aquaproj/aqua

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1819 stars · 73 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

aqua is a declarative CLI version manager written in Go that manages tool versions per project via configuration files, with lazy installation and a registry ecosystem. It unifies tool installation across teams and CI, supports continuous updates via Renovate, and provides security features like checksum verification and SLSA provenance.

Use cases

• manage cli tool versions per project declaratively
• unify tool versions across a team and ci pipelines
• install dev tools lazily only when executed
• update cli tools automatically with renovate
• switch between multiple versions of the same tool seamlessly
• securely install binaries with checksum and provenance verification
• replace asdf or homebrew for managing dev tools

When to choose

• you need consistent tool versions across local machines and CI
• you want lazy installation so tools install on first use
• you want declarative config files checked into version control
• you need cross-platform support for Windows, macOS, and Linux
• you want automated tool updates via Renovate

When to avoid

• you only need to manage one or two language runtimes with mature native managers
• you prefer imperative installation scripts or package managers like apt or brew
• your tools are not available in aqua's registries and you don't want to write registry configs

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli package-manager developer-tools configuration-management security ci-cd developer-tools windows cli cross-platform version-manager declarative-configuration lazy-install renovate-integration checksum-verification tool-versioning command-line devops automation linux macos

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