# Install foxglove-cli with Homebrew, Nix

Foxglove command-line tool. Version 1.0.33 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-01. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#foxglove-cli.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:foxglove-cli
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install foxglove-cli
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#foxglove-cli
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:foxglove-cli
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.0.33
- **Source summary:** Foxglove command-line tool
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/foxglove/foxglove-cli>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/foxglove/foxglove-cli>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T02:44:43Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- foxglove (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.0.33
## Project history and usage

Foxglove CLI is the command-line companion for the Foxglove robotics data platform. Official docs describe it as a tool for importing, exporting, and interacting with Foxglove data from a terminal.

### Project history

The official GitHub repository was created in November 2021 and describes the project as the Foxglove command-line tool. The README centers on account authentication, API keys, devices, projects, imports, exports, events, extensions, and shell completion.

Foxglove's documentation positions the CLI inside a broader platform for recording, uploading, organizing, and visualizing multimodal log data such as time series, text logs, video, 3D data, maps, MCAP, ROS bags, and ULog.

### Adoption history

The official CLI docs explicitly list Homebrew as the macOS installation path, alongside direct release binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows. That makes the Homebrew formula part of the supported distribution story rather than a third-party afterthought.

### How it is used

Users authenticate with foxglove auth login or configure an API key, then manage devices and projects, import recordings, export data as JSON, MCAP, or ROS 1 bag, create events, and publish organization extensions.

The CLI supports shell autocompletion for bash, zsh, fish, and PowerShell, matching its role as an operational tool for robotics data pipelines.

### Why package nerds care

Foxglove CLI is package-nerd relevant because it bridges cloud/SaaS robotics data workflows with native package-manager installation. It packages an API client, data uploader/exporter, extension publisher, and completion generator as a single terminal binary.

Its examples expose the package ecosystem around robotics logs: ROS bags, MCAP, Foxglove extensions, API keys, devices, recordings, and topic-filtered exports.

### Timeline

- 2021: Official GitHub repository was created.
- 2021-2022: README examples show early device, import, and export workflows using dated sample data.
- 2026: Official repository metadata showed continued pushes.

### Related projects

- Foxglove's desktop and web platform, Foxglove Agent, Foxglove extensions, MCAP, and ROS bag tooling are adjacent parts of the workflow described in official docs.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/foxglove/foxglove-cli>
- <https://docs.foxglove.dev/docs>
- <https://docs.foxglove.dev/docs/cli>
- <https://github.com/foxglove/foxglove-cli>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/foxglove/foxglove-cli/main/README.md>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - foxglove-cli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fo/foxglove-cli/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/foxglove-cli.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/foxglove-cli.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