macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
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Install cli53 with Homebrew, Nix
Command-line tool for Amazon Route 53. Version 0.9.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cli53.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#cli53nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/cl/cli53/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Command-line tool for Amazon Route 53
Project links
Commands and aliases
- cli53
history
Project history and usage
cli53 is a command-line tool for Amazon Route 53 focused on hosted-zone and DNS-record management, including BIND-format import and export.
Project history
The official GitHub repository was created in December 2010 and describes cli53 as a Route 53 management CLI. Its README centers the project on DNS zone operations: creating, deleting, listing, importing, exporting, validating, and updating Route 53 records.
The project is implemented in Go and distributed through GitHub releases, `go install`, and Homebrew. GitHub release metadata shows public release artifacts from at least 2015 through the 2026 v0.9.0 release.
Adoption history
cli53's adoption story is mainly practical rather than institutional: it packages common Route 53 workflows into a small CLI and ships prebuilt Linux, macOS, and Windows binaries from GitHub releases.
The README explicitly documents Homebrew installation for macOS, while input package metadata also lists Nix packaging. The GitHub repository metadata showed more than two thousand stars at research time, indicating durable niche use among DNS and AWS operators.
How it is used
Typical usage includes creating hosted zones, listing zones, importing and exporting BIND zone files, validating zone files, creating weighted, latency, geolocation, failover, and alias records, and assuming AWS roles.
cli53 uses standard AWS credential locations and environment variables: the README documents `~/.aws/credentials`, `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`, `AWS_PROFILE`, and role assumption with `--role-arn`.
Why package nerds care
cli53 is package-nerd interesting because it is a focused cloud CLI that overlaps with a large vendor CLI but keeps a Unix-friendly shape for DNS import/export and scripting. It is the kind of small, purpose-built binary that package managers keep useful long after the broader vendor tooling exists.
Its Homebrew formula is also a reminder that cloud operators often install small single-purpose tools beside official SDKs and CLIs when those tools fit a repeated operational workflow better.
Timeline
- 2010: The GitHub repository is created.
- 2015: GitHub release metadata records cli53 0.6.0.
- 2026: GitHub release metadata records cli53 v0.9.0.
Related projects
- Amazon Route 53 is the managed DNS service cli53 controls.
- BIND zone-file tooling is related because cli53's README highlights BIND import, export, and validation workflows.
- The AWS SDK credential conventions are related because cli53 uses AWS shared credentials, environment variables, profiles, and role assumption.
Sources
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.
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.
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/.aws/credentials
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
cli53 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered 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 version0.9.0
manager updated2026-07-25
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:cli53 |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/barnybug/cli53 |
| Repository | https://github.com/barnybug/cli53 |
| Last updated | 2026-07-25T14:20:50-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none 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.
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cli53
nix profile install nixpkgs#cli53- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cli53
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation