# Install coder with Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget

Tool for provisioning self-hosted development environments with Terraform. Version 2.34.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-28. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#coder.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:coder
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install coder
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#coder
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/coder
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/coder.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Coder.Coder -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Coder.Coder from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:coder
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.34.7
- **Source summary:** Tool for provisioning self-hosted development environments with Terraform
- **Homepage:** <https://coder.com>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/coder/coder>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-28T20:11:21Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- coder (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.34.7
## Project history and usage

Coder is an open-source, self-hosted platform and CLI for running cloud development environments and AI coding agents on infrastructure controlled by the user or organization.

### Project history

Coder Technologies lists its founding date as August 2017. The modern coder/coder project is the open-source Coder v2 line, with workspaces defined in Terraform and a single coder CLI used for both server and client workflows.

### Adoption history

Coder sits in the remote-development lineage that includes code-server, web IDEs, SSH-based development, JetBrains Gateway, VS Code Remote, and Kubernetes-backed workspaces. Its adoption path has been strongest among platform teams that want centrally managed, self-hosted development environments rather than a purely hosted SaaS.

### How it is used

Users install the coder binary, start a server with coder server, log in with coder login, and connect to workspaces through IDEs, terminals, SSH, or web interfaces. Administrators define reusable workspace templates with Terraform, then manage users, images, policies, and infrastructure centrally.

### Why package nerds care

For package-manager users, Coder is significant because a single CLI bootstraps a full remote-development control plane. Homebrew, Nix, Scoop, and winget packaging make the same binary reachable across developer laptops, CI machines, and self-hosted servers.

### Timeline

- 2017: Coder Technologies founding date listed in official site metadata.
- 2022: Public v0.1.0 tag appears in the coder/coder repository lineage.
- 2023: v2.0.0 tag appears in the coder/coder repository lineage.
- 2026: Homebrew formula distributes Coder 2.33.11 while Coder docs show the v2 documentation line.

### Related projects

- Related projects include code-server, coder/registry modules and templates, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Dev Containers, VS Code Remote, JetBrains Gateway, Mutagen, and web IDE tools such as Jupyter.

### Sources

- <https://coder.com/docs.md>
- <https://coder.com/docs/install.md>
- <https://github.com/coder/coder>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/coder.json>


## Security Notes

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - coder: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/coder/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/coder: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/coder.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Coder.Coder: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Coder.Coder from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- 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