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Install postman-cli with Homebrew Cask

CLI for command-line API management on Postman. Version 1.58.0 via Homebrew Cask; verified 2026-09-18. Also installable with chocolatey: choco install postman-cli.

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macOS

Homebrew Caskverified · 100%

brew install --cask postman-cli

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overview

Package summary

CLI for command-line API management on Postman

Project links

Commands and aliases

postman
postman-cli

history

Project history and usage

Postman CLI is Postman's signed and supported command-line tool for API development, testing, workspace synchronization, automation, and platform management.

Project history

Postman describes its CLI as being based on Newman, the company's earlier command-line collection runner. The newer Postman CLI broadened that foundation into a supported interface for individual requests, collections, workspaces, datasets, mock servers, monitors, performance tests, API governance, webhooks, Flows, and SDK generation.

Adoption history

Postman distributes the CLI as a signed and supported companion to its desktop and cloud platform. Official installation methods include npm, native Windows installation, and a Unix installation script, making it suitable for developer workstations and CI/CD runners.

How it is used

Developers use the `postman` command to send and test requests, run collections locally or in CI/CD, synchronize local collections and environments with cloud workspaces, manage Postman resources, and authenticate interactively or with an API key. Local-only operations can run without login, while cloud operations require authentication.

Why package nerds care

The CLI brings Postman's collection-oriented API workflow into terminals and automated pipelines. Package users care because it supplies an officially supported alternative to manually exporting work to Newman while retaining Postman authentication, cloud synchronization, governance, monitoring, and newer platform commands.

Timeline

Post-Newman era: Postman introduced a broader official CLI based on Newman.
Version 1.39.1: The command set added support for Postman's newer API-governance experience.
Version 1.46.1: Version represented by the supplied package record.

Related projects

Newman is the open-source collection runner on which Postman says the CLI is based.
The Postman desktop application and Postman cloud workspaces provide the graphical and hosted sides of the same API-development platform.

Sources

Official authentication guide: https://learning.postman.com/docs/postman-cli/postman-cli-auth
Official command reference: https://learning.postman.com/docs/postman-cli/postman-cli-options
Official installation guide: https://learning.postman.com/docs/postman-cli/postman-cli-installation
Official overview: https://learning.postman.com/docs/postman-cli/postman-cli-overview

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for postman-cli. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`postman-cli`	binary	Homebrew cask binary	postman-cli
`postman`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-09-19

manager version1.58.0

manager updated2026-09-18

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://www.postman.com/downloads/

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.postman.com/downloads/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	cask:postman-cli
Version	1.58.0
Package manager	Homebrew Cask
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/postman-cli
Homepage	https://www.postman.com/downloads/
Upstream docs	https://www.postman.com/downloads/
Source archive	https://dl-cli.pstmn.io/download/version/1.52.0/osx_arm64
Last updated	2026-09-18T16:35:40Z
Pulse	updated
SHA-256	8ab0cace4302e76eb62168f1cd067a2259cdd63b5d607de6386c4350fa37909a
Download URL	https://dl-cli.pstmn.io/download/version/1.58.0/osx_arm64
Bottle	not recorded
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew cask API
Tap	homebrew/cask
Full Token	postman-cli
Names	Postman CLI
Artifacts	Binary 1 Target 1 Zap 1
Auto Updates	yes
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Chocolatey95%

postman-cli

choco install postman-cli

normalized package name match
Matched by: Postman Cli

Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: postman-cli from https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.8472','ncrunch-vs2015'

winget95%

Postman.Postman.CLI

winget install --id Postman.Postman.CLI -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Postman Cli

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Postman.Postman.CLI from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

Nix92%

postman

nix profile install nixpkgs#postman

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Postman

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

Chocolatey92%

postman

choco install postman

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Postman

Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: postman from https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','pnpm'

Scoop92%

extras/postman

scoop install extras/postman

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Postman

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/postman.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget92%

Postman.Postman

winget install --id Postman.Postman -e

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Postman

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Postman.Postman from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

winget92%

Postman.Postman.arm64

winget install --id Postman.Postman.arm64 -e

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Postman

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Postman.Postman.arm64 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

source trail

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Combined YAML source

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combined/postman-cli.yml

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