# Install convox with Homebrew

Command-line interface for the Convox PaaS. Version 3.25.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-28.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:convox
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install convox
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:convox
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.25.3
- **Source summary:** Command-line interface for the Convox PaaS
- **Homepage:** <https://convox.com/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/convox/convox>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-28T01:21:24Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- convox (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.25.3
## Project history and usage

Convox is an open-source Kubernetes-based Platform as a Service with a CLI for installing racks, managing apps, deploying code, and operating cloud infrastructure across supported providers.

### Project history

The current open-source repository was created in August 2019 and describes Convox as a multicloud PaaS. Official docs frame the product around installing a Rack on your own infrastructure and deploying applications through the `convox` command.

### Adoption history

Convox packaging matters because the CLI is the local control surface for a larger cloud platform. Official installation docs publish downloadable binaries for Linux and macOS, while the Homebrew formula gives macOS and Linux users a package-manager path to the same command.

### How it is used

A typical workflow is to create a Convox account, install or connect to a Rack on AWS, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, or Microsoft Azure, log in with the CLI, keep application topology in `convox.yml`, and run commands such as `convox apps`, `convox deploy`, and rack-management commands.

### Why package nerds care

Convox is a larger-than-usual CLI package: the executable fronts a PaaS control plane, Terraform/Kubernetes-backed racks, releases, secrets, load balancers, resources, scheduled jobs, and rollbacks. The package boundary is small, but the operational surface behind it is broad.

### Timeline

- 2019-08-16: Current official GitHub repository created.
- 2026-06-03: 3.24.9 release published.
- 2026: Official docs list AWS, DigitalOcean, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure as supported clouds.

### Related projects

- Convox is closely tied to Kubernetes, Terraform-backed rack installation, cloud-provider integrations, and the example applications hosted under the official Convox examples organization.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/convox/convox>
- <https://docs.convox.com/getting-started/introduction>
- <https://docs.convox.com/reference/cli>
- <https://github.com/convox/convox/releases/tag/3.24.9>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/convox>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for convox. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## 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

- Unix: convox.yml

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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