# Install saml2aws with Homebrew, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget

Login and retrieve AWS temporary credentials using a SAML IDP. Version 2.36.19 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#saml2aws.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:saml2aws
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install saml2aws
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install saml2aws
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: security/saml2aws/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#saml2aws
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sa/saml2aws/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install saml2aws
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: saml2aws from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','revouninstallerpro'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/saml2aws
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/saml2aws.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Versent.saml2aws -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Versent.saml2aws from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:saml2aws
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.36.19
- **Source summary:** Login and retrieve AWS temporary credentials using a SAML IDP
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Versent/saml2aws>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Versent/saml2aws>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T04:03:36+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- saml2aws (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.36.19

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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: ~/.saml2aws

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.aws/config, ~/.aws/saml2aws/*
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - saml2aws: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sa/saml2aws/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - saml2aws: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: security/saml2aws/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - saml2aws: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: saml2aws from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','revouninstallerpro'
- Scoop - main/saml2aws: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/saml2aws.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Versent.saml2aws: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Versent.saml2aws from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/saml2aws.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/saml2aws.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