# Install fastly with Homebrew, Nix Build, deploy and configure Fastly services. Version 15.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#fastly. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:fastly ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install fastly ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#fastly ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/fastly/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:fastly - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 15.4.0 - **Source summary:** Build, deploy and configure Fastly services - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T11:37:55+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - fastly (cli) - fastly (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## 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: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 15.4.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-26 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/fastly/cli - Upstream latest detected: v15.4.0 (current) ## Project history and usage Fastly CLI is the open-source command-line interface for the Fastly edge cloud. It packages service management, API access, VCL upload, Compute build/deploy workflows, authentication, and CI-friendly automation behind the fastly command. ### Project history The fastly/cli GitHub repository was created in February 2020, and the changelog records v0.1.0 on February 5, 2020. The README describes it as a CLI for interacting with the Fastly platform and links to Fastly's official command reference. The CLI evolved quickly through 2020 alongside Fastly's modern developer platform. Its release history shows a steady sequence of early v0.x releases, then continuing major versions as the command surface expanded across Compute, services, TLS, domains, stats, stores, authentication, and product-specific commands. ### Adoption history Fastly CLI adoption is tied to Fastly customers and developers who need repeatable edge configuration from a terminal or CI system. The official docs explicitly position it as a way to create services, manage backends and domains, upload VCL, build and deploy Compute packages, and use Fastly from a code workspace or CI environment. Unlike a general-purpose cloud CLI, Fastly CLI is a vendor CLI with package-manager distribution through Homebrew and other installers. Its value comes from matching Fastly's API and release cadence closely enough that edge configuration can be automated without hand-written API calls. ### How it is used Common use starts with installation, authentication, and configuration, then moves to command groups such as service, domain, backend, compute, kv-store, secret-store, tls, stats, auth, profile, and whoami. The README also documents FASTLY_API_TOKEN for noninteractive authentication. Compute workflows are a major use case: the CLI can initialize, build, serve, validate, pack, and deploy Compute packages. For legacy and CDN configuration, it also manages VCL upload and service resources such as domains and backends. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about Fastly CLI because it is the installable boundary between local build systems and a production edge network. It has to behave well in shells, CI jobs, and developer laptops while tracking a vendor API that changes frequently. Its changelog is also a good example of a cloud CLI as living infrastructure: frequent releases, SemVer, monthly release scheduling, auth migrations, dependency updates, and new command groups all show the maintenance burden hidden behind a simple brew install fastly. ### Timeline - 2020: fastly/cli repository created on GitHub. - 2020: v0.1.0 released on February 5. - 2021: v0.24.0 released by February 2021 after rapid 2020 iteration. - 2026: v15.x releases show ongoing monthly CLI maintenance. ### Related projects - Fastly API is the service interface exposed by the CLI. - Fastly Compute is one of the major build and deployment workflows handled by the CLI. - go-fastly is the Go client dependency used by Fastly tooling. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for fastly. 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 - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/fastly/config.toml - Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fastly/config.toml, ~/.fastly/config.toml ## Credential files - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/fastly/config.toml - Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fastly/config.toml, ~/.fastly/config.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** fastly - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - fastly: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/fastly/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://pkg.so/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [go](https://pkg.so/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [akamai](https://pkg.so/brew/akamai/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cdn, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [flarectl](https://pkg.so/brew/flarectl/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cdn, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [awscli](https://pkg.so/brew/awscli/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [kubernetes-cli](https://pkg.so/brew/kubernetes-cli/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [helm](https://pkg.so/brew/helm/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [azure-cli](https://pkg.so/brew/azure-cli/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [ansible](https://pkg.so/brew/ansible/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [colima](https://pkg.so/brew/colima/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-sam-cli](https://pkg.so/brew/aws-sam-cli/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: build, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, deploy. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/fastly.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/fastly.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph