install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install commandbox

provider-native install command

overview

Package summary

CFML embedded server, package manager, and app scaffolding tools

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

box

history

Project history and usage

CommandBox is Ortus Solutions' CFML-oriented command-line environment: a CLI, package manager, REPL, embedded server, scaffolding tool, and automation surface for ColdFusion and Box-family projects.

Project history

The official manual describes CommandBox as a standalone native tool for Windows, macOS, and Linux, written in CFML and integrated with the Ortus Box ecosystem while remaining extensible for general CFML projects. Ortus also identifies it as open source under Apache 2.0.

Adoption history

CommandBox grew as infrastructure around modern CFML development: it integrates with ForgeBox for community package distribution, supports embedded CFML servers, and provides OS-specific installers and packages. The supplied package-manager metadata lists Homebrew, Scoop, and winget, showing that the tool is distributed through both Unix-like and Windows package-manager channels.

How it is used

Developers use the `box` executable to run shell commands, manage `box.json` packages, initialize and publish ForgeBox packages, start embedded CFML servers, scaffold applications, and automate workflows from native shells.

Why package nerds care

CommandBox is significant because it brings npm-style package metadata and CLI workflows to the CFML ecosystem. Its `box.json` descriptor, ForgeBox publishing flow, Git/HTTP/SVN endpoint support, and cross-platform binary distribution make it a package manager as much as a developer shell.

Timeline

2010s: CommandBox emerged under Ortus Solutions as Project Gideon for CFML CLI, package, REPL, and embedded-server workflows.
2017: Ortus site metadata shows the CommandBox product page in the modern products navigation.
2020s: CommandBox documentation covers Homebrew, Windows installers, Linux packages, ForgeBox publishing, embedded servers, and task runners.
2026: Official manual identifies current documentation as CommandBox 6.3.x.

Related projects

CommandBox is tied to ForgeBox, ColdBox, ContentBox, TestBox, Lucee, Adobe ColdFusion, and the wider Ortus Solutions Box ecosystem.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signals

text:package manager

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.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.CommandBox/CommandBox.json

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.CommandBox/CommandBox.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`box`	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 version6.3.3

manager updated2026-05-15

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:commandbox
Version	6.3.3
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://www.ortussolutions.com/products/commandbox
Last updated	2026-05-15T23:57:27Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/commandbox.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
pkgdb category and tag curation

Install commandbox with Homebrew