# Install minijinja-cli with Homebrew, apk

Render Jinja2 templates directly from the command-line to stdout. Version 2.21.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-17. Also installable with apk: sudo apk add minijinja-cli.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install minijinja-cli
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add minijinja-cli
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minijinja-cli from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:minijinja-cli
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.21.0
- **Source summary:** Render Jinja2 templates directly from the command-line to stdout
- **Homepage:** <https://docs.rs/minijinja/latest/minijinja/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mitsuhiko/minijinja>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-17T16:19:07Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- minijinja-cli (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.21.0
## Project history and usage

MiniJinja is Armin Ronacher's Rust reimplementation of the Jinja2 template language he originally created for Python. Ronacher described the project as emerging from an infrastructure-automation experiment where Rust needed dynamically loaded Jinja-style templates without the heavier dependency profile or compile-time model of alternatives such as Askama. The library deliberately follows Jinja2 syntax and behavior so existing templates, editor integrations, and mental models remain useful in Rust programs.

### How it is used

The CLI packages that engine as a small command-line renderer: templates can be read from files or standard input, data can be supplied on the command line, and rendered output is written to stdout. In package-manager terms, minijinja-cli is the executable companion to the minijinja crate rather than a separate templating ecosystem. Its niche is scripting, config generation, release automation, and other places where users want Jinja-compatible text generation without embedding Python.

### Sources

- <https://crates.io/crates/minijinja-cli>
- <https://docs.rs/crate/minijinja-cli/latest>
- <https://github.com/mitsuhiko/minijinja>
- <https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2024/8/27/minijinja/>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for minijinja-cli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- apk - minijinja-cli - 2.21.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minijinja-cli from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | CLI using MiniJinja to render Jinja2 templates from the command line to stdout | https://docs.rs/minijinja/latest/minijinja/
- apk - minijinja-cli-bash-completion - 2.21.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minijinja-cli-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for minijinja-cli | https://docs.rs/minijinja/latest/minijinja/
- apk - minijinja-cli-doc - 2.21.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minijinja-cli-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | CLI using MiniJinja to render Jinja2 templates from the command line to stdout (documentation) | https://docs.rs/minijinja/latest/minijinja/
- apk - minijinja-cli-fish-completion - 2.21.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minijinja-cli-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for minijinja-cli | https://docs.rs/minijinja/latest/minijinja/
- apk - minijinja-cli-zsh-completion - 2.21.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minijinja-cli-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for minijinja-cli | https://docs.rs/minijinja/latest/minijinja/
- apk - py3-minijinja - 2.21.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py3-minijinja from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Python bindings for MiniJinja, a template engine compatible with Jinja/Jinja2 | https://docs.rs/minijinja/latest/minijinja/
- apk - py3-minijinja-pyc - 2.21.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py3-minijinja-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for py3-minijinja | https://docs.rs/minijinja/latest/minijinja/


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/minijinja-cli.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/minijinja-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