Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install brag

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install brag

Debian stable package indexes · brag · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Download and assemble multipart binaries from newsgroups

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

brag

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Brag is a command-line Usenet binary downloader. It collects multipart binary attachments from NNTP newsgroups, assembles them, and was designed to be robust enough for unattended cron jobs.

Projektgeschichte

Brag is credited in its README to author Akos Polster and maintained at SourceForge. The project documentation reflects the early-2000s Usenet binary era, including support for uuencode, MIME base64, yEnc, authentication, filters, and parallel NNTP connections.

The SourceForge file feed shows Brag releases at least from version 1.1.0 in October 2000 through version 1.4.3 in March 2004. The acknowledgements list several contributors for NNTP support, yEnc support, performance work, Mac OS X fixes, Debian fixes, and user reports.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Brag's adoption is small but historically package-manager-shaped: the input package facts record Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu packages. Its man page and README also assume Unix home-directory state under ~/.brag and cron-based operation, matching the packaging conventions of the period.

Its niche narrowed as web-based binary distribution, dedicated NZB clients, and private indexers changed Usenet workflows, but Brag remains a compact example of a classic NNTP automation tool.

Wie es verwendet wird

The man page describes running brag against an NNTP server and newsgroup, optionally with authentication, accept/reject subject patterns, parallel connection count, output directory, and cross-server or cross-newsgroup part combining.

State is stored under ~/.brag, with unfinished and finished directories per server and group. Passwords can be placed in ~/.brag/<server>/passwd, while accept and reject pattern files live below the server and group directory.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Brag matters to package historians as a surviving Homebrew formula for an older Unix networking workflow: scripted Usenet binary retrieval over NNTP. It is less a mainstream modern tool than a preserved slice of early broadband-era command-line culture.

It is also a reminder that package managers carry long tails of specialized tools whose primary upstreams live on SourceForge rather than GitHub.

Zeitleiste

2000-10: SourceForge lists a Brag 1.1.0 RPM release.
2002-02: SourceForge lists Brag 1.2.0 source and RPM releases.
2003-11: SourceForge lists Brag 1.4.0 and 1.4.1 releases.
2004-03: SourceForge lists Brag 1.4.3 source and RPM releases.

Related projects

NNTP news servers are the network service Brag automates against.
Usenet binary tools and later NZB clients occupy the same broad problem space of fetching multipart posts.
Debian packaging is mentioned in the README acknowledgements and also appears in the input package facts.

Quellen

https://brag.sourceforge.net/README
https://brag.sourceforge.net/brag.1.html
https://sourceforge.net/projects/brag/rss?path=/brag
source_facts.package-manager

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signale

text:download

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 1 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 1 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.

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local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.brag/<server>/<group>/accept~/.brag/<server>/<group>/reject

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.brag/<server>/passwd

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`brag`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version1.4.3

Manager aktualisiert2026-06-22

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://brag.sourceforge.net/

InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://brag.sourceforge.net/none Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:brag
Version	1.4.3
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/brag
Homepage	https://brag.sourceforge.net/
Repository	https://sourceforge.net/p/brag/code
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://brag.sourceforge.net/README
Lizenz	GPL-2.0-or-later
Quellarchiv	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/brag/brag/1.4.3/brag-1.4.3.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-06-22T14:02:55-07:00
Pulse	updated
Abhängigkeiten	uudeview
Bottle	verfügbar (auf all)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	brag
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	yes
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

brag 1.4.1-2.3

Downloads and assembles multipart Usenet binaries

http://brag.sourceforge.net

sudo apt install brag

Section: news
Architecture: all
3 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Brag

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: brag from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Ubuntu apt95%

brag 1.4.1-2.3

Downloads and assembles multipart Usenet binaries

http://brag.sourceforge.net

sudo apt install brag

Section: universe/news
Architecture: all
3 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Brag

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: brag from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/brag.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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