# Install sqlx-cli with Homebrew, Nix, pacman, apk Command-line utility for SQLx, the Rust SQL toolkit. Version 0.9.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-04. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#sqlx-cli. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:sqlx-cli ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install sqlx-cli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#sqlx-cli ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sq/sqlx-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S sqlx-cli ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: sqlx-cli from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add cargo-sqlx ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-sqlx from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:sqlx-cli - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.9.0 - **Source summary:** Command-line utility for SQLx, the Rust SQL toolkit - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-04T16:53:45+09:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - cargo-sqlx (alias) - sqlx (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.9.0 ## Project history and usage sqlx-cli is the command-line companion to SQLx, the Rust SQL toolkit, used for database management, migrations, and offline query metadata generation. ### Project history The SQLx repository's official README describes SQLx as an async, pure-Rust SQL crate with optional compile-time checked queries and support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and SQLite. The sqlx-cli README describes the CLI as SQLx's associated command-line utility for managing databases, migrations, and offline mode for query macros. Official repository metadata places the SQLx project in public GitHub development from late 2019. The CLI became important because SQLx's compile-time query checking creates a developer workflow need: capture query metadata with cargo sqlx prepare so projects can build without a live development database. ### Adoption history The supplied package-manager facts show sqlx-cli distributed as sqlx-cli or cargo-sqlx through Homebrew, Alpine, Nix, and Arch. That packaging matters because Rust users often need the executable in CI images and developer shells even when the application itself depends on SQLx as a library. ### How it is used The official sqlx-cli README documents cargo install options by database backend and TLS stack, DATABASE_URL via command-line option, environment, or .env file, database create/drop commands, migration creation and execution, reversible migrations, cargo sqlx prepare, the .sqlx metadata directory, and prepare --check for CI. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about sqlx-cli because it bridges Rust's compile-time SQL checking with ordinary package-manager workflows. It is a CLI that must stay version-compatible with a Rust library, database drivers, TLS choices, and CI environments. ### Timeline - 2019: Official repository metadata reports SQLx public repository creation. - 2020: Public issue history shows early CLI design work around cargo-sqlx and migration commands. - 2021: The sqlx-cli README documents reversible migrations using timestamped up/down SQL files. - 2023: Changelog notes offline query metadata moving toward one file per query invocation. - 2026: Latest crate/docs metadata continues to describe sqlx-cli as SQLx's command-line utility. ### Related projects - sqlx-cli is tightly coupled to SQLx query macros, Rust's cargo workflow, and database backends including PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, and SQLite. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## 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. ## Credential files - Unix: .env ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - sqlx-cli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sq/sqlx-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - sqlx-cli - 0.9.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: sqlx-cli from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Command-line utility for SQLx, the Rust SQL toolkit | https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx - apk - cargo-sqlx - 0.8.6-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-sqlx from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Command-line utility for SQLx, the Rust SQL toolkit - cargo subcommand | https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx - apk - sqlx - 0.8.6-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sqlx from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Command-line utility for SQLx, the Rust SQL toolkit | https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx - apk - sqlx-bash-completion - 0.8.6-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sqlx-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for sqlx | https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx - apk - sqlx-doc - 0.8.6-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sqlx-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Command-line utility for SQLx, the Rust SQL toolkit (documentation) | https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx - apk - sqlx-fish-completion - 0.8.6-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sqlx-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for sqlx | https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx - apk - sqlx-zsh-completion - 0.8.6-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sqlx-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for sqlx | https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx ## Related links - [sqlx-cli](https://pkg.so/pkg/cargo/sqlx-cli/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sqlx-cli.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/sqlx-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