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Install modman with Homebrew
Module deployment script geared towards Magento development. Version 1.14 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Additional install commands
overview
Package summary
Module deployment script geared towards Magento development
Project links
Commands and aliases
- modman
history
Project history and usage
modman, short for Module Manager, is a Bash deployment script by Colin Mollenhour, copyrighted from 2009 and strongly associated with Magento extension development. Its README explains the original pain point: some software, especially Magento, forced extension files to be interleaved through core application directories, making version control and deployment awkward. modman answered that by keeping each module checked out under `.modman` and maintaining symlinks into the target tree according to a mapping file.
Project history
In practice, modman became a small Unixy tool for Magento developers who wanted separate repositories for extensions before Composer became the dominant PHP packaging path. It supports Git and Subversion checkouts, a deploy command for already-checked-out code, and a plain text mapping file rather than a package registry. Community Magento posts and extension READMEs used it as an installation path, and a 2015 Magento 2 development article identified Colin Mollenhour as its creator and described the ability to attach multiple local repositories to a Magento project as its key feature.
How it is used
The Homebrew formula packages the `modman` executable for macOS and Linux users. Its niche is historical but still legible: it is not a general package manager so much as a symlink-based module layout tool for codebases that predate cleaner extension packaging.
Sources
- https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/modman
- https://github.com/colinmollenhour/modman
- https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/30315/how-to-use-modman-for-managing-modules-in-github
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/colinmollenhour/modman/master/README.md
- https://www.maxpronko.com/magento-2-module-in-a-separate-repository/
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.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
modman | 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 version1.14
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:modman |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.14 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/colinmollenhour/modman |
| Repository | https://github.com/colinmollenhour/modman |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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 package history
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation