# Install near with Homebrew

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

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:near
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install near
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:near
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.29.0
- **Source summary:** Human-friendly console utility for interacting with NEAR Protocol
- **Homepage:** <https://near.cli.rs>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/near/near-cli-rs>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-21T04:20:01Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- near (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.29.0
## 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.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/near/near-cli-rs#readme>
- <https://github.com/near/near-cli-rs/blob/main/docs/README.en.md>
- <https://github.com/near/near-cli-rs/releases>
- <https://near.cli.rs/>


## Security Notes

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.



## 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

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

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph