# Install sbt with Homebrew, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget

Build tool for Scala projects. Version 2.0.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sbt
```

## Agent safety answer

sbt builds Scala projects and can publish artifacts to repositories.

- **Credential access:** Reads credentials files, environment variables, and repository config.
- **Remote mutation:** Can run tasks and plugins that publish or call remote services.
- **Publish/artifact risk:** Can publish jars, plugins, and release metadata.
- **Recommended control:** Gate publish, release, and credentialed repository tasks.
- **Agent-use guidance:** Allow compile/test; require approval for publish, release, and secret-backed tasks.

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sbt
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install sbt
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/sbt/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#sbt
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: sbt from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S sbt
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: sbt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install sbt
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: sbt from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','rubymine'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/sbt
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/sbt.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id sbt.sbt -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: sbt.sbt from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sbt
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sbt>
- **Version:** 2.0.1
- **Source summary:** Build tool for Scala projects
- **Homepage:** <https://www.scala-sbt.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sbt/sbt>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.scala-sbt.org/1.x/docs>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/sbt/sbt/releases/download/v2.0.1/sbt-2.0.1.tgz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-29T08:04:57Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- sbt (cli)
- sbt (alias)

## Dependencies

- openjdk

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: You can use $SBT_OPTS to pass additional JVM options to sbt. Project specific options should be placed in .sbtopts in the root of your project. Global settings should be placed in $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/sbtopts The installation does not include `sbtn`.
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 2.0.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-29
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/sbt/sbt
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- generalized runtime or code generation signal


## 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.


## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.sbt/.credentials
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** sbt
- **Aliases:** sbt@2
- **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 - sbt: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: sbt from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- pacman - sbt - 1:1.12.11-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: sbt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | The interactive build tool | https://www.scala-sbt.org/
- MacPorts - sbt: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/sbt/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - sbt: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: sbt from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','rubymine'
- Scoop - main/sbt: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/sbt.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - sbt.sbt: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: sbt.sbt from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related links

- [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [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.
- [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [sbuild](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sbuild/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools, scala.
- [leiningen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/leiningen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, build-tools, cli, dependency-management, developer-tools.
- [maven](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/maven/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, build-tools, cli, dependency-management, developer-tools.
- [mill](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mill/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, build-tools, cli, developer-tools, scala.
- [scala-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/scala-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, cli, developer-tools, scala.
- [ant](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ant/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, build-tools, cli, developer-tools.
- [coursier](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/coursier/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools, scala.
- [dub](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dub/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, build-tools, cli, developer-tools.
- [gradle](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gradle/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: build, build-tools, cli, dependency, dependency-management.

## Combined YAML source

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