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Install rebar3 with Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, pacman, scoop

Erlang build tool. Version 3.27.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-09-10. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install rebar3.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install rebar3

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install rebar3

MacPorts ports tree · erlang/rebar3/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/rebar3

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/rebar3.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Erlang build tool

Commands and aliases

  • rebar3

history

Project history and usage

Rebar3 is the standard multipurpose build and project-management tool for Erlang/OTP applications, libraries, and releases.

Project history

Rebar3 was developed as the successor to Rebar 2.x, retaining Rebar's role in Erlang projects while redesigning build behavior for repeatability, larger codebases, and easier team adoption.

The project standardized modern Erlang workflows around OTP conventions and added first-class support for packages, dependency locking, profiles, extensible providers, and relx-based releases.

Adoption history

The official project describes Rebar 2.x as the first broadly adopted usable Erlang build tool and Rebar3 as its spiritual successor. Rebar3 addressed shortcomings that became apparent in larger projects and teams with developers new to Erlang.

Its integration of Hex packages, dependency locks, profiles, plugins, testing, Dialyzer, documentation, and relx releases made it a central workflow tool in the Erlang/OTP ecosystem. The supplied metadata records distribution through Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch Linux, MacPorts, and Scoop.

How it is used

Projects normally keep rebar.config at their root and use commands such as rebar3 compile, eunit, ct, dialyzer, shell, and release-oriented tasks. rebar.lock records resolved dependencies for repeatable builds.

Global plugins and settings can live in ~/.config/rebar3/rebar.config. Hex authentication creates ~/.config/rebar3/hex.config, which contains keys and should be treated as credential material.

Why package nerds care

Rebar3 is a package-ecosystem hub rather than merely a compiler driver: it connects OTP project conventions, Hex dependency resolution, lock files, plugins, tests, static analysis, and release assembly. For package maintainers, its self-contained escript design and broad OS packaging make it unusually portable for an ecosystem build tool.

Timeline

  • Rebar 2.x era: Rebar achieved widespread adoption as an Erlang build tool.
  • Rebar3 era: The successor redesigned the workflow around repeatable builds, OTP conventions, packages, plugins, and larger projects.
  • Rebar3 3.7.0: Configuration gained support for multiple Hex repositories and indexes.

Related projects

  • Rebar 2.x is Rebar3's direct predecessor.
  • Hex supplies the package ecosystem used for managed dependencies and publishing.
  • relx provides release-building capabilities integrated into Rebar3.
  • Erlang/OTP supplies the runtime, conventions, compiler, and standard development tools around which Rebar3 operates.

Sources

  • Official base-configuration reference: https://rebar3.org/docs/configuration/configuration/
  • Official documentation: https://rebar3.org/docs
  • Official package-management guide: https://rebar3.org/docs/package_management/
  • Official repository README and history: https://github.com/erlang/rebar3#readme
  • source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: yellow

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

  • generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

  • text:build tool

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.

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.

Unix
./rebar.config~/.config/rebar3/rebar.config

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
~/.config/rebar3/hex.config

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
rebar3cliglobal 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 version3.27.0
manager updated2026-09-10
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected3.27.0

https://github.com/erlang/rebar3

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:rebar3
Version3.27.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rebar3
Homepagehttps://rebar3.org
Repositoryhttps://github.com/erlang/rebar3
Upstream docshttps://rebar3.org
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/erlang/rebar3/archive/refs/tags/3.27.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-09-10T15:17:41Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependencieserlang@27
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 Namerebar3
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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

Debian apt95%

rebar3 3.24.0-1

Erlang tool to create, develop, and release Erlang libraries and applications

https://www.rebar3.org/

sudo apt install rebar3
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: all
  • 13 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rebar3
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: rebar3 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt95%

rebar3 3.19.0-1

Erlang tool to create, develop, and release Erlang libraries and applications

http://www.rebar3.org/

sudo apt install rebar3
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: all
  • 12 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rebar3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: rebar3 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

rebar3 3.27.0-r0

Erlang build tool

https://github.com/erlang/rebar3

sudo apk add rebar3
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: rebar3
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rebar3
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rebar3 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

rebar3-bash-completion 3.27.0-r0

Bash completions for rebar3

https://github.com/erlang/rebar3

sudo apk add rebar3-bash-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: rebar3
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rebar3
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rebar3-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

rebar3-doc 3.27.0-r0

Erlang build tool (documentation)

https://github.com/erlang/rebar3

sudo apk add rebar3-doc
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: rebar3
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rebar3
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rebar3-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

rebar3-fish-completion 3.27.0-r0

Fish completions for rebar3

https://github.com/erlang/rebar3

sudo apk add rebar3-fish-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: rebar3
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rebar3
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rebar3-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

rebar3-zsh-completion 3.27.0-r0

Zsh completions for rebar3

https://github.com/erlang/rebar3

sudo apk add rebar3-zsh-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: rebar3
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rebar3
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rebar3-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

rebar3 3.27.0-2

Erlang build tool that makes it easy to compile and test Erlang applications and releases

https://github.com/erlang/rebar3

sudo pacman -S rebar3
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: any
  • 7 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rebar3
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: rebar3 from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

rebar3

sudo port install rebar3
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rebar3
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: erlang/rebar3/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/rebar3

scoop install main/rebar3
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Rebar3
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/rebar3.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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