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Install mbt with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix

Multi-Target Application (MTA) build tool for Cloud Applications. Version 1.2.49 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libmbt-dev.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mbt

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add mbt

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

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install mbt

Debian stable package indexes · mbt · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mbt

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

overview

Package summary

Multi-Target Application (MTA) build tool for Cloud Applications

Commands and aliases

  • mbt

history

Project history and usage

The Cloud MTA Build Tool, installed as mbt, is SAP's command-line builder for Multi-Target Application archives. It turns an MTA development descriptor, usually mta.yaml, and module artifacts into deployment-ready .mtar archives for SAP Cloud Foundry style workflows.

Project history

SAP's README describes mbt as a standalone command-line tool for building multitarget application archives and running intermediate build steps such as descriptor validation, module builds, and deployment descriptor generation. The public GitHub release stream starts with v0.0.1 in January 2019, matching its role as a purpose-built replacement for older MTA build flows.

The tool sits at the boundary between application build systems and SAP cloud deployment packaging. Its input format, mta.yaml, comes from the SAP Multi-Target Application model, so the CLI is tightly connected to SAP's documentation and developer tooling rather than being a generic archive builder.

Adoption history

Upstream documents several distribution paths: npm global installation, GitHub release downloads, and Docker images with preconfigured runtimes. The input metadata adds Homebrew, Alpine, Debian/Ubuntu, and Nix package names, showing that the CLI escaped SAP-specific install instructions and became a package-manager artifact for local developer machines and CI images.

How it is used

mbt is used in SAP cloud application projects to validate mta.yaml, build modules, generate mtad.yaml, and produce .mtar archives. In package-manager culture it is mostly installed for CI pipelines and developer workstations that need to reproduce SAP Business Application Studio or Cloud Foundry deployment builds locally.

Why package nerds care

mbt is interesting to package nerds because it is a vendor-specific cloud build CLI distributed like a normal Unix tool. It also has a mixed packaging story: a Go executable, npm installation path, Docker images, GitHub releases, and native package-manager entries all coexist around the same command.

Timeline

  • 2019: The first public GitHub releases for cloud-mta-build-tool were published.
  • 2020: SAP's README copyright period identifies SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company as the steward of the tool.
  • 2021: SAP published Multi-Target Application Model v3 documentation used by mbt projects.
  • 2026: Homebrew packages the mbt executable for local SAP cloud build workflows.

Related projects

  • Related SAP tools and formats include the Multi-Target Application model, mta.yaml, mtad.yaml, SAP Cloud Foundry deployment tooling, and SAP Business Application Studio.

security posture

Risk level: orange

generalized runtime or code generation signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

  • generalized runtime or code generation signal
  • infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signals

  • text:build tool
  • 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.

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
mta.yaml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
mbtexecutableindexed 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 version1.2.49
manager updated2026-07-29
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:mbt
Version1.2.49
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://sap.github.io/cloud-mta-build-tool
Repositoryhttps://github.com/SAP/cloud-mta-build-tool
Last updated2026-07-29T17:04:51+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.

Debian apt95%

libmbt-dev 3.11-2

memory-based tagger-generator and tagger - development

http://languagemachines.github.io/mbt/

sudo apt install libmbt-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mbt
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mbt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libmbt-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libmbt2 3.11-2

memory-based tagger-generator and tagger - runtime

http://languagemachines.github.io/mbt/

sudo apt install libmbt2
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mbt
  • 7 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mbt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libmbt2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

mbt 3.11-2

memory-based tagger-generator and tagger

http://languagemachines.github.io/mbt/

sudo apt install mbt
  • Section: science
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 7 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mbt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: mbt from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

mbt

nix profile install nixpkgs#mbt
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mbt
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mb/mbt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

libmbt-dev 3.6-3.1build2

memory-based tagger-generator and tagger - development

http://languagemachines.github.io/mbt/

sudo apt install libmbt-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mbt
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mbt
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmbt-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libmbt1t64 3.6-3.1build2

memory-based tagger-generator and tagger - runtime

http://languagemachines.github.io/mbt/

sudo apt install libmbt1t64
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: mbt
  • 6 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mbt
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmbt1t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

mbt 3.6-3.1build2

memory-based tagger-generator and tagger

http://languagemachines.github.io/mbt/

sudo apt install mbt
  • Section: universe/science
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 6 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mbt
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mbt from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

mbt 3.11-r2

Memory-based Tagger and Tagger Generator

https://github.com/LanguageMachines/mbt

sudo apk add mbt
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: mbt
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mbt
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mbt from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

mbt-dev 3.11-r2

Memory-based Tagger and Tagger Generator (development files)

https://github.com/LanguageMachines/mbt

sudo apk add mbt-dev
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: mbt
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mbt
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mbt-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

mbt-doc 3.11-r2

Memory-based Tagger and Tagger Generator (documentation)

https://github.com/LanguageMachines/mbt

sudo apk add mbt-doc
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: mbt
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mbt
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mbt-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

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  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
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