install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install stellar-cli

local Homebrew formula metadata

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id Stellar.StellarCLI -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Stellar.StellarCLI · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Stellar command-line tool for interacting with the Stellar network

Project links

Commands and aliases

stellar

history

Project history and usage

Stellar CLI is the command-line tool for developers building on Stellar, especially for deploying and interacting with Stellar smart contracts. In package-manager culture it is the installable `stellar` binary that turns Stellar contract development into a local terminal workflow rather than only a web-console or SDK activity.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in May 2022 and describes the project as a CLI for Stellar developers. Its README presents it as the command-line multi-tool for running and deploying Stellar contracts on the Stellar network, tying the tool to Stellar's Soroban-era smart-contract developer stack.

Adoption history

Stellar smart contracts, formerly called Soroban, reached mainnet availability in March 2024 according to SDF's official announcement. That made the CLI more important as a packaged developer dependency because contract builders needed a repeatable way to create identities, configure networks, deploy contracts, and call them from scripts and CI.

How it is used

The official manual documents commands for keys, networks, contracts, ledgers, events, and other Stellar workflows. It also documents a shared configuration directory, defaulting to `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/stellar` or `~/.config/stellar`, which stores configuration files, aliases, and persistent settings.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, Stellar CLI is the small binary surface area of a much larger blockchain toolchain: Rust, Wasm smart contracts, RPC endpoints, network passphrases, identities, and release compatibility all meet at one executable. Its presence in Homebrew and WinGet, recorded in the input package-manager facts, makes it a cross-platform CLI that developers can pin and upgrade outside language-specific package managers.

Timeline

2022: Public GitHub repository created.
2022: Early v0 releases published on GitHub.
2024: Stellar smart contracts announced live on mainnet.
2026: GitHub releases continued through v27.0.0.

Related projects

The CLI is part of the broader Stellar developer stack alongside Stellar Core, the Stellar Rust XDR tooling, the Soroban SDK, and Stellar RPC services.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:network

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 2 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: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/stellar~/.config/stellar

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/stellar~/.config/stellar

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`stellar`	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 version27.0.0

manager updated2026-06-18

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://developers.stellar.org

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://developers.stellar.orgnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:stellar-cli
Version	27.0.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/stellar-cli
Homepage	https://developers.stellar.org
Repository	https://github.com/stellar/stellar-cli
Upstream docs	https://developers.stellar.org/docs/tools/cli/stellar-cli
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://static.crates.io/crates/stellar-cli/stellar-cli-27.0.0.crate
Last updated	2026-06-18T00:55:32Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	openssl@3
Build dependencies	pkgconf, rust
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	stellar-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	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

winget95%

Stellar.StellarCLI

winget install --id Stellar.StellarCLI -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Stellar Cli

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Stellar.StellarCLI from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/stellar-cli.yml

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

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