# Install diesel with Homebrew

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

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:diesel
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install diesel
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:diesel
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.3.11
- **Source summary:** Command-line tool for Rust ORM Diesel
- **Homepage:** <https://diesel.rs>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-10T07:04:39Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- diesel (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.3.11
## 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.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/diesel-rs/diesel>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/diesel-rs/diesel/master/README.md>
- <https://diesel.rs/guides/getting-started>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/diesel-rs/diesel/releases>


## 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: diesel.toml, .env

## Credential files

- Unix: .env

## Combined YAML source

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