# kissat mit Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für kissat in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:kissat
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install kissat
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install kissat
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install kissat
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: kissat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#kissat
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ki/kissat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:kissat
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kissat>
- **Version:** 4.0.4
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Bare metal SAT solver
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/arminbiere/kissat>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/arminbiere/kissat>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://github.com/arminbiere/kissat#readme>
- **Lizenz:** MIT
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/arminbiere/kissat/archive/refs/tags/rel-4.0.4.tar.gz>
- **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- kissat (cli)
- kissat (Alias)

## 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: 2026-07-08
- Manager-Version: 4.0.4
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/arminbiere/kissat
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- Info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Kissat is Armin Biere's compact C SAT solver, described by the project as a keep-it-simple-and-clean bare-metal solver and as a reimplementation of CaDiCaL ideas with improved data structures, scheduling, algorithms, and implementation.

### Projektgeschichte

Kissat comes from the same SAT-solver lineage as CaDiCaL, Lingeling, Plingeling, Treengeling, and related competition solvers associated with Armin Biere and collaborators. Its homepage describes it as a condensed and improved reimplementation of CaDiCaL in C, with library use possible even though the solver is not incremental.

The project became prominent through SAT Competition work. The official Kissat page records first place in the main track and first place on unsatisfiable instances at SAT Competition 2020, and the repository README points to solver descriptions for SAT Competition 2024.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Kissat is packaged beyond Homebrew, including Debian, Fedora/DNF, and Nix according to the input package facts. That kind of distribution matters for formal-methods users because SAT solvers are often invoked by other verification, synthesis, model-checking, theorem-proving, and package-build workflows.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users build Kissat with the repository's configure-and-make workflow and run it as a SAT solver on CNF instances. The README states that binaries are provided with major releases, while the homepage links the SAT Competition 2020 source submission and competition descriptions for deeper reproducibility context.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Kissat is notable because SAT solvers are small command-line packages with outsize influence: they can sit invisibly underneath formal verification, dependency solving, hardware checking, and research pipelines. Its competition pedigree makes the package more than another CLI; it is a benchmark artifact from the SAT-solving community.

### Zeitleiste

- 2020: Kissat won first place in the SAT Competition 2020 main track and first place on unsatisfiable instances.
- 2020: The official Kissat page linked the SAT Competition 2020 system description and submitted source archive.
- 2022-08-07: SAT Competition 2022 Light, Hyper, and Bulky GitHub releases were published.
- 2024: The repository README pointed to a SAT Competition 2024 solver description covering CaDiCaL, Gimsatul, IsaSAT, and Kissat.
- 2025-10-16: GitHub release rel-4.0.4 was published.

### Related projects

- Kissat is related to CaDiCaL, Gimsatul, IsaSAT, Lingeling, Plingeling, Treengeling, Paracooba, and the broader SAT Competition benchmark ecosystem.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/arminbiere/kissat/releases?per_page=100>
- <https://fmv.jku.at/kissat/>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kissat>
- <https://github.com/arminbiere/kissat>
- <https://github.com/arminbiere/kissat/releases>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - kissat - 4.0.2-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: kissat from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Keep it simple and clean bare metal SAT solver | https://fmv.jku.at/kissat/
- Nix - kissat: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ki/kissat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - kissat - 4.0.4-3.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: kissat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Keep It Simple SAT solver | http://fmv.jku.at/kissat/
- dnf - kissat-devel - 4.0.4-3.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: kissat-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files for kissat | http://fmv.jku.at/kissat/
- dnf - kissat-libs - 4.0.4-3.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: kissat-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Keep It Simple SAT solver library | http://fmv.jku.at/kissat/


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/kissat.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/kissat.yml)


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