# Install dbxcli with Homebrew, scoop, winget

Command-line tool for Dropbox users and team admins. Version 3.7.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-28. Also installable with scoop: scoop install extras/dbxcli.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:dbxcli
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dbxcli
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/dbxcli
```

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

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Dropbox.dbxcli -e
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:dbxcli
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.7.0
- **Source summary:** Command-line tool for Dropbox users and team admins
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/dropbox/dbxcli>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/dropbox/dbxcli>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-28T14:10:37+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- dbxcli (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.7.0
## Project history and usage

dbxcli is Dropbox's command-line client for Dropbox file operations, shared links, team workflows, and automation-oriented JSON output.

### Project history

The official changelog shows dbxcli as an established Dropbox GitHub project by the 2.x series in 2017, with a 3.0.0 release in January 2019 tied to Dropbox SDK changes. In 2026, Dropbox engineers refreshed the tool with modern Go dependencies, structured JSON output, release automation, and broader file-sharing workflows.

### Adoption history

The README describes dbxcli as maintained in the Dropbox GitHub organization by Dropbox engineers, while also clarifying that it is not a formally supported Dropbox product. Distribution through Homebrew and release archives makes it a practical install for terminal users and automation jobs.

### How it is used

Typical use starts with dbxcli login, then ls, put, get, share-link, search, and team commands. The modern README emphasizes scripts, CI jobs, agent-style workflows, direct token automation, alternate auth files, and JSON help or output for stable machine parsing.

### Why package nerds care

For package nerds, dbxcli is a useful example of an official-vendor CLI that still lives like an open-source command-line package: it can be installed with Homebrew, built with go install, scripted with JSON, and tracked through GitHub releases.

### Timeline

- 2017: 2.x changelog entries show active dbxcli releases and multi-OS binary work.
- 2019: v3.0.0 updates dependencies and the underlying Dropbox SDK.
- 2026: v3.1.0 modernizes Go dependencies after a long gap.
- 2026: v3.5.x adds structured JSON output, command docs, release packaging, and automation features.

### Related projects

- dbxcli is related to the Dropbox HTTP API documentation, the Go Dropbox SDK, Homebrew packaging, Scoop packaging, and Dropbox's generated command-reference documentation.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/dropbox/dbxcli>
- <https://github.com/dropbox/dbxcli/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md>
- <https://github.com/dropbox/dbxcli#readme>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for dbxcli. 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.


## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.config/dbxcli/auth.json
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Scoop - extras/dbxcli: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/dbxcli.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Dropbox.dbxcli: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Dropbox.dbxcli from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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