# Install sui with Homebrew, chocolatey Next-generation smart contract platform powered by the Move programming language. Version 1.74.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-01. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:sui ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install sui ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install sui ``` Evidence: 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 facts - **Package key:** brew:sui - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.74.1 - **Source summary:** Next-generation smart contract platform powered by the Move programming language - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-01T02:47:38Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - sui (cli) - sui (alias) ## Build dependencies - cmake - libpq - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.74.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-01 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## 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 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. ## Configuration files - Unix: $SUI_CONFIG_DIR/client.yaml, ~/.sui/sui_config/client.yaml ## Credential files - Unix: $SUI_CONFIG_DIR/sui.keystore, ~/.sui/sui_config/sui.keystore ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** sui - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Chocolatey - sui: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: sui from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='9.4623995','rufus.portable' ## 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. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libpq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libpq/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [anchor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/anchor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: blockchain, cli, developer-tools, smart-contracts. - [clarinet](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clarinet/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: blockchain, cli, developer-tools, smart-contracts. - [solana](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/solana/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: blockchain, cli, developer-tools, web3. - [stellar-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/stellar-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: blockchain, cli, developer-tools, smart-contracts. - [aiken](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aiken/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: blockchain, cli, developer-tools, smart-contracts. - [chainhook](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chainhook/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: blockchain, cli, developer-tools. - [foundry](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/foundry/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: blockchain, cli, developer-tools, smart-contracts. - [ignite](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ignite/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: blockchain, cli, developer-tools. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sui.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/sui.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph