Credential access
Reads Fly tokens, app config, secrets, and environment variables.
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Install flyctl with Homebrew
Command-line tools for fly.io services. Version 0.4.77 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-30.
agent safety
Agent safety answer
flyctl deploys and manages Fly.io applications and infrastructure.
Remote mutation
Can deploy, scale, destroy, and change remote app state.
Publish/artifact risk
Publishes application images and release configuration.
Recommended control
Gate deploy, secrets, scale, destroy, and token commands.
Agent-use guidance
Allow status and config reads; require approval for deploys, secret changes, and destructive operations.
install
Additional install commands
macOS
Homebrewverified ยท 100%
brew install flyctlprovider-native install command
overview
Package summary
Command-line tools for fly.io services
Project links
Commands and aliases
- fly
- flyctl
history
Project history and usage
flyctl is the official Fly.io command-line interface, installed locally and invoked as fly to create, deploy, and manage applications on Fly.io.
Project history
Fly.io documentation presents flyctl as one of the primary ways to interact with the Fly.io platform. The CLI covers account login, app launch and deployment, Machines, volumes, networking, certificates, logs, secrets, organizations, SSH, WireGuard, and related platform operations.
The public superfly/flyctl repository is the source-control home for the CLI and has been released as a versioned Go command-line tool since early public releases in 2019.
Adoption history
flyctl adoption follows Fly.io's platform adoption: it is the documented entry point for launching apps, deploying services, managing infrastructure primitives, and automating CI workflows. Official install docs include Homebrew on macOS, shell install scripts on Unix-like systems, and a PowerShell installer on Windows.
How it is used
Users run fly auth login or signup, fly launch, fly deploy, fly logs, fly status, fly secrets, fly machine, fly volumes, fly certs, and related commands to manage apps and infrastructure from local terminals or CI jobs.
Why package nerds care
flyctl is package-nerd significant as a fast-moving cloud CLI: package managers need to track frequent upstream releases, expose both fly and flyctl entry points, and preserve a simple install path for users who bootstrap deployments from a fresh workstation or CI image.
It is also a good example of modern PaaS packaging, where the CLI is not just a helper but the main control plane surface for app creation, deployment, credentials, and operational introspection.
Timeline
- 2019: flyctl v0.0.1 was published.
- 2020: flyctl continued through frequent v0.0.x releases as Fly.io's CLI matured.
- 2022: Fly Machines and related infrastructure commands became part of the CLI surface.
- 2026: Fly.io documentation lists flyctl as the primary local CLI for apps, Machines, volumes, networking, and more.
Related projects
- Fly.io Machines, Fly Launch, Fly Deploy, LiteFS Cloud, Managed Postgres, WireGuard networking, and Tigris storage are platform areas exposed through flyctl commands.
- The Fly.io docs site and the superfly/flyctl GitHub repository are the main related official project surfaces.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for flyctl. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
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
~/.fly/config.yml
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/.fly/config.yml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
fly | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
flyctl | 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 version0.4.77
manager updated2026-07-30
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:flyctl |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.77 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://fly.io |
| Repository | https://github.com/superfly/flyctl |
| Last updated | 2026-07-30T20:58:11Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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
- Nucleus package database
- curated agent safety answer
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation