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Install near with Homebrew

Human-friendly console utility for interacting with NEAR Protocol. Version 0.29.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-21.

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macOS

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brew install near

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overview

Package summary

Human-friendly console utility for interacting with NEAR Protocol

Commands and aliases

  • near

history

Project history and usage

NEAR CLI is a Rust command-line client for interacting with NEAR Protocol. It guides users through account, token, staking, smart-contract, transaction, network, and extension operations while also allowing fully specified commands for scripts and CI.

Project history

The near-cli-rs repository began in 2021 as a Rust implementation of the NEAR command-line experience. It became a complete rewrite of the earlier JavaScript near-cli, emphasizing faster startup, no Node.js runtime dependency, interactive prompts, and system-keychain integration.

Adoption history

The official project recommends the Rust CLI for new users. It is distributed as platform installers and portable archives, through npm/npx wrappers, Cargo, Homebrew, and source builds, with documented non-interactive patterns for CI.

How it is used

Running near without a complete command opens an interactive flow. Direct subcommands support account management, NEAR and token transfers, staking, smart-contract deployment and calls, transaction inspection, and selection among mainnet, testnet, and custom network configurations.

Why package nerds care

NEAR CLI illustrates a common ecosystem migration from a runtime-dependent JavaScript CLI to a portable Rust binary. Its broad distribution matrix, native credential stores, scripting mode, and extension mechanism make it relevant to both package maintainers and blockchain automation users.

Timeline

  • 2021-03: The near-cli-rs official repository was created.
  • 2026: The project documented near-cli-rs as the recommended CLI for new users and continued distributing native installers, archives, npm wrappers, Cargo builds, and package-manager builds.

Related projects

  • The project replaces the older JavaScript near-cli for new users and complements cargo-near for building Rust smart contracts on NEAR.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

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

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

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux
${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/near-cli/config.toml
macOS
~/Library/Application Support/near-cli/config.toml
Windows
%APPDATA%\near-cli\config.toml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
nearexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

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page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.29.0
manager updated2026-07-21
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:near
Version0.29.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://near.cli.rs
Repositoryhttps://github.com/near/near-cli-rs
Last updated2026-07-21T04:20:01Z
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

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  • curated configuration and credential file locations
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