# Install coterm with Homebrew Cask

CLI tool by Datadog for terminal recording and approvals. Version 1.0.0 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cask:coterm
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew Cask (100%):

```sh
brew install --cask coterm
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cask:coterm
- **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/coterm>
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Source summary:** CLI tool by Datadog for terminal recording and approvals
- **Homepage:** <https://docs.datadoghq.com/coterm/>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.datadoghq.com/coterm/>
- **Source archive:** <https://coterm.datadoghq.com/coterm/1.0.0/29eab36/macos-arm64/ddcoterm>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00

## Executables

- ddcoterm (binary)
- ddcoterm (alias)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-25
- Package-manager version: 1.0.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://docs.datadoghq.com/coterm/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Project history and usage

coterm is Datadog's CoTerm command-line utility for recording terminal sessions and adding validation or approval checks around terminal commands.

### Project history

Datadog announced CoTerm in preview on 2024-06-26 as a tool for safer command-line workflows during operations and incident response. Datadog's documentation describes CoTerm as a CLI utility that records terminal sessions, analyzes recordings in Datadog, and adds a validation layer to terminal commands.

The Homebrew cask metadata records coterm version 1.0.0 and the vendor binary name ddcoterm. The vendor-hosted macOS arm64 binary for that version reported a Last-Modified timestamp of 2025-03-13 when checked during this enrichment run.

### Adoption history

Public adoption evidence is thin and mostly vendor-controlled. Datadog's announcement pointed users to macOS and Linux installation paths, while Homebrew cask distribution makes the macOS CLI available through a package-manager workflow.

### How it is used

Datadog documents CoTerm for recording interactive terminal sessions, reviewing terminal sessions as replays, events, or logs, warning before risky commands, requiring approvals through Datadog Case Management for selected commands, and redacting sensitive data through Datadog Sensitive Data Scanner.

### Why package nerds care

coterm is package-nerd interesting as a vendor CLI cask: it packages an operations and security workflow whose behavior depends on Datadog services, policy rules, and a local command shim rather than on a public source tree.

### Timeline

- 2024: Datadog announces CoTerm preview on 2024-06-26.
- 2025: Datadog updates the CoTerm announcement on 2025-04-03.
- 2025: The version 1.0.0 macOS arm64 binary reports Last-Modified 2025-03-13.

### Related projects

- CoTerm integrates with Datadog terminal session review, Datadog Case Management, Log Explorer, Event Explorer, and Sensitive Data Scanner.

### Sources

- <https://coterm.datadoghq.com/coterm/1.0.0/29eab36/macos-arm64/ddcoterm>
- <https://docs.datadoghq.com/coterm.md>
- <https://docs.datadoghq.com/coterm/>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/cask/coterm.json>
- <https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/introducing-coterm/>


## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew cask API
- **Tap:** homebrew/cask
- **Full Token:** coterm
- **Names:** coterm
- **Artifacts:** Binary: 1, Target: 1, Zap: 1
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no


## Related links

- [Homebrew Cask packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/homebrew-cask-packages/) - Generated from Homebrew Cask package-manager metadata.
- [Homebrew Cask binaries](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/homebrew-cask-binaries/) - Cask artifact metadata includes a binary.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/coterm.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/coterm.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph