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Install gitlab-release-cli with Homebrew, apk, Nix, scoop, pacman

Toolset to create, retrieve and update releases on GitLab. Version 0.24.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#gitlab-release-cli.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gitlab-release-cli

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add gitlab-release-cli

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · gitlab-release-cli · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gitlab-release-cli

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/gitlab-release-cli/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S release-cli

Arch Linux sync databases · release-cli · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/gitlab-release-cli

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/gitlab-release-cli.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Toolset to create, retrieve and update releases on GitLab

Commands and aliases

  • release-cli

history

Project history and usage

GitLab Release CLI is a small Go command-line tool created by GitLab to bridge GitLab CI/CD jobs and the GitLab Releases API. Its role is narrower than a general release manager: it turns release metadata from CI jobs or command-line flags into GitLab Release objects.

Project history

The project was introduced with GitLab 12.10 and published as a separate GitLab-hosted repository in 2020. The repository documentation describes it as a decoupled utility that can be invoked by GitLab Runner, third-party CI systems, or directly from a shell.

GitLab's documentation later moved release automation toward the broader glab CLI. The Release CLI page marks the feature as deprecated in GitLab 18.0 and describes a migration path from release-cli to glab for CI/CD jobs using the release keyword.

Adoption history

Release CLI's adoption followed GitLab CI/CD rather than a broad stand-alone CLI community. It mattered most to teams that wanted release objects, changelog text, tag metadata, and asset links produced as part of a GitLab pipeline.

How it is used

Practitioners use release-cli inside jobs defined in .gitlab-ci.yml, often on tag pipelines, where CI-provided values such as CI_JOB_TOKEN and CI_PROJECT_ID authenticate the Releases API call. The tool can also create, read, and update releases from a terminal when supplied with an access token and project information.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, release-cli is an example of a vendor-specific CI helper that escaped the container image boundary and became a packaged binary in systems such as Homebrew. Its maintenance-mode status also shows the lifecycle risk of packaging a narrow integration tool after the vendor folds the workflow into a larger CLI.

Timeline

  • 2020: Introduced with GitLab 12.10 and released as v0.1.0.
  • 2025: v0.24.0 appeared in the project release stream.
  • GitLab 18.0: GitLab documentation marked release-cli as deprecated in favor of glab.

Related projects

  • GitLab Runner passes CI job context to release-cli when release jobs are executed.
  • glab is the GitLab CLI named by GitLab documentation as the migration target for release workflows.

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.

Unix
.gitlab-ci.yml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
release-cliexecutableindexed 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 version0.24.0
manager updated2026-07-27
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gitlab-release-cli
Version0.24.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli
Last updated2026-07-27T16:47:23+02:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone 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%

gitlab-release-cli

nix profile install nixpkgs#gitlab-release-cli
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gitlab Release Cli
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gitlab-release-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

gitlab-release-cli 0.24.0-r11

GitLab Release command-line tool

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli

sudo apk add gitlab-release-cli
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gitlab-release-cli
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gitlab Release Cli
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gitlab-release-cli from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gitlab-release-cli-doc 0.24.0-r11

GitLab Release command-line tool (documentation)

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli

sudo apk add gitlab-release-cli-doc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gitlab-release-cli
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gitlab Release Cli
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gitlab-release-cli-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
Scoop95%

main/gitlab-release-cli

scoop install main/gitlab-release-cli
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gitlab Release Cli
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gitlab-release-cli.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
pacman92%

release-cli 0.24.0-1

Gitlab Release CLI

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli

sudo pacman -S release-cli
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Release Cli
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: release-cli from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

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