hermit ☆
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Description:
Manages isolated, self-bootstrapping sets of tools in software projects
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 0.46.2@0  |  Tracked Since: Nov 6, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: development environment isolation reproducibility tools dependencies
Install: brew install hermit
About:
Hermit manages isolated, self-bootstrapping sets of tools for software projects. It ensures consistent, reproducible development environments by installing project-specific binaries and dependencies. This eliminates version conflicts and simplifies onboarding for new developers.
Key Features:
  • Self-bootstrapping environment management
  • Platform-agnostic binary installation
  • Version pinning for reproducibility
  • Seamless integration with existing workflows
  • No root privileges required
Use Cases:
  • Managing project-specific tool versions without global installs
  • Ensuring consistent CI/CD and local development environments
  • Isolating conflicting dependencies across different projects
Alternatives:
  • asdf – asdf uses plugins for version management, while Hermit is self-bootstrapping and requires no plugin installation
  • nix – nix provides purely functional package management with a learning curve, while Hermit focuses on simpler, project-scoped tool management
  • direnv – direnv loads environment variables, while Hermit actively manages and installs binary dependencies
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Nov 6, 2025 11:07pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 2e0c70d8
Sep 10, 2025 5:56am 0 VERSION_BUMP 84dd32ce
Sep 10, 2025 5:06am 0 VERSION_BUMP 5d0e8144
Sep 13, 2024 4:49pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 54b0a96a
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