macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install fwlocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install fw with Homebrew, Nix
Workspace productivity booster. Version 2.21.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#fw.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#fwnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fw/fw/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Workspace productivity booster
Project links
Commands and aliases
- fw
history
Project history and usage
fw is a Rust command-line workspace manager for cloning projects, switching among them, and running setup commands across a developer workspace. Its upstream README frames it as a personal productivity tool with explicit workflow assumptions rather than a general-purpose project manager.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in March 2017. Early releases reached 1.x during 2017, and later releases moved into the 2.x series, with releases continuing through at least 2025.
The README presents fw as a tool for describing a workspace, cloning git projects, running setup commands, generating editor/projectile configuration, and reducing project-switching overhead.
Adoption history
fw has a small but real package-manager footprint: the upstream README advertises a crates.io package badge, while the input package metadata records availability in Homebrew and Nix. Its adoption is best understood as a niche command-line workflow tool rather than a broad ecosystem standard.
How it is used
Users maintain a configuration directory under the platform config directory, or override it with `FW_CONFIG_DIR`. The tool assumes git repositories, ssh-based cloning, and ssh-agent authentication by default.
Typical usage is to define projects once, let fw clone or locate them, and use shell integration to jump into a project with setup actions such as running build commands or activating language environments.
Why package nerds care
fw is interesting to package nerds because it sits between dotfiles, shell navigation, Git workspace bootstrapping, and editor integration. It is a small example of a personal workflow script becoming a packaged CLI with cross-platform config-directory behavior.
Its README is unusually explicit about what the tool is not: it encodes the author's workflow and lists assumptions such as git-only repositories and ssh-agent authentication.
Timeline
- 2017: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2017: 1.x releases published.
- 2023: 2.18.0 and 2.19.x releases published.
- 2025: 2.20.0 and 2.21.0 releases published.
Related projects
- fw overlaps with shell `CDPATH`, project switcher scripts, editor project indexes such as Projectile, and language environment managers such as nvm or virtualenv when used as setup hooks.
- It depends culturally on Git and ssh-agent based developer workflows.
Sources
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.
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.
- Linux
~/.config/fw- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/fw- Windows
{FOLDERID_RoamingAppData}\fw
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
fw | 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 version2.21.0
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:fw |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.21.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/brocode/fw |
| Repository | https://github.com/brocode/fw |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22T14:03:23-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
fw
nix profile install nixpkgs#fw- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Fw
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
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation