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macOS

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brew install cycode

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overview

Package summary

Boost security in your dev lifecycle via SAST, SCA, Secrets & IaC scanning

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

cycode

history

Project history and usage

Cycode CLI is a local and CI-oriented security scanner for Cycode users, covering secrets, infrastructure-as-code misconfigurations, SCA vulnerabilities, and SAST findings.

Project history

The cycode-cli repository was created in July 2022 and published early releases later that year. Its README has grown from a scanner guide into a broader command-line manual covering authentication, configuration, pre-commit and pre-push hooks, repository and path scans, SBOM reports, and an experimental MCP server.

Adoption history

Official installation paths include PyPI, Homebrew, and GitHub Releases, which lets teams choose between Python packaging, macOS package management, and standalone executables. The README also documents pre-commit integration, making the CLI part of developer workflow rather than only a central CI scanner.

How it is used

Users authenticate with cycode auth, cycode configure, or environment variables, then run scans over repositories, paths, commit history, pre-commit, or pre-push contexts. The CLI stores global credentials and URLs under the user's .cycode directory and local ignore rules in .cycode/config.yaml where scans are run.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, Cycode CLI is a security SaaS client with real local state: packaging needs to expose the cycode executable cleanly while leaving credentials, service URLs, and ignore-rule config in user- or project-owned YAML files.

Timeline

2022: Repository created and early 0.1.x releases published.
2023: 0.2.x releases continued the CLI line.
2026: 3.x releases remained active with scanner and workflow features documented in the README.

Related projects

The CLI integrates with pre-commit and with Cycode's hosted service through client credentials, OIDC tokens, and Cycode API and app URLs.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

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

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: ~/.cycode/config.yaml./.cycode/config.yaml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.cycode/credentials.yaml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`cycode`	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 version3.18.0

manager updated2026-07-24

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:cycode
Version	3.18.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/cycodehq/cycode-cli
Repository	https://github.com/cycodehq/cycode-cli
Last updated	2026-07-24T12:07:28Z
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/cycode.yml

Used sources

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

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