bumpp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bumpp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-automation, versioning.
- [cargo-dist](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-dist/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-automation.
- [fastlane](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fastlane/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-automation.
- [git-absorb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-absorb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git.
- [goreleaser](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/goreleaser/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-automation.
- [jreleaser](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jreleaser/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-automation.
- [release-it](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/release-it/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: automate, generic, git, npm, publishing.
- [release-it](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/release-it/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/release-it.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/release-it.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
- cross-ecosystem install command graph