# otel-cli mit Homebrew, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für otel-cli in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:otel-cli
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install otel-cli
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#otel-cli
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ot/otel-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:otel-cli
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.4.5
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Tool for sending events from shell scripts & similar environments
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/equinix-labs/otel-cli>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/equinix-labs/otel-cli>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-27T23:46:53+02:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- otel-cli (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 0.4.5
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

otel-cli is an Equinix Labs command-line tool for emitting OpenTelemetry traces from shell scripts and other environments where launching a helper process is the simplest instrumentation option.

### Projektgeschichte

GitHub records `equinix-labs/otel-cli` as created on 2021-01-08. The README describes the tool as a Go program for sending OpenTelemetry traces, built for shell scripts and places where executing another program is the best available way to create spans.

The project follows OpenTelemetry's configuration culture: CLI flags, JSON config, and environment variables map onto OTEL-style endpoint, protocol, timeout, header, service-name, and traceparent settings. The README also documents a deliberate non-recording default when no endpoint is configured, so adding the command to a script does not break normal execution before tracing is enabled.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

otel-cli's adoption niche is observability for glue code. OpenTelemetry SDKs cover application languages, but shell scripts, CI jobs, and one-off operational commands often need a lower-friction path. The README recommends using a localhost OpenTelemetry Collector to buffer spans and avoid per-command connection overhead.

Release assets broadened installation beyond Go source builds. The README documents tar.gz, Windows zip, Alpine apk, Red Hat rpm, Debian deb, Docker images, and a Homebrew tap, while the av.db input records a Homebrew formula and Nix package.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users wrap commands with `otel-cli exec` to run a process inside a span, call `otel-cli span` to emit spans with explicit start and end times, pass W3C `traceparent` context through environment variables or arguments, and run `otel-cli server tui` or `otel-cli server json` for local inspection and test capture.

The tool is especially useful in CI/CD and operations scripts because it can bridge command execution into an OpenTelemetry backend without rewriting the script in a language SDK. It can send to an OpenTelemetry Collector or to vendors that accept OTLP.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

otel-cli is package-nerd significant because it turns an observability protocol into a packageable executable. Its release matrix, environment-variable compatibility, and package-manager availability are part of the product: a tracing tool for scripts only works if it is easy to install wherever scripts run.

### Zeitleiste

- 2021-01-08: GitHub records creation of `equinix-labs/otel-cli`.
- 2021-08-18: a GitHub issue from a Jenkins OpenTelemetry plugin maintainer requested binaries to ease adoption.
- 2022-02-24: GitHub release v0.0.20 shipped packaged binaries and changelog entries including `--fail` and OTLP endpoint handling fixes.
- 2024-04-01: GitHub release v0.4.5 was published with multi-platform package assets.

### Related projects

- OpenTelemetry defines the observability APIs, SDKs, OTLP protocol, and semantic conventions that otel-cli emits into.
- The OpenTelemetry Collector is the recommended local receiver/buffer in the README.
- otel-desktop-viewer is documented as a local receiver/UI option for trying spans generated by otel-cli.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/equinix-labs/otel-cli>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/equinix-labs/otel-cli/releases>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/otel-cli>
- <https://github.com/equinix-labs/otel-cli>
- <https://github.com/equinix-labs/otel-cli/issues/37>
- <https://opentelemetry.io/docs/what-is-opentelemetry/>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/equinix-labs/otel-cli/main/README.md>


## Sicherheitshinweise

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** yellow / mittel
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - otel-cli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ot/otel-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/otel-cli.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/otel-cli.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph