# Install amdatu-bootstrap with Homebrew

Bootstrapping OSGi development. Version 9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:amdatu-bootstrap
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install amdatu-bootstrap
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:amdatu-bootstrap
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 9
- **Source summary:** Bootstrapping OSGi development
- **Homepage:** <https://bitbucket.org/amdatuadm/amdatu-bootstrap/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- amdatu-bootstrap (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 9
## Project history and usage

Amdatu Bootstrap is a Java command-line tool for setting up OSGi and Bndtools development projects.

### Project history

The Bitbucket repository metadata shows the repository was created in July 2014 and last updated in December 2015. The official README presents it as an interactive bootstrapper for Bndtools projects in the Amdatu ecosystem.

### Adoption history

The project is tied to OSGi and Bndtools rather than broad general-purpose project scaffolding. Its README documents running a binary JAR, building with Gradle, and importing projects into Eclipse with Bndtools, which matches a Java/OSGi developer audience.

### How it is used

The documented usage is to unzip a binary release or build the project, then run java -jar bootstrap.jar with Java 8. The tool can add dependencies, set up run configurations, create template files, manage workspace versions, and create plugins.

### Why package nerds care

Amdatu Bootstrap is significant as a package-manager entry because it captures a specific era of Java modular development tooling: command-line bootstrapping around OSGi, Bndtools, Gradle, and Eclipse.

### Timeline

- 2014-07-18: Bitbucket repository created.
- 2015-12-19: Bitbucket repository metadata shows latest update.
- 2015: README-era usage centered on Java 8, Gradle, Eclipse, and Bndtools.

### Related projects

- Related projects include Amdatu, OSGi, Bndtools, Gradle, Eclipse, and Java project scaffolding tools.

### Sources

- <https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/amdatuadm/amdatu-bootstrap>
- <https://bitbucket.org/amdatuadm/amdatu-bootstrap/raw/master/README.md>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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