# Install webpod with Homebrew Deploy websites and apps anywhere. Version 1.0.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:webpod ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install webpod ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:webpod - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.0.0 - **Source summary:** Deploy websites and apps anywhere - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - webpod (cli) - webpod (alias) ## Dependencies - node ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.0.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://webpod.dev - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Webpod is a deployment CLI and service for putting websites and apps onto user-owned servers or cloud machines. Public history is limited, but the official site and GitHub metadata show a young project focused on simple app deployment across VPS and cloud providers. ### Project history The `webpod/webpod` repository was created on February 15, 2023. GitHub releases show early 0.0.x releases in February 2023 and a 1.0.0 release on July 14, 2023. The official Webpod site positions the tool around the slogan 'Your web. Your server. Our expertise.' It describes Webpod as a way to deploy simple static sites through full-stack web apps to any cloud or server. ### Adoption history Webpod appears to be a niche deployment tool rather than a widely documented ecosystem standard. The GitHub API showed a few hundred stars and single-digit forks by July 2026, so there is enough public signal for a brief history but not enough independent evidence for a broad adoption narrative. ### How it is used The official site presents the CLI as the primary interface, with an example `webpod example.com` workflow that provisions or deploys an app and returns a live HTTPS site. It advertises support for custom VPS targets and named cloud providers, TLS certificates through Let's Encrypt, daemon management, multiple apps per server, per-site Node versions, and many frameworks. ### Why package nerds care Webpod is package-interesting as part of the post-PaaS wave of deployment CLIs that try to give developers Heroku-like ergonomics while keeping infrastructure on their own servers. Its significance is currently niche and practical rather than historical. ### Timeline - 2023-02-15: Public GitHub repository `webpod/webpod` created. - 2023-02-25: Early 0.0.x GitHub releases published. - 2023-07-14: Webpod 1.0.0 release published. - 2024-09-29: GitHub API showed the last push date for the repository. ### Related projects - Webpod is adjacent to deployment CLIs and self-hosting tools such as CapRover, Dokku, Coolify, Fly-style app CLIs, and framework-specific deployment adapters, though its public docs emphasize provider-agnostic server deployment. ### Sources - - - - ## 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: webpod.config.js ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** webpod - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure 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. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [railway](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/railway/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, deployment, hosting. - [sail](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sail/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, deployment, hosting. - [vercel-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vercel-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, deployment, hosting. - [aws-elasticbeanstalk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-elasticbeanstalk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, deployment. - [bosh-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bosh-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, deployment. - [ecs-deploy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ecs-deploy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, deployment. - [helmfile](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/helmfile/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, deployment. - [helmsman](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/helmsman/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, deployment. - [webpod](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/webpod/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/webpod.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/webpod.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph