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Install easyengine with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

Command-line control panel to manage WordPress sites. Version 4.12.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-08. Also installable with macports: sudo port install ee.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install easyengine

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install ee

MacPorts ports tree · editors/ee/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#ee

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ee/ee/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Command-line control panel to manage WordPress sites

Commands and aliases

  • ee

history

Project history and usage

EasyEngine is a command-line control panel for managing WordPress and other sites on an Nginx-based stack. Its package-nerd appeal is that it turns a server recipe involving Nginx, PHP, MySQL, Docker, certificates, and WordPress commands into a single `ee` CLI.

Project history

The EasyEngine repository was created in August 2012. The current project README identifies the repository as EasyEngine v4 and says the tool manages Nginx while using Docker, Docker Compose, PHP CLI, and bundled command packages.

The README also says EasyEngine is built on the WP-CLI framework and splits top-level commands such as site, shell, cron, service, and WordPress site types into related command repositories. That modular layout is a major part of the v4-era architecture.

Adoption history

EasyEngine became recognizable in WordPress hosting circles because it wrapped common Nginx/WordPress operations in commands such as `ee site create example.com --type=wp`. The input metadata records packaging across Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix, showing that users install it as a normal system CLI as well as through the upstream installer.

How it is used

The README's first examples create WordPress sites, cached WordPress sites, multisite installs, plain HTML sites, and interactive shells. The documented command set is explicitly server-management oriented and expects root privileges.

Why package nerds care

EasyEngine is interesting to package maintainers because it is not just one binary: the `ee` command coordinates Dockerized services, PHP PHAR delivery, shell completions, and a family of command packages. Packaging it cleanly means tracking both the CLI release and its operational assumptions about Docker and root access.

Timeline

  • 2012: Public EasyEngine repository created.
  • 2018: EasyEngine v4 line established around Dockerized site management.
  • 2026: v4.11.0 release published with continued site-command, Docker image, installer, and dependency updates.

Related projects

  • WP-CLI is the base framework named by the README. Related EasyEngine repositories include site-command, site-type-wp, cron-command, shell-command, service-command, admin-tools-command, auth-command, and dockerfiles.

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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
eeexecutableindexed 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 version4.12.0
manager updated2026-07-08
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:easyengine
Version4.12.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://easyengine.io/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/EasyEngine/easyengine
Last updated2026-07-08T12:05:52Z
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone 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.

MacPorts94%

ee

sudo port install ee
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Ee
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: editors/ee/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Nix92%

ee

nix profile install nixpkgs#ee
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Ee
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ee/ee/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
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  • pkgdb category and tag curation