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Install flarectl with Homebrew, apk, Nix

CLI application for interacting with a Cloudflare account. Version 0.117.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#flarectl.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install flarectl

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add flarectl

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · flarectl · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#flarectl

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

overview

Package summary

CLI application for interacting with a Cloudflare account

Commands and aliases

  • flarectl

history

Project history and usage

flarectl is Cloudflare's command-line tool for interacting with a Cloudflare account. It lives under the cloudflare-go repository and the README describes it as powered by the cloudflare-go library.

Project history

The official v0 branch git history shows the CLI being renamed from goflare to flarectl on 2015-12-06, followed by README and usage updates. The tool grew as a small CLI companion to the Go API client rather than as a separate platform.

Adoption history

The README's installation path uses Go's module-aware install command from the cloudflare-go repository. Homebrew packages flarectl separately, which is typical for small command trees that live inside a larger library repository.

How it is used

flarectl authenticates with Cloudflare through environment variables for either an API token or an API key plus email. Its documented commands cover account and zone information, DNS records, firewall rules, page rules, user-agent blocking, Cloudflare IP ranges, Railgun information, and origin CA root certificates.

Why package nerds care

flarectl is notable as a packaged subdirectory CLI: the source of truth is a command inside a Go client library repository, but package managers expose it as its own executable for DNS and account automation workflows.

Timeline

  • 2015: goflare is renamed to flarectl in the v0 branch history.
  • 2016: DNS, IP range, page-rule, and zone-related command work appears in the v0 branch history.
  • 2017: The README usage output identifies a 2017.10.0 CLI version.

Related projects

  • flarectl is directly related to cloudflare-go, the Go Cloudflare API library that powers the CLI.

security posture

Risk level: orange

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

  • infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signals

  • text:cloud

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
flarectlexecutableindexed 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 version0.117.0
manager updated2026-07-25
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:flarectl
Version0.117.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/tree/v0/cmd/flarectl
Repositoryhttps://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go
Last updated2026-07-25T20:54:34-04:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

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Nix95%

flarectl

nix profile install nixpkgs#flarectl
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Flarectl
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fl/flarectl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

flarectl 0.116.0-r7

CLI application for interacting with a Cloudflare account

https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/tree/master/cmd/flarectl

sudo apk add flarectl
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: flarectl
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Flarectl
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: flarectl from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

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