# Install cot with Homebrew, Nix

Rust web framework for lazy developers. Version 0.7.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-13. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cot.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:cot
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cot
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#cot
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: cot from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:cot
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.7.0
- **Source summary:** Rust web framework for lazy developers
- **Homepage:** <https://cot.rs>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/cot-rs/cot>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-13T21:13:33Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cot (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.7.0
## Project history and usage

Cot is a Rust web framework and CLI that explicitly aims for a Django-like, batteries-included developer experience. Its package-manager relevance is that it ships not just a library but a project generator and service-running workflow through `cot`/cot-cli.

### Project history

The cot-rs/cot repository was created in June 2024. The README describes Cot as a modern, fast Rust web framework built on axum and familiar to Django users, with integrated ORM, admin panel, templates, security defaults, and documentation.

### Adoption history

Cot is newer and smaller than established Rust web frameworks, but its crates.io badge, GitHub releases, Homebrew formula, and Nix package entry show early packaging beyond direct `cargo install`. Its adoption story is therefore early-stage package availability rather than broad ecosystem standardization.

### How it is used

The guide shows the CLI creating projects and running services, with `-c` or `--config` selecting configuration and `config/dev.toml` as the default development config. That makes the Homebrew package useful for developers who want the generator and runtime command available outside a single Cargo workspace.

### Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, Cot is a Rust CLI plus framework stack with code generation and config-file conventions. It is the kind of package where keeping the CLI version aligned with the framework crates matters more than merely installing a standalone binary.

### Timeline

- 2024: cot-rs/cot repository created.
- 2025: First GitHub releases published.
- 2026: Project continued publishing releases and package-manager entries.

### Related projects

- Rust, axum, Django, crates.io, cot-cli.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/cot-rs/cot>
- <https://cot.rs/guide/latest/>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/cot-rs/cot>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/cot-rs/cot/releases?per_page=100>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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: config/dev.toml, config/prod.toml.example

## Credential files

- Unix: config/dev.toml, config/prod.toml.example
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cot: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: cot from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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