# Install teller with Homebrew, Nix Secrets management tool for developers. Version 2.0.7 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:teller ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install teller ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#teller ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/teller/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:teller - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.0.7 - **Source summary:** Secrets management tool for developers - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - teller (cli) - teller (alias) ## Build dependencies - pkgconf - protobuf - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.0.7 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/tellerops/teller - Upstream latest detected: v2.0.7 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage Teller is a Rust command-line tool for developer-oriented secrets workflows. Its upstream README presents it as an open-source universal secret manager for developers that keeps secret lookup, process execution, redaction, scanning, and provider syncing in the terminal. ### Project history The public GitHub repository was created in March 2021 and the earliest listed release, v0.5.0, was published the same day. The project reached a v1.0.0 release in April 2021 and continued as a small but visible cloud-native secrets utility. ### Adoption history Teller's adoption is mostly in the developer-tooling and DevSecOps niche rather than as a platform service. Package-manager coverage in Homebrew and Nix reflects its role as a local CLI that developers install into shells, CI jobs, and workstation bootstrap scripts. ### How it is used The README centers usage on a `.teller.yml` file that maps providers such as HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Google Secret Manager, dotenv files, and other stores. Common commands include `teller run` for subprocess environment injection, `teller show`, `teller sh`, `teller env`, `teller scan`, `teller redact`, `teller template`, and provider copy/write/delete operations. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, Teller is interesting as a small CLI that bridges secret managers and Unix process environments without committing secrets to `.env` files, shell history, or dotfiles. It sits in the same practical toolbox as direnv, dotenv loaders, vault CLIs, and secret scanners. ### Timeline - 2021: GitHub repository created and v0.5.0 released. - 2021: v1.0.0 released. - 2024: README copyright line and latest GitHub release metadata show continued maintenance through the v2 series. ### Related projects - Teller integrates with secret stores such as HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Google Secret Manager, SSM, Consul, and dotenv-style files. - It overlaps with local environment tools and CI secret-scanning workflows, but its upstream positioning is specifically terminal-first secret access and redaction. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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: ./.teller.yml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** teller - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - teller: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/teller/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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [protobuf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/protobuf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [doppler](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doppler/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, environment-variables, secrets, secrets-management, security. - [infisical](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/infisical/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, environment-variables, secrets-management, security. - [openbao](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openbao/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, secrets-management, security, vault. - [ripsecrets](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ripsecrets/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, secrets, secrets-management, security. - [vaulted](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vaulted/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, environment-variables, secrets, secrets-management, security. - [vsh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vsh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, secrets, secrets-management, security, vault. - [envchain](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/envchain/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, environment-variables, secrets-management, security. - [fnox](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fnox/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, secrets, secrets-management, security. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/teller.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/teller.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