macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install orandalocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / rank 11260
Install oranda with Homebrew, Nix, scoop
Generate beautiful landing pages for your developer tools. Version 0.6.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#oranda.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#orandanixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/or/oranda/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install extras/orandaScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/oranda.json · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Generate beautiful landing pages for your developer tools
Project links
Commands and aliases
- oranda
history
Project history and usage
oranda is an opinionated static site generator for developer-tool landing pages. It is aimed at maintainers who want a project website, install page, changelog, docs rendering, and funding links without building a custom web app.
Project history
axo announced oranda in 2023 as part of its release-engineering toolbelt. The announcement framed package registries and package-manager websites as distribution infrastructure, then positioned oranda as a package-manager-agnostic way to give developer tools a release-aware website.
The repository describes oranda as a static site generator for developers publishing projects who do not want to build a website from scratch. The README also documents a zero-config path, `oranda build`, plus optional `oranda.json` customization.
Adoption history
oranda's adoption is concentrated in the Rust and developer-tool publishing ecosystem, reinforced by first-class integration with `cargo-dist`. The README says oranda can detect cargo-dist output and display installer scripts and platform support on generated pages.
The input metadata lists packages in Homebrew, Nix, and Scoop, matching its role as a release-tooling CLI that maintainers install locally or in CI.
How it is used
Maintainers run `oranda build` to generate a site, or `oranda dev` to serve and rebuild during editing. With configuration, the tool can render README content, additional Markdown pages, install pages, changelogs, mdBook documentation, funding channels, and platform-aware install widgets.
The practical use case is distribution polish: make release artifacts, install commands, docs, changelogs, and project metadata visible from a static website that can be hosted on GitHub Pages or similar static hosting.
Why package nerds care
oranda is package-nerd software about package nerds. It treats install metadata, release artifacts, changelogs, and package-manager affordances as first-class website content, turning what registries often provide implicitly into a portable static site.
Timeline
- 2023-06: axo announces oranda as an opinionated static site generator for release-aware developer-tool landing pages.
- 2023 and later: The project documents cargo-dist integration for showing generated installers and supported artifacts.
- The Homebrew formula packages oranda as a CLI for generating landing pages for developer tools.
Related projects
- oranda is closely related to axo's cargo-dist project, mdBook, GitHub Pages-style static hosting, package registries, and release automation pipelines.
Sources
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.
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
./oranda.json
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
oranda | 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 version0.6.5
manager updated2026-06-15
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:oranda |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.5 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://axodotdev.github.io/oranda/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/axodotdev/oranda |
| Last updated | 2026-06-15T10:20:22-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none 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.
Nix95%
oranda
nix profile install nixpkgs#oranda- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Oranda
Scoop95%
extras/oranda
scoop install extras/oranda- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Oranda
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 configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation