Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install osxutils

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install osxutils

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/osxutils/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install mkalias

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

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#mkalias

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mk/mkalias/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Windows

Windows Package Managerverifiziert · 92%

winget install --id Google.JapaneseIME -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Google.JapaneseIME · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Collection of macOS command-line utilities

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

cpath
finfo
getfcomment
geticon
getvolume
google
hfsdata
lsmac
mkalias
mvtrash
osxutils
rcmac
setfcomment
setfctypes
setfflags
seticon
setlabel
setsuffix
setvolume
wikipedia
wsupdate

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

osxutils is a collection of Mac OS X command-line utilities for Finder metadata, aliases, icons, labels, file type/creator codes, comments, HFS data, and other Mac-specific filesystem operations.

Projektgeschichte

The maintained Homebrew upstream is `specious/osxutils`, whose README says it is based on the original osxutils project by Sveinbjorn Thordarson. GitHub records `specious/osxutils` as a fork created on 2015-04-08, with `vasi/osxutils` recorded as its parent and source repository created on 2012-12-13.

The package keeps alive a pre- and early-macOS style of command-line integration: utilities such as `getfcomment`, `setfcomment`, `geticon`, `seticon`, `mkalias`, `setlabel`, `setfflags`, and `lsmac` expose Finder/HFS metadata concepts that ordinary POSIX tools do not cover.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Homebrew and MacPorts package osxutils as a macOS utility suite. The input metadata also records related package names in Debian, Ubuntu, and Nix for `mkalias`, although those entries may refer to separate packages with the same executable name rather than the full macOS suite.

Wie es verwendet wird

Developers and power users reach for osxutils when shell scripts need to manipulate Mac-specific metadata rather than just file bytes and paths. The commands are useful for automation around Finder comments, custom icons, labels, volume names, aliases, and type/creator metadata.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

osxutils is package-nerd interesting because it packages old Mac filesystem affordances as discrete Unix commands. It also illustrates how Homebrew often preserves small platform-native tools whose upstream history predates the dominant GitHub era.

Zeitleiste

2012-12-13: GitHub records creation of `vasi/osxutils`, the parent/source repository for the maintained fork.
2015-04-08: GitHub records creation of `specious/osxutils`, the maintained fork used by Homebrew.
2026-03-17: GitHub records a push to `specious/osxutils`, showing the maintained fork had repository activity in 2026.

Related projects

The `tools-osx` README lists osxutils alongside osxiconutils and other Mac OS X command-line tools, reflecting the same ecosystem of shell access to Finder and filesystem features.

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 11 Plattformziele verfügbar.

Empfohlene Prüfung

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Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit
`cpath`	cli	globales Executable
`finfo`	cli	globales Executable
`getfcomment`	cli	globales Executable
`geticon`	cli	globales Executable
`getvolume`	cli	globales Executable
`google`	cli	globales Executable
`hfsdata`	cli	globales Executable
`lsmac`	cli	globales Executable
`mkalias`	cli	globales Executable
`mvtrash`	cli	globales Executable
`osxutils`	cli	globales Executable
`rcmac`	cli	globales Executable
`setfcomment`	cli	globales Executable
`setfctypes`	cli	globales Executable
`setfflags`	cli	globales Executable
`seticon`	cli	globales Executable
`setlabel`	cli	globales Executable
`setsuffix`	cli	globales Executable
`setvolume`	cli	globales Executable
`wikipedia`	cli	globales Executable
`wsupdate`	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-Version1.9.0

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv1.9.0

https://github.com/specious/osxutils

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:osxutils
Version	1.9.0
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/osxutils
Homepage	https://github.com/specious/osxutils
Repository	https://github.com/specious/osxutils
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/specious/osxutils#readme
Lizenz	GPL-2.0-or-later
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/specious/osxutils/archive/refs/tags/v1.9.0.tar.gz
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	osxutils
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Requirements	macos
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

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

MacPorts95%

osxutils

sudo port install osxutils

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Osxutils

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/osxutils/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Debian apt92%

mkalias 1.0.10-4

Bash alias management to facilitate alias creation

https://github.com/LucianoPC/mkalias

sudo apt install mkalias

Section: ruby
Architecture: all
1 Abhängigkeiten
installed executable or alias match
Abgeglichen nach: Mkalias

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

Nix92%

mkalias

nix profile install nixpkgs#mkalias

installed executable or alias match
Abgeglichen nach: Mkalias

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

Ubuntu apt92%

mkalias 1.0.10-4

Bash alias management to facilitate alias creation

https://github.com/LucianoPC/mkalias

sudo apt install mkalias

Section: universe/ruby
Architecture: all
1 Abhängigkeiten
installed executable or alias match
Abgeglichen nach: Mkalias

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

winget92%

Google.JapaneseIME

winget install --id Google.JapaneseIME -e

installed executable or alias match
Abgeglichen nach: Google

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Google.JapaneseIME from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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/osxutils.yml

Verwendete Quellen

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curated package history
external package-manager database matches
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