Managed Installs

2026-03-27

Install and manage development tools through 8Vast. Tools are isolated from your system package manager, version-managed, and available on your PATH.

See what's available

8v install available

Available Tools

  node         22.x        JavaScript runtime
  jq           1.7         JSON processor
  ripgrep      14.x        Fast text search
  fd           10.x        Fast file finder
  bat          0.24        Cat with syntax highlighting
  delta        0.17        Git diff viewer
  hyperfine    1.18        Command benchmarker
  tokei        12.x        Code statistics

Install a tool

8v install run node

Installing [email protected] ...
  Downloading ... done
  Adding to PATH ... done

  ✓ node 22.12.0 installed
  ✓ Available as: node, npm, npx

The tool is immediately available in your terminal.

List installed tools

8v install list

Installed Tools

  node         22.12.0     ~/.8v/tools/node/
  jq           1.7.1       ~/.8v/tools/jq/
  ripgrep      14.1.1      ~/.8v/tools/ripgrep/

Remove a tool

8v install remove node

  ✓ Removed node 22.12.0
  ✓ Removed from PATH

Setup

First-time setup configures the tool directory and PATH:

8v install setup

Setting up managed installs ...
  ✓ Tool directory: ~/.8v/tools/
  ✓ PATH configured
  ✓ Ready to install tools

This runs automatically the first time you use 8v install.

Bundles

Install a group of related tools at once:

8v install setup essentials
8v install setup frontend
8v install setup backend

Bundle	Tools included
`essentials`	jq, ripgrep, fd, bat, delta
`frontend`	node, prettier, eslint
`backend`	jq, httpie, grpcurl

Security alerts

Check for known vulnerabilities in your installed tools:

8v install alerts

Security Alerts

  ✓ No known vulnerabilities in installed tools

If a vulnerability is found:

Security Alerts

  ⚠ node 22.10.0 — CVE-2024-XXXX (high severity)
    Fix: 8v install run node  (updates to 22.12.0)

How it works

Tools are installed to ~/.8v/tools/ with each tool in its own directory. 8Vast manages the PATH entries so tools are available in your shell without conflicting with system packages.

This is separate from your system package manager (Homebrew, apt, etc.). You can have both — 8Vast-managed tools take priority on PATH but don't modify system installations.

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