macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install eask-clilocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install eask-cliMacPorts ports tree · devel/eask-cli/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 5022
Install eask-cli with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget, dnf
CLI for building, running, testing, and managing your Emacs Lisp dependencies. Version 0.12.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#eask-cli.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#eask-clinixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ea/eask-cli/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install easkFedora Rawhide package metadata · eask · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install extras/eask-cliScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/eask-cli.json · source: api.github.com
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id eask.cli -eWindows Package Manager source index · eask.cli · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
CLI for building, running, testing, and managing your Emacs Lisp dependencies
Project links
Commands and aliases
- eask
history
Project history and usage
Eask is a CLI and project file format for Emacs Lisp package development, dependency management, testing, and script execution. It is distributed as the `eask` executable and uses an `Eask` file as the project configuration surface.
Project history
The official GitHub repository was created in March 2022. The README says Eask was originally designed as a package development tool for Elisp projects, then expanded to support dependency management in Emacs configurations and running Elisp programs as a lightweight runtime.
Eask positions itself as a successor or alternative to earlier Emacs Lisp build tools such as Cask, makem.sh, and Eldev. Its documentation emphasizes a consistent sandboxing environment, built-in Emacs commands, testing/linting helpers, and a dependency-light executable.
Adoption history
Eask's adoption is concentrated in the Emacs Lisp package-maintainer community. The npm registry records the scoped package `@emacs-eask/cli`, while Homebrew packages the same npm artifact as `eask-cli`; the input also records additional package-manager availability across MacPorts, Nix, Scoop, winget, and Fedora.
The official docs homepage describes Eask as supporting 80-plus commands, which explains its appeal for maintainers who want one repeatable CLI for package checks, dependency installation, byte compilation, linters, and test runners.
How it is used
Typical usage is to place an `Eask` file in an Emacs Lisp project, then run `eask` commands for dependency installation, package building, byte compilation, linting, and tests. The README notes that the Eask file itself is treated as Emacs Lisp, which keeps the configuration familiar to Emacs package authors.
Eask can also be used outside package publishing: users can manage dependencies for an Emacs configuration or run Elisp programs through the CLI.
Why package nerds care
Eask is package-nerd-interesting because it brings modern CLI packaging expectations to a historically editor-native ecosystem. It wraps Emacs Lisp package development in a global executable, documented commands, CI-friendly behavior, and package-manager distribution.
It is also a small example of cross-ecosystem packaging: an Emacs-focused tool distributed via npm, then repackaged by Homebrew and other OS package managers.
Timeline
- 2022-03: The official GitHub repository was created.
- 2022-09: npm registry records creation of `@emacs-eask/cli`.
- 2024-06: GitHub releases show the 0.10.0 line.
- 2025-12: GitHub releases show the 0.12.0 line.
- 2026-06: GitHub releases show 0.12.10 while Homebrew packages 0.12.9.
Related projects
- Cask is the older Emacs Lisp project tool Eask explicitly compares itself with.
- makem.sh and Eldev are related Emacs Lisp build/test tools named by the README.
- GNU Emacs is the runtime and package ecosystem Eask targets.
Sources
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
Eask
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
eask | 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 version0.12.9
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:eask-cli |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.12.9 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://emacs-eask.github.io/ |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
eask-cli
nix profile install nixpkgs#eask-cli- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Eask Cli
MacPorts95%
eask-cli
sudo port install eask-cli- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Eask Cli
Scoop95%
extras/eask-cli
scoop install extras/eask-cli- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Eask Cli
winget95%
eask.cli
winget install --id eask.cli -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Eask Cli
dnf92%
eask 0.12.9-2.fc45
Emacs Lisp dependency manager
https://github.com/emacs-eask/cli
sudo dnf install eask- License: BlueOak-1.0.0 AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND ISC AND MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: eask
- 2 dependencies
- 3 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Eask
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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation