install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrew Caskverified · 100%

brew install --cask btp

local Homebrew cask metadata

overview

Package summary

CLI for the SAP Business Technology Platform

Project links

Commands and aliases

btp

history

Project history and usage

SAP BTP CLI is SAP's command-line client for administering accounts, subaccounts, entitlements, services, and related resources on SAP Business Technology Platform. In package-manager terms it is a vendor-distributed operational CLI, closer to cloud account tooling than to an open-source developer utility.

Project history

The CLI belongs to SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP's cloud platform umbrella for application development, integration, data, analytics, and AI services. SAP publishes the command reference and task documentation through SAP Help Portal, while macOS packages are distributed from SAP Development Tools rather than from a public source repository.

The current Homebrew cask tracks SAP's downloadable btp binary archive from tools.hana.ondemand.com. The absence of a public official source repository is itself part of the package history: consumers package the vendor binary, not a build from source.

Adoption history

Adoption follows SAP BTP administration workflows: the CLI is documented as the command-line interface for account administration and day-to-day BTP work. Its Homebrew cask exists to make the vendor tool fit common macOS package-management workflows.

Because BTP is an enterprise platform, public adoption signals are less visible than for open-source CLIs; reliable evidence is SAP's official documentation and the package's presence as a Homebrew cask.

How it is used

The btp executable is used for scripted and interactive SAP BTP administration: logging in, selecting global accounts or subaccounts, inspecting available commands, and automating account-management tasks described in SAP's BTP CLI guides.

The tool stores local configuration in platform-specific application data paths documented by SAP; credentials are not separately documented in the supplied curation, so no credentials path is asserted.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, btp is a classic vendor-binary cask: source is not public, updates follow SAP's archive naming and versioning, and trust is anchored in SAP's download host and Help Portal rather than in reproducible source builds.

Timeline

2020s: SAP Business Technology Platform becomes the umbrella platform for SAP cloud development and administration workflows.
2020s: SAP documents btp as the command-line interface for SAP BTP account administration.
2026: Homebrew cask metadata tracks SAP BTP CLI 2.106.1 from tools.hana.ondemand.com.

Related projects

SAP Business Technology Platform is the managed cloud platform administered by the CLI.
SAP Development Tools is the vendor download surface used for the packaged macOS archives.
Homebrew Cask packages the vendor-supplied binary for macOS users.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for btp. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux: ~/.config/.btp/config.json
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/.btp/config.json
Windows: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\SAP\btp\config.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`btp`	binary	Homebrew cask binary	btp

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-25

manager version2.106.1

manager updated2026-06-15

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/#cloud-cpcli

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/#cloud-cpclinone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	cask:btp
Version	2.106.1
Package manager	Homebrew Cask
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/btp
Homepage	https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/#cloud-cpcli
Upstream docs	https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/#cloud-cpcli
Source archive	https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/additional/btp-cli-darwin-arm64-2.106.1.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-15T16:00:27+02:00
Pulse	updated
SHA-256	53cf73af5b919dcf9b280b6ef03f28b41b1b9f283f747179e8a4a4e95dbbe3f5
Download URL	https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/additional/btp-cli-darwin-arm64-2.106.1.tar.gz
Bottle	not recorded
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared
Caveats	Installing btp means you have AGREED to the license at: https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/developer-license-3_2.txt

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew cask API
Tap	homebrew/cask
Full Token	btp
Names	SAP Business Technology Platform Command Line Interface
Artifacts	Binary 1 Generate Completions From Executable 1 Target 1
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

winget95%

SAP.btp

winget install --id SAP.btp -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Btp

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: SAP.btp from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/btp.yml

Used sources

Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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