# Install signal-cli with Homebrew, apk, Nix, scoop

CLI and dbus interface for WhisperSystems/libsignal-service-java. Version 0.14.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-01. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#signal-cli.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:signal-cli
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install signal-cli
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add signal-cli
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: signal-cli from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#signal-cli
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/signal-cli
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:signal-cli
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.14.7
- **Source summary:** CLI and dbus interface for WhisperSystems/libsignal-service-java
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T10:46:05Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- signal-cli (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.14.7

## 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: $XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli, ~/.local/share/signal-cli

## Credential files

- Unix: $XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli, ~/.local/share/signal-cli
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - signal-cli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/si/signal-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - signal-cli - 0.14.7-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: signal-cli from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | commandline interface for libsignal-service-java | https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli
- Scoop - main/signal-cli: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/signal-cli.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/signal-cli.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/signal-cli.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