install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install sui

local Homebrew formula metadata

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%

choco install sui

Chocolatey community package catalog · sui · source: community.chocolatey.org

overview

Package summary

Next-generation smart contract platform powered by the Move programming language

Project links

Commands and aliases

sui

history

Project history and usage

Sui is a Move-based blockchain platform, and the Homebrew package primarily matters to developers because it ships the `sui` CLI. In package-manager terms, it is a toolchain package: users install it to build, publish, test, and operate against Sui networks from a terminal.

Project history

Official Sui posts describe public Devnet in May 2022, Testnet Wave 1 later in 2022, and public Mainnet launch on May 3, 2023. The documentation presents Sui as an object-oriented smart-contract platform using Sui Move packages as the unit of published code.

Adoption history

Sui's own Mainnet anniversary posts report launch with more than 100 validators and more than 400 nodes, and the Homebrew input records Sui in Homebrew and Chocolatey. For package managers, the adoption signal is that blockchain developers expect a normal OS-level CLI rather than only a web wallet or SDK.

How it is used

The Sui docs cover building and publishing Move packages, managing package dependencies, constructing programmable transaction blocks with `sui client ptb`, and using local configuration and keystore files. The CLI is therefore both a developer tool and an operational wallet/key-management surface.

Why package nerds care

Package nerds care about Sui because it packages a fast-moving blockchain toolchain into conventional system package channels. That creates the usual packaging tensions: frequent upstream releases, network-specific config, keystore handling, reproducible builds, and compatibility between CLI, protocol, and Move package workflows.

Timeline

2022: Sui Devnet is publicly released.
2022: Sui Testnet Wave 1 goes live after Devnet.
2023: Sui Mainnet launches publicly on May 3.
2023: Official docs describe Move packages as immutable published on-chain code units.
2024: Sui developer roadmap discusses CLI command consolidation for local-network workflows.

Related projects

Sui is related to the Move language ecosystem, Sui Move packages, Sui Explorer, and the `sui client ptb` programmable transaction block workflow documented by Sui.

Sources

Input package-manager data: source_facts.package-manager
Official CLI PTB docs: https://docs.sui.io/references/cli/ptb
Official Mainnet anniversary post: https://blog.sui.io/mainnet-anniversary-milestones-innovation/
Official Move package docs: https://docs.sui.io/develop/write-move/package-overview
Official Sui Devnet post: https://blog.sui.io/sui-devnet-public-release/
Official docs: https://docs.sui.io/
Official package management docs: https://docs.sui.io/develop/manage-packages/move-package-management

security posture

Risk level: yellow

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

text:programming language

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 3 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: $SUI_CONFIG_DIR/client.yaml~/.sui/sui_config/client.yaml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: $SUI_CONFIG_DIR/sui.keystore~/.sui/sui_config/sui.keystore

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`sui`	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 version1.74.1

manager updated2026-07-01

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/MystenLabs/suinone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:sui
Version	1.74.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sui
Homepage	https://sui.io
Repository	https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui
Upstream docs	https://docs.sui.io/
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui/archive/refs/tags/testnet-v1.74.1.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-07-01T02:47:38Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	cmake, libpq, 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	sui
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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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

Chocolatey95%

sui

choco install sui

normalized package name match
Matched by: Sui

Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: sui from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='9.4623995','rufus.portable'

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/sui.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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