# esbmc mit Homebrew installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für esbmc in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:esbmc ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install esbmc ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:esbmc - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 8.4 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Efficient SMT-based context-bounded model checker for C, C++, and Python - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream-Dokumentation:** - **Lizenz:** Apache-2.0 - **Quellarchiv:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-11T23:23:10+02:00 - **Generiert:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00 ## Executables - esbmc (cli) - esbmc (Alias) ## Abhängigkeiten - bitwuzla - boost - fmt - gmp - llvm - python@3.14 - yaml-cpp - z3 ## Build-Abhängigkeiten - bison - cmake - immer - nlohmann-json - pkgconf ## Installationsverhalten - Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert - Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-07-25 - Manager-Version: 8.4 - Manager aktualisiert: 2026-07-11 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/esbmc/esbmc - neueste erkannte Version: v8.4 (aktuell) ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung ESBMC is the Efficient SMT-Based Context-Bounded Model Checker, a command-line formal-verification tool for detecting runtime errors and checking assertions in C, C++, CUDA, CHERI, Kotlin, Python, Rust, Solidity, and related programs. ### Projektgeschichte The project shares ancestry with CBMC and the official repository describes ESBMC as a fork of CBMC v2.9 from 2008. It evolved into an SMT-centered bounded model checker with Clang/LLVM frontends, multiple SMT solver backends, k-induction, concurrency support, and operational models for real-world libraries. The official project material tracks later expansion into Python, Solidity, Kotlin/Jimple, CHERI, and Rust-oriented verification work, with selected publications covering ESBMC 5.0 in 2018, CHERI and Kotlin work in 2022, and ESBMC 7.4 in 2024. ### Adoptionsgeschichte ESBMC is used in research, education, software security, embedded and firmware verification, smart-contract auditing, and competition settings such as SV-COMP and Test-COMP. The official site notes recent industrial and research deployments involving Arm Realm Management Monitor verification, Ethereum-related checking, Arduino firmware, and ESBMC-AI workflows. For package-manager users, ESBMC appears as the Homebrew formula `esbmc`, with bottles for macOS and Linux and build dependencies wired to LLVM, Bitwuzla, Z3, Boost, Python, and related solver/compiler libraries. ### Wie es verwendet wird Typical use is a direct CLI invocation such as `esbmc file.c --floatbv --k-induction`, `esbmc file.c --memory-leak-check`, `esbmc file.c --context-bound 2`, or `esbmc main.py`, producing verification success, verification failure, or counterexample output. ESBMC supports TOML configuration through `ESBMC_CONFIG_FILE`; if that environment variable is not set, official docs state that it checks `%userprofile%\esbmc.toml` on Windows and `~/.config/esbmc.toml` on UNIX. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren ESBMC is interesting to package maintainers because it is not a small single-language CLI: Homebrew builds it against compiler infrastructure and solver stacks, including LLVM/Clang, Bitwuzla, Z3, Boost, GMP, Python, and yaml-cpp. That makes it a useful example of packaging a research-grade formal-methods tool with heavy native dependencies. It also matters in CLI/package culture because it turns formal verification into a local executable workflow: users install `esbmc`, point it at source files, and choose solver and checking options without running a separate service. ### Zeitleiste - 2008: ESBMC forked from CBMC v2.9, according to the official repository README. - 2018: ESBMC 5.0 was published as an industrial-strength C model checker in the official selected-publications list. - 2022: Official publications and application notes highlight CHERI, Kotlin/Jimple, Solidity, and modern C++ verification work. - 2024: ESBMC 7.4 was cited by the project as the recommended TACAS competition paper for ESBMC 7.4 and later. - 2025-2026: Official site reports ESBMC-kind SV-COMP ReachSafety placements and FuSeBMC/ESBMC Test-COMP overall wins across 2023-2026. ### Related projects - CBMC is the direct ancestor identified by the official repository; ESBMC differs by emphasizing SMT-based encodings, Clang/LLVM frontends, solver flexibility, k-induction, and broader language frontends. - Related ESBMC ecosystem projects include ESBMC-Web, the VS Code extension, ESBMC-AI, FuSeBMC for test generation, and official integrations around GitHub Actions and solver backends. ### Quellen - - - - - - - - - source_facts.description - source_facts.package-manager ## Sicherheitshinweise Für esbmc wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat. ## 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 - Unix: ~/.config/esbmc.toml - Windows: %userprofile%\esbmc.toml ## Details aus der Quelldatenbank - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** esbmc - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Verwandte Links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [bitwuzla](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/bitwuzla/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [llvm](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/llvm/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [z3](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/z3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [bison](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/bison/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cflow](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/cflow/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, static-analysis. - [coccinelle](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/coccinelle/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, static-analysis. - [cppcheck](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/cppcheck/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, static-analysis. - [mypy](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/mypy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, python, static-analysis. - [pylint](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pylint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, python, static-analysis. - [pylyzer](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pylyzer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, python, static-analysis. - [pyrefly](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pyrefly/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, python, static-analysis. - [pyright](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pyright/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, python, static-analysis. - [cbmc](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/cbmc/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: analysis, bounded, c, checker, cli. - [dafny](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/dafny/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: analysis, cli, developer, developer-tools, formal. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/esbmc.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/esbmc.yml) ## Quellen - Nucleus package database - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph