# Install vercel-cli with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Command-line interface for Vercel. Version 54.21.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-07. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:vercel-cli ``` ## Agent safety answer vercel-cli deploys applications and manages hosted project state. - **Credential access:** Reads Vercel auth tokens, project links, env vars, and deployment config. - **Remote mutation:** Can deploy, promote, alias, and change remote project settings. - **Publish/artifact risk:** Publishes application builds to Vercel infrastructure. - **Recommended control:** Gate deploy, promote, env, alias, and project-setting commands. - **Agent-use guidance:** Allow status and build checks; require approval before any deploy or environment mutation. Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install vercel-cli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install Vc ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: math/Vc/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install vc-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: vc-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#vc ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vc/vc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S vc ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: vc from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install Vc-devel ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: Vc-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:vercel-cli - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 54.21.0 - **Source summary:** Command-line interface for Vercel - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-07T23:13:10Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - vc (cli) - vercel (cli) - vc (alias) - vercel (alias) ## Dependencies - node ## 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: 54.21.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-07 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://vercel.com/home - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Vercel CLI is the terminal interface for Vercel's deployment platform. It grew out of the earlier ZEIT Now workflow, where running `now` from a project directory created an immutable deployment URL, and it became `vercel` after ZEIT rebranded to Vercel in April 2020. ### Project history Vercel itself was founded by Guillermo Rauch in 2015 as ZEIT, and the company's early developer experience centered on Now: a command-line deployment product for serverless, static, and frontend projects. The old Now CLI's appeal was its minimal flow: enter a project directory, run a command, and receive a live deployment URL. On April 21, 2020, ZEIT announced that it had become Vercel, aligning the company around frontend teams and the develop-preview-ship workflow. The platform rename also propagated into the CLI: GitHub maintainers answered that the Now name had become Vercel, and the npm `now` package later carried a deprecation notice directing users to `vercel` after December 31, 2020. Since the rename, Vercel CLI has become the local and automation-oriented control plane for the platform. Release notes such as Vercel CLI v28 in 2022 show the CLI absorbing more project lifecycle features, including Git integration, linked-project behavior, environment-pull improvements, and changes to deployment ergonomics. ### Adoption history The CLI's adoption tracks Vercel's rise with Next.js and frontend platform workflows. It is used by individual developers for one-command preview deployments, by teams to link local directories to hosted projects, and by CI systems through token authentication. Vercel's platform also emphasizes Git-connected preview deployments, but the CLI remains important because it works outside the Git push path. It can deploy prebuilt output, pull environment variables, inspect deployments, view logs, manage DNS-related resources, and reproduce parts of the hosted deployment environment locally. ### How it is used Typical package use starts with installing the CLI, logging in, running `vercel link` for an existing project or `vercel`/`vercel deploy` from a project root, and then promoting with `vercel deploy --prod`. Day-to-day workflows commonly include `vercel env pull`, `vercel dev`, `vercel inspect`, `vercel logs`, and token-based commands in CI. For package users, the `vc` alias and `vercel` binary sit at the boundary between local source trees and Vercel's hosted platform. That makes the tool less like a generic cloud SDK and more like a deployment workflow command, especially for Next.js and other frontend frameworks. ### Why package nerds care Vercel CLI is significant because it preserves the original Now-style instant deployment workflow while also covering modern project linking, environment management, preview, production, and automation use cases. In package collections, it is the local handle for a cloud platform that many JavaScript and frontend teams touch daily. ### Timeline - 2015: Guillermo Rauch founds ZEIT, the company that later becomes Vercel. - 2010s: The Now CLI popularizes a one-command deployment workflow. - April 21, 2020: ZEIT rebrands as Vercel. - December 31, 2020: The old npm `now` package stops receiving updates, with users directed to the `vercel` package. - August 2022: Vercel CLI v28 release notes show expanded project, Git, and environment-management behavior. - 2020s: The CLI remains a primary interface for local development, preview deployments, production deploys, and CI/CD automation on Vercel. ### Related projects - Vercel CLI is related to the Vercel REST API, Next.js, Turborepo, Netlify CLI, Cloudflare Wrangler, Firebase CLI, AWS Amplify CLI, and other developer-first deployment CLIs. Its distinctive lineage is the ZEIT Now command flow and its close coupling to preview deployments. ### Sources - - - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for vercel-cli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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 - Linux: ~/.local/share/com.vercel.cli/config.json - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/com.vercel.cli/config.json - Windows: %APPDATA%\Roaming\xdg.data\com.vercel.cli\config.json ## Credential files - Linux: ~/.local/share/com.vercel.cli/auth.json, ~/.local/share/now/auth.json, ~/.now/auth.json, ~/.vercel/auth.json - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/com.vercel.cli/auth.json, ~/Library/Application Support/now/auth.json, ~/.now/auth.json, ~/.vercel/auth.json - Windows: %APPDATA%\Roaming\xdg.data\com.vercel.cli\auth.json ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** vercel-cli - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - MacPorts - Vc: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: math/Vc/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Debian apt - vc-dev - 1.4.5-1: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: vc-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | C++ types for explicitly data-parallel programming | https://github.com/VcDevel/Vc - Nix - vc: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vc/vc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - vc-dev - 1.4.4-1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: vc-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | C++ types for explicitly data-parallel programming | https://github.com/VcDevel/Vc - pacman - vc - 1.4.5-1: installed executable or alias match | Arch Linux sync databases: vc from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A library to ease explicit vectorization of C++ code | https://github.com/VcDevel/Vc - zypper - Vc-devel - 1.4.5-1.5: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: Vc-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Development Files for Vc | https://github.com/VcDevel/Vc/ - zypper - Vc-devel-doc - 1.4.5-1.5: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: Vc-devel-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | API documentation for Vc | https://github.com/VcDevel/Vc/ - zypper - Vc-devel-static - 1.4.5-1.5: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: Vc-devel-static from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Vc Static Library | https://github.com/VcDevel/Vc/ ## Related links - 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Shared terms: command-line, interface, line, node, vc. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/vercel-cli.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/vercel-cli.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 - curated agent safety answer