# Install rex with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix, dnf

Command-line tool which executes commands on remote servers. Version 1.16.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install rex.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rex
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rex
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install rex
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/rex/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install rex
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: rex from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#rex
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install Rex
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: Rex from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rex
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.16.1
- **Source summary:** Command-line tool which executes commands on remote servers
- **Homepage:** <https://www.rexify.org>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- rex (alias)
- rexify (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.16.1

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool 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: Rexfile
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - rex - 1.16.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: rex from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | deployment and configuration management tool | https://www.rexify.org/
- Nix - rex: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/re/rex/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - rex - 1.14.3-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: rex from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | deployment and configuration management tool | https://www.rexify.org/
- dnf - Rex - 1.16.1-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: Rex from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | The friendly automation framework on basis of Perl | https://www.rexify.org/
- MacPorts - rex: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/rex/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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