# Install renovate with Homebrew, Nix

Automated dependency updates. Flexible so you don't need to be. Version 43.255.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-08.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:renovate
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install renovate
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#renovate
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/re/renovate/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:renovate
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/renovate>
- **Version:** 43.255.0
- **Source summary:** Automated dependency updates. Flexible so you don't need to be
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.renovatebot.com/>
- **License:** AGPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/renovate/-/renovate-43.255.0.tgz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-08T02:30:50Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- renovate (cli)
- renovate-config-validator (cli)
- renovate (alias)
- renovate-config-validator (alias)

## Dependencies

- node@24

## Uses from macOS

- git

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 43.255.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-08
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for renovate. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## 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: config.js, renovate.json, .github/renovate.json, .gitlab/renovate.json
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** renovate
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - renovate: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/re/renovate/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## 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.
- [cargo-edit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-edit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools, package-management.
- [cargo-outdated](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-outdated/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools, package-management.
- [cask](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cask/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools, package-management.
- [dependabot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dependabot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, dependency-management, developer-tools.
- [pipgrip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pipgrip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools, package-management.
- [taze](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/taze/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, dependency-updates, developer-tools.
- [cargo-features-manager](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-features-manager/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools.
- [carthage](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/carthage/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools.
- [renovate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/renovate/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: automated, be, config, dependency, don.
- [renovate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/renovate/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem.

## Combined YAML source

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