# Install adrs with Homebrew, Nix

Architectural Decision Record tool in Rust. Version 0.10.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-22. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#adrs.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:adrs
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install adrs
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#adrs
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ad/adrs/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:adrs
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.10.1
- **Source summary:** Architectural Decision Record tool in Rust
- **Homepage:** <https://joshrotenberg.com/adrs/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/joshrotenberg/adrs>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-22T03:02:23Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- adrs (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.10.1
## Project history and usage

adrs is a Rust command-line tool for creating and managing Architecture Decision Records, with compatibility for existing adr-tools repositories and newer ADR workflows.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in March 2021. The project's own ADRs record a March 2024 decision to rewrite adr-tools in Rust while keeping feature equivalence and compatibility goals.

### Adoption history

The README documents installation through Homebrew, Cargo, Docker, and binary releases, placing adrs in the Rust CLI and package-manager ecosystem rather than only as a source checkout.

### How it is used

Users initialize an ADR repository, create decisions, list and search records, update status, link ADRs, generate documentation, and export or import JSON-ADR data.

### Why package nerds care

Package users care because it bridges a long-running shell-script ADR tool culture with a packaged Rust binary, while keeping common ADR repository layouts and adding docs generation and MCP integration.

### Timeline

- 2021: GitHub repository created.
- 2024: Project ADR accepts rewriting adr-tools in Rust.
- 2024: v0.2.1 appears in GitHub releases.
- 2026: v0.8.0 appears in GitHub releases.

### Related projects

- adr-tools, MADR, JSON-ADR, adrs-core

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/joshrotenberg/adrs>
- <https://github.com/joshrotenberg/adrs#readme>
- <https://github.com/joshrotenberg/adrs/blob/main/book/src/configuration.md>
- <https://github.com/joshrotenberg/adrs/blob/main/doc/adr/0002-rewrite-it-in-rust.md>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for adrs. Nucleus 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

- Unix: ./adrs.toml, ./.adr-dir, ~/.config/adrs/config.toml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - adrs: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ad/adrs/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/adrs.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/adrs.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph