# Install rain with Homebrew, Nix, scoop

Command-line tool for working with AWS CloudFormation. Version 1.24.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#rain.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rain
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rain
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#rain
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ra/rain/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/rain
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/rain.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rain
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.24.4
- **Source summary:** Command-line tool for working with AWS CloudFormation
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/rain>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/rain>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T19:02:58+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- rain (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.24.4

## Security Notes

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal


## 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

- Unix: ~/.aws/config
- Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.aws\config

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.aws/credentials
- Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.aws\credentials
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - rain: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ra/rain/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/rain: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/rain.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph