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Install charm with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman

Tool for managing Juju Charms. Version 2.5.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#charm.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install charm

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install charm

MacPorts ports tree · office/charm/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#charm

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ch/charm/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S charm

Arch Linux sync databases · charm · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Tool for managing Juju Charms

Commands and aliases

  • charm

history

Project history and usage

charm is the command-line client from juju/charmstore-client for interacting with the Juju Charm Store.

Project history

The charmstore-client README says the repository holds client-side code for interacting with the Juju Charm Store. Installing the Go package produces the `charm` executable.

Adoption history

The supplied package facts show the `charm` CLI distributed by Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Arch/Pacman. Its GitHub releases show an active 2.x line from 2016 through 2021, after which the repository metadata indicates no recent pushes.

How it is used

The README documents Charm Store operations including login/logout, listing charms, pulling, pushing, releasing, granting and revoking permissions, attaching resources, showing metadata, and checking `whoami`.

Why package nerds care

charm is package-nerd significant as a specialized registry client: it treated Juju charms and bundles like publishable artifacts with login, push, release, permission, and resource commands, similar in shape to language package-manager CLIs.

Timeline

  • 2016: juju/charmstore-client public GitHub repository created.
  • 2016: 2.1.x and 2.2.0 GitHub releases published.
  • 2020: charmstore-client 2.5.0 and 2.5.1 released.
  • 2021: 2.5.2 release published; repository push activity ended shortly afterward according to repository metadata.

Related projects

  • Juju charms and bundles are the artifacts managed by the command.
  • juju/charm-tools covers authoring and validation workflows adjacent to charmstore-client's store operations.
  • Charmhub and Charmcraft are newer Canonical surfaces in the charm ecosystem.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • 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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
charmexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

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 generated2026-08-03
manager version2.5.2
manager updated2026-07-25
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:charm
Version2.5.2
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/juju/charmstore-client
Repositoryhttps://github.com/juju/charmstore-client
Last updated2026-07-25T14:20:49-04:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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

Nix95%

charm

nix profile install nixpkgs#charm
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Charm
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ch/charm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
pacman95%

charm 0.12.6-2

The backend for the Charm cloud

https://charm.sh/cloud/

sudo pacman -S charm
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Charm
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: charm from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

charm

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

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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

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