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Install unity-cli with Homebrew Cask
Command-line interface for Unity. Version 1.0.0-beta.10 via Homebrew Cask; verified 2026-09-16. Also installable with winget: winget install --id Unity.CLI -e.
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overview
Package summary
Command-line interface for Unity
Project links
Commands and aliases
- unity
- 1.0.0-beta.6
history
Project history and usage
Unity CLI is Unity's experimental standalone terminal tool for installing and managing Unity Editors and modules, opening projects, handling authentication, and supporting automation without requiring the Unity Hub desktop application.
Project history
Unity CLI began as an experimental standalone command-line tool for managing Unity Editors, modules, projects, and authentication independently of the Unity Hub desktop application.
The first public beta established Editor and module installation, project management, authentication, structured output, upgrades, and verified binary downloads. Later beta releases expanded diagnostics, automation, service-account authentication, proxy configuration, and Unity Pipeline integration.
Adoption history
Unity positions the CLI for continuous-integration agents, automation scripts, terminal-first development, and environments where installing the full Unity Hub is undesirable. The initial beta supports macOS, Linux, and Windows on x64 and Arm64.
How it is used
Users run `unity install` to install Editors, `unity install-modules` to add platform support, `unity open` to launch projects, and `unity auth login` to authenticate. Machine-readable output and non-interactive credentials support CI, build agents, and automation.
Why package nerds care
The standalone CLI gives package-manager users a lighter alternative to Unity Hub for installing Editors and modules. Structured JSON or TSV output, predictable exit codes, self-updates, and non-interactive service-account authentication make it especially relevant to CI and agentic workflows.
Timeline
- 2026-04-04: Unity published the first public beta, 0.1.0-beta.1.
- 2026-05-07: Beta 4 added major diagnostics, Editor-management, project-management, and automation commands.
- 2026-05-21: Beta 5 added service-account authentication and Unity Pipeline installation.
- 2026-07-20: Unity presented the CLI as a terminal and agent-automation interface.
Related projects
- Unity CLI works alongside Unity Editor, Unity Hub, and the experimental Unity Pipeline package. It also provides a migration path from scripts using Unity Hub's embedded headless CLI.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for unity-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.
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.0-beta.6 | binary | Homebrew cask binary | 1.0.0-beta.6 |
unity | 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 version1.0.0-beta.10
manager updated2026-09-16
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://docs.unity.com/en-us/unity-cli
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://docs.unity.com/en-us/unity-clinone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:unity-cli |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0-beta.10 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/unity-cli |
| Homepage | https://docs.unity.com/en-us/unity-cli |
| Upstream docs | https://docs.unity.com/en-us/unity-cli |
| Source archive | https://public-cdn.cloud.unity3d.com/hub/prod/cli/1.0.0-beta.6/unity-darwin-arm64 |
| Last updated | 2026-09-16T10:44:39Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| SHA-256 | 2e9b18a6742b955ae81c3620a3b2082e664704263b206ab90c62cd9e025c6ae5 |
| Download URL | https://public-cdn.cloud.unity3d.com/hub/prod/cli/1.0.0-beta.10/unity-darwin-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 | unity-cli |
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| Artifacts | |
| 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.
winget95%
Unity.CLI
winget install --id Unity.CLI -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Unity Cli
Ubuntu apt92%
libunity-core-6.0-9 7.7.0+23.04.20230222.2-0ubuntu7
core library for the Unity interface
sudo apt install libunity-core-6.0-9- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: unity
- 10 dependencies
- 2 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Unity
Ubuntu apt92%
libunity-core-6.0-dev 7.7.0+23.04.20230222.2-0ubuntu7
Core library for the Unity interface - development files
sudo apt install libunity-core-6.0-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: unity
- 6 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Unity
Ubuntu apt92%
unity 7.7.0+23.04.20230222.2-0ubuntu7
Interface designed for efficiency of space and interaction.
sudo apt install unity- Section: universe/gnome
- Architecture: amd64
- 32 dependencies
- 7 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Unity
Ubuntu apt92%
unity-autopilot 7.7.0+23.04.20230222.2-0ubuntu7
Autopiloted tests for Unity
sudo apt install unity-autopilot- Section: universe/python
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: unity
- 14 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Unity
Ubuntu apt92%
unity-schemas 7.7.0+23.04.20230222.2-0ubuntu7
Interface designed for efficiency of space and interaction.
sudo apt install unity-schemas- Section: universe/gnome
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: unity
- 2 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Unity
Ubuntu apt92%
unity-services 7.7.0+23.04.20230222.2-0ubuntu7
Services for the Unity interface
sudo apt install unity-services- Section: universe/gnome
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: unity
- 10 dependencies
- 1 provides
- 10 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Unity
Ubuntu apt92%
unity-uwidgets 7.7.0+23.04.20230222.2-0ubuntu7
Widgets for Unity
sudo apt install unity-uwidgets- Section: universe/python
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: unity
- 11 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Unity
Chocolatey92%
unity
choco install unity- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Unity
winget92%
Unity.Unity.2020
winget install --id Unity.Unity.2020 -e- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Unity
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