# 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

```sh
sudo av install brew:easyengine
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install easyengine
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ee
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: editors/ee/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ee
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ee/ee/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:easyengine
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.12.0
- **Source summary:** Command-line control panel to manage WordPress sites
- **Homepage:** <https://easyengine.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/EasyEngine/easyengine>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-08T12:05:52Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ee (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.12.0
## 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.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/EasyEngine/easyengine>
- <https://github.com/EasyEngine/easyengine/releases/tag/v4.11.0>
- <https://easyengine.io/docs/>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - ee: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: editors/ee/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Nix - ee: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ee/ee/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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