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Install diesel with Homebrew

Command-line tool for Rust ORM Diesel. Version 2.3.11 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-10.

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macOS

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brew install diesel

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overview

Package summary

Command-line tool for Rust ORM Diesel

Commands and aliases

  • diesel

history

Project history and usage

Diesel is a Rust ORM, query builder, and migration toolchain with a Homebrew-packaged CLI. Its public identity is type-safe database interaction for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite.

Project history

The Diesel repository was created in 2015 and describes the project as a safe, extensible ORM and query builder for Rust. Its README emphasizes reducing database boilerplate while using Rust's type system to catch query errors at compile time.

The official guide places the CLI in the normal project workflow: set DATABASE_URL in .env, run diesel setup, generate migrations, and let diesel.toml guide generated schema output.

Adoption history

Diesel grew with the Rust ecosystem as one of the main answers for developers who wanted SQL databases without giving up Rust's compile-time checks. The project publishes crates, API docs, guides, and frequent GitHub releases, which makes it natural for both Cargo and system package managers.

How it is used

Developers use the diesel CLI to set up projects, manage migrations, and generate schema files, while application code uses Diesel's derive macros and query builder. The common local convention is a project diesel.toml plus a .env file containing DATABASE_URL.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, Diesel is notable because the Homebrew formula exposes only the CLI, but that binary is the operational face of a larger Rust crate ecosystem and database-migration workflow.

Timeline

  • 2015: The diesel-rs/diesel GitHub repository is created.
  • 2025: Diesel 2.3.x releases continue active maintenance.
  • 2026: Diesel 2.3.10 is published on GitHub releases.

Related projects

  • The diesel crate, diesel_cli, docs.rs API docs, and PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite backends are the main adjacent pieces.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

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
diesel.toml.env

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
.env

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
dieselexecutableindexed executableDiscovered 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 version2.3.11
manager updated2026-07-10
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:diesel
Version2.3.11
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://diesel.rs
Repositoryhttps://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel
Last updated2026-07-10T07:04:39Z
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

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This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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