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Install policy-engine with Homebrew

Unified Policy Engine. Version 1.1.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-09-11.

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macOS

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brew install policy-engine

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overview

Package summary

Unified Policy Engine

Commands and aliases

  • policy-engine

history

Project history and usage

Policy Engine is Snyk's Go library and command-line tool for parsing infrastructure-as-code resources and evaluating them against Open Policy Agent policies.

Project history

Snyk developed Policy Engine as a unified engine for parsing infrastructure-as-code configurations and evaluating their resources with Open Policy Agent. The project includes a policy specification, authoring and testing guidance, a Go library API, examples, and security guidance for untrusted input.

Adoption history

The engine is maintained by Snyk and distributed as a Homebrew command-line package in the supplied package facts. Its repository also exposes the engine as a Go library for integration into other tools.

How it is used

Library consumers parse infrastructure-as-code resources and evaluate policies from Go applications. Policy authors use the small policy-engine CLI to develop and test Rego-backed policies.

Why package nerds care

Policy Engine packages Open Policy Agent-based infrastructure checks into both a reusable Go library and a small policy-authoring CLI. This makes it relevant to developers building security scanners, policy tests, and infrastructure-as-code quality gates.

Timeline

  • Current project: Maintained by Snyk as an Apache-2.0 Go project and packaged by Homebrew.

Related projects

  • Open Policy Agent
  • Rego
  • Snyk
  • infrastructure as code

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

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

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
policy-enginecliglobal executable

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 generated2026-09-19
manager version1.1.5
manager updated2026-09-11
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.1.4

https://github.com/snyk/policy-engine

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:policy-engine
Version1.1.5
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/policy-engine
Homepagehttps://github.com/snyk/policy-engine
Repositoryhttps://github.com/snyk/policy-engine
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/snyk/policy-engine/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.4.tar.gz
Last updated2026-09-11T09:44:34Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namepolicy-engine
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

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  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
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