# Install snowflake-cli with Homebrew, Nix, winget, apt CLI for snowflake. Version 3.23.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-17. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#snowflake-cli. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:snowflake-cli ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install snowflake-cli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#snowflake-cli ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sn/snowflake-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install r-cran-snow ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: r-cran-snow from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Snowflake.SnowflakeCLI -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Snowflake.SnowflakeCLI from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:snowflake-cli - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 3.23.0 - **Source summary:** CLI for snowflake - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-17T00:50:18Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - snow (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 3.23.0 ## Project history and usage Snowflake CLI is Snowflake's open-source `snow` command for developer-oriented Snowflake workflows as well as SQL operations. In package-manager terms it is the vendor-maintained replacement-class tool people install when Snowflake work moves from worksheets into scripts, projects, CI, and local terminals. ### Project history The public GitHub repository was created in 2022 under Snowflake's own GitHub organization. Its README describes the tool as an open-source CLI explicitly designed for developer-centric workloads, including Streamlit in Snowflake, Snowflake Native App Framework, Snowpark Container Services, Snowpark, UDFs, stored procedures, and SQL execution. Snowflake's documentation and release notes show the CLI as an actively versioned client tool. The official release stream reached the v3 series by 2026, with release notes documenting behavior changes, features, and fixes. ### Adoption history Official installation paths include `uv`/PyPI-style Python tooling, a Snowflake Homebrew tap, and source builds from GitHub. The package-manager footprint in the input also lists Homebrew, Nix, and WinGet, which matches its role as a cross-platform developer CLI. ### How it is used Typical use is `snow` for creating, deploying, managing, and inspecting Snowflake applications and project resources, plus `snow sql` for executing queries from arguments, files, or stdin. In automation, Snowflake also publishes a GitHub Action that installs the CLI and can set up configuration under `~/.snowflake/`. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care because this is a vendor CLI with real packaging surface area: Python packaging, Homebrew distribution, signed release artifacts, CI-friendly configuration files, and a fast-moving release cadence. It is a good example of a cloud data platform moving operational workflows into a normal Unix-style command. ### Timeline - 2022: Public GitHub repository created under snowflakedb. - 2024: Official release notes document the Snowflake CLI release stream. - 2026: GitHub releases show v3.21.0 published with signed artifacts and CLI behavior updates. ### Related projects - Related Snowflake tools include SnowSQL, Snowflake Connector for Python, the Snowflake VS Code extension, and snowflake-cli-action for GitHub Actions. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for snowflake-cli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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 - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/snowflake/config.toml, ~/Library/Application Support/snowflake/connections.toml - Unix: ~/.snowflake/config.toml, ~/.snowflake/connections.toml, ~/.config/snowflake/config.toml, ~/.config/snowflake/connections.toml ## Credential files - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/snowflake/config.toml, ~/Library/Application Support/snowflake/connections.toml - Unix: ~/.snowflake/config.toml, ~/.snowflake/connections.toml, ~/.config/snowflake/config.toml, ~/.config/snowflake/connections.toml ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - snowflake-cli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sn/snowflake-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - Snowflake.SnowflakeCLI: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Snowflake.SnowflakeCLI from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix - Debian apt - r-cran-snow - 1:0.4.4-2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: r-cran-snow from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU R package for 'simple network of workstations' | https://cran.r-project.org/package=snow - Nix - snow: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sn/snow/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - r-cran-snow - 1:0.4.4-2: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: r-cran-snow from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GNU R package for 'simple network of workstations' | https://cran.r-project.org/package=snow ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/snowflake-cli.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/snowflake-cli.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph