macOS
Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install bvilocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install bviMacPorts ports tree · editors/bvi/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew
bvi mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für bvi in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
Weitere Installationsbefehle
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add bviAlpine Linux edge package indexes · bvi · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install bviDebian stable package indexes · bvi · Quelle: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install bviFedora Rawhide package metadata · bvi · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#bvinixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/bv/bvi/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install bviopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · bvi · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
Vi-like binary file (hex) editor
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- bmore
- bvedit
- bvi
- bview
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
bvi is a vi-style binary and hex editor by Gerhard Buergmann. It keeps the modal, command-oriented feel of vi while treating files as byte streams rather than text lines.
Projektgeschichte
The official home page describes bvi as a display-oriented editor for binary files, based on the vi text editor, and notes that the package also includes the bmore viewer. The README in the official GitHub repository identifies Gerhard Buergmann as the author and states that bvi is distributed under the GPL.
The project has a long SourceForge release history: the download page lists 1.3.0 in 2001, 1.3.1 in 2002, 1.3.2 in 2004, 1.4.x releases in 2014, 2019, and 2023, and 1.5.0 as the stable release in 2025.
Adoptionsgeschichte
bvi spread through traditional Unix packaging channels because it solves a small but durable problem: editing binary files from a terminal with vi muscle memory. The official download page links to Debian, FreeBSD, Fedora, MacPorts, HP-UX, Solaris, Cygwin, and older static Linux executables; the supplied package facts also show Homebrew, Alpine, Nix, Ubuntu, and zypper packaging.
Wie es verwendet wird
bvi is used for direct inspection and patching of binary files. Its manpage explains the three-pane display with byte offsets, hex bytes, and printable characters, byte-offset ranges instead of line ranges, hex search commands, read-only mode, partial file loading, and startup commands via BVIINIT, ~/.bvirc, or ./.bvirc.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
bvi is a classic small Unix utility: curses-based, vi-shaped, and useful when heavyweight GUI hex editors are unavailable. Its packaging significance comes from portability and from the fact that it preserves vi semantics in a domain where line-oriented editor assumptions break.
Zeitleiste
- 2001: bvi 1.3.0 source release is listed on the official download page.
- 2004: bvi 1.3.2 source and RPM-era packages are listed.
- 2014: bvi 1.4.0 source release is listed.
- 2023: bvi 1.4.2 source release is listed.
- 2025: bvi 1.5.0 is listed as the current stable release.
Related projects
- vi is the command model bvi adapts for binary editing.
- bmore is the binary viewer included with bvi.
- Other hex editors occupy the same niche, but bvi is distinct for keeping vi-style modal editing.
Quellen
Sicherheitslage
Risikostufe: grün
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risikoklassifikator
grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance
Warum
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signale
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Installationsverhalten
- In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
- Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 8 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Empfohlene Prüfung
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
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
~/.bvirc./.bvirc
Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
bmore | cli | globales Executable | |
bvedit | cli | globales Executable | |
bvi | cli | globales Executable | |
bview | 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-Version1.5.0
Manager aktualisiert
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt
- InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
- InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://bvi.sourceforge.net/none Konfidenz
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:bvi |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.5.0 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bvi |
| Homepage | https://bvi.sourceforge.net/ |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://bvi.sourceforge.net/man_bvi.html |
| Lizenz | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Quellarchiv | https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bvi/bvi/1.5.0/bvi-1.5.0.src.tar.gz |
| Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken | ncurses |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
Details aus der Quelldatenbank
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | bvi |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
|
Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
Debian apt95%
bvi 1.4.2-3
binary file editor
sudo apt install bvi- Section: editors
- Architecture: amd64
- 3 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Bvi
Nix95%
bvi
nix profile install nixpkgs#bvi- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Bvi
Ubuntu apt95%
bvi 1.4.2-2
binary file editor
sudo apt install bvi- Section: universe/editors
- Architecture: amd64
- 3 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Bvi
apk95%
bvi 1.5.0-r0
Display-oriented editor for binary files based on vi
sudo apk add bvi- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: bvi
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Bvi
apk95%
bvi-doc 1.5.0-r0
Display-oriented editor for binary files based on vi (documentation)
sudo apk add bvi-doc- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: bvi
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Bvi
dnf95%
bvi 1.5.0-3.fc44
Display-oriented editor for binary files
sudo dnf install bvi- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: bvi
- 4 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Bvi
zypper95%
bvi 1.5.0-1.3
Editor for binary files
sudo zypper install bvi- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Productivity/Text/Editors
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: bvi
- 3 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Bvi
MacPorts95%
bvi
sudo port install bvi- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Bvi
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.
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