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Install vercel with Homebrew Cask

Command-line interface for Vercel. Version 65.9.0 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.

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install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrew Caskverified · 100%
brew install --cask vercel

local Homebrew cask metadata

overview

Package summary

Command-line interface for Vercel

Commands and aliases

  • vercel

history

Project history and usage

Vercel CLI is the command-line client for deploying, developing, linking, inspecting, and operating projects on Vercel. The `vercel` and `vc` executables expose both interactive developer workflows and token-based automation for CI/CD.

Project history

The official repository dates to 2016 and grew into a large TypeScript-centered monorepo for Vercel's CLI, builders, runtimes, and related packages. The regular CLI continues to be distributed as the `vercel` npm package, with separate native CLI binaries offered as an explicit alternative.

Adoption history

The CLI evolved with Vercel's deployment platform: version 24 in 2022 stabilized `vercel dev` and moved most CLI code to TypeScript; version 28 added deeper Git metadata and project-linking workflows. Later releases added a device-flow login, direct API access, agent-oriented historical logs, and local-directory scoping.

How it is used

Developers use `vercel` to deploy the current project, `vercel dev` to emulate the platform locally, and `vercel link` or `.vercel/project.json` to bind a directory to a remote project. Operational commands cover domains, DNS, environment variables, logs, deployments, rollbacks, integrations, and authenticated API requests.

Why package nerds care

Vercel CLI is a prominent npm-installed cloud CLI whose long-running command surface tracks the shift from simple frontend deployment toward a broad programmable platform. Package users care about its dual `vercel`/`vc` commands, project-local state, cross-platform XDG-derived global state, rapid release cadence, and growing native-binary option.

Timeline

  • 2016: Official repository established.
  • 2022-02-17: Vercel CLI v24 released; `vercel dev` became stable.
  • 2022-08-12: Vercel CLI v28 released with expanded Git and linking behavior.
  • 2025-09-12: OAuth 2.0 Device Flow became the CLI login path.
  • 2026-01-27: `vercel api` added direct authenticated API access.
  • 2026-02-10: `vercel logs` gained historical, agent-oriented querying.

Related projects

  • The repository also contains Vercel builders, runtimes, and platform packages; the CLI works closely with Git providers, the Vercel REST API, framework build outputs, and the separately distributed `@vercel/vc-native` binaries.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for vercel. 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
~/.local/share/com.vercel.cli/config.json
macOS
~/Library/Application Support/com.vercel.cli/config.json
Windows
%APPDATA%\Roaming\xdg.data\com.vercel.cli\config.json

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Linux
~/.local/share/com.vercel.cli/auth.json
macOS
~/Library/Application Support/com.vercel.cli/auth.json
Windows
%APPDATA%\Roaming\xdg.data\com.vercel.cli\auth.json

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
vercelbinaryHomebrew cask binaryvercel

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 generated2026-11-04
manager version65.9.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://vercel.com/docs/cli

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://vercel.com/docs/clinone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keycask:vercel
Version65.9.0
Package managerHomebrew Cask
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/cask/vercel
Homepagehttps://vercel.com/docs/cli
Upstream docshttps://vercel.com/docs/cli
Source archivehttps://registry.npmjs.org/@vercel/vc-native-darwin-arm64/-/vc-native-darwin-arm64-65.9.0.tgz
SHA-2568ade01169a3d66746102428614ba59e4f0fa238f25c07b31887a3c3e45899cd8
Bottlenot recorded
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew cask API
Taphomebrew/cask
Full Tokenvercel
Names
  • Vercel CLI
Old Tokens
  • vercel-cli
Depends On
Macos
>=: 13
Artifacts
Binary
2
Target
2
Zap
1
Deprecatedno
Disabledno

package graph

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Related tools

Same workflow

  • vercelSame normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

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.

Used sources

  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment