# Install treefrog with Homebrew High-speed C++ MVC Framework for Web Application. Version 2.11.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:treefrog ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install treefrog ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:treefrog - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.11.2 - **Source summary:** High-speed C++ MVC Framework for Web Application - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:06:31-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - tadpole (cli) - tmake (cli) - treefrog (cli) - tspawn (cli) - tadpole (alias) - tmake (alias) - treefrog (alias) - tspawn (alias) ## Dependencies - glog - lz4 - mongo-c-driver - qtbase - qtdeclarative ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## 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: 2.11.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/treefrogframework/treefrog-framework - Upstream latest detected: v2.11.2 (current) ## Project history and usage TreeFrog Framework is a C++/Qt full-stack MVC web application framework with command-line generators, an application server, ORM support, and templates. ### Project history The official introduction describes TreeFrog as a lightweight, fast, full-stack web framework written in C++ with a convention-over-configuration policy intended to reduce development cost. It combines MVC structure, scaffolding, O/R mapping, templates, and Qt-based cross-platform support. The GitHub README frames the project as a high-speed full-stack framework based on C++ and Qt, supporting HTTP and WebSocket protocols, ORM, ERB-like templates, JSON/XML/CBOR responses, and multiple databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle, DB2, MongoDB, Memcached, and Redis. The project has a long-lived package profile: the website footer shows the TreeFrog Framework Project spanning 2010-2025, and the GitHub repository lists thousands of commits, many releases, and a 2025 2.11.2 release. ### Adoption history TreeFrog is a niche framework compared with scripting-language MVC frameworks, but it is notable for bringing Rails-like generators and conventions into C++ web development. Its adoption is mostly among users who want a compiled C++ web stack with Qt integration. For package managers, the important surface is the CLI toolchain: `tspawn` creates projects and scaffolds code, while `treefrog` runs and controls the application server. Homebrew packaging makes that workflow available without manually building the framework. ### How it is used The tutorial workflow creates an app with `tspawn new`, configures a database in `config/database.ini`, generates models/controllers/views with `tspawn scaffold`, builds with qmake and make, and runs the app server with `treefrog -e dev`. In the package-nerd niche, TreeFrog is interesting because it packages a whole C++ web framework experience as command-line tools rather than just a library. ### Why package nerds care TreeFrog matters as a durable example of C++ web framework packaging: Qt, generators, database drivers, app-server commands, and project skeleton conventions all have to line up for the CLI experience to feel coherent. ### Timeline - 2010: The project website copyright range begins. - 2025: The GitHub repository lists TreeFrog Framework version 2.11.2 as a release. - 2025: The official website footer shows continued project presence through 2025. ### Related projects - TreeFrog is tied to Qt and qmake for its build and runtime model. - Its documented workflow resembles MVC/scaffolding frameworks, but targets C++ applications rather than Ruby, Python, PHP, or JavaScript stacks. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** treefrog - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [lz4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lz4/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mongo-c-driver](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mongo-c-driver/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [qtbase](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/qtbase/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, orm, web-framework. - [gf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, orm, web-framework. - [amber](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amber/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, web-framework. - [boost-bcp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/boost-bcp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cpp, developer-tools. - [cabin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cabin/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cpp, developer-tools. - [clang-include-graph](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clang-include-graph/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cpp, developer-tools. - [clangql](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clangql/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cpp, developer-tools. - [clazy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clazy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cpp, developer-tools. - [cppcms](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cppcms/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, framework, high. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/treefrog.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/treefrog.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph