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Install emp with Homebrew

CLI for Empire. Version 0.13.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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macOS

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brew install emp

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overview

Package summary

CLI for Empire

Commands and aliases

  • emp

history

Project history and usage

`emp` is the command-line client for Empire, Remind's Heroku-like platform layer for deploying Docker applications onto Amazon ECS.

Project history

Empire was created as a control layer on top of Amazon EC2 Container Service, exposing a subset of the Heroku Platform API so teams could keep Heroku-style workflows while running containerized services on AWS infrastructure.

Adoption history

The README says Empire targeted small to medium startups running many microservices and needing more flexibility than Heroku. Its community surface included Read the Docs documentation, a Google group, and Slack, but the project remains tied closely to the Remind engineering context.

How it is used

The `emp` CLI is documented as a fork of Heroku's `hk` command with Empire-specific features. A typical package-manager user installed `emp` to deploy tagged Docker images, scale Procfile process types, manage domains, and interact with an Empire API server from a terminal.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, `emp` captures a particular mid-2010s deployment moment: Heroku workflows, Docker images, ECS services, internal ELBs, and Route53 service discovery wrapped in a small CLI install.

Related projects

  • Empire explicitly relates to Amazon ECS, Docker, the Heroku Platform API, Heroku's `hk` CLI, and Remind's earlier `tugboat` work.

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
empexecutableindexed 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 version0.13.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:emp
Version0.13.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/remind101/empire
Repositoryhttps://github.com/remind101/empire
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

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Used sources

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