# Installer unison avec Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de unison pour les workflows d'agents IA. ## installation ```sh sudo av install brew:unison ``` Commandes d'installation supplémentaires: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install unison ``` Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install unison ``` Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: net/unison/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add unison ``` Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: unison from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install unison ``` Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: unison from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install unison ``` Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: unison 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#unison ``` Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/un/unison/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S unison ``` Preuve: Arch Linux sync databases: unison from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install unison ``` Preuve: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: unison from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install unison ``` Preuve: Chocolatey community package catalog: unison from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='6.5836','capture' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/unison ``` Preuve: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/unison.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id bcpierce00.unison -e ``` Preuve: Windows Package Manager source index: bcpierce00.unison from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Faits du paquet - **Clé du paquet:** brew:unison - **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew - **Page du gestionnaire de paquets:** - **Version:** 2.54.0 - **Résumé source:** File synchronization tool - **Page d'accueil:** - **Dépôt:** - **Docs amont:** - **Licence:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Archive source:** - **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-05-01T04:33:37Z - **Généré:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## exécutables - unison (cli) - unison-fsmonitor (cli) - unison (alias) - unison-fsmonitor (alias) ## Dépendances de compilation - ocaml ## Comportement d'installation - hook post-installation: non défini - Bouteille: disponible sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Version et fraîcheur - page générée: 2026-07-08 - version du gestionnaire: 2.54.0 - gestionnaire mis à jour: 2026-05-01 - données locales: OK - dépôt amont: https://github.com/bcpierce00/unison - dernière version détectée: v2.54.0 (à jour) ## Historique du projet et usages Unison is a long-running bidirectional file synchronizer for Unix-like systems, macOS, and Windows. It occupies a different niche from one-way mirroring tools: it lets two independently changed replicas converge while detecting conflicts, using a normal user account rather than a kernel filesystem or privileged service. ### Historique du projet The original Unison web site at the University of Pennsylvania describes the tool as free software with a precise specification, support for Windows and many Unix variants, and transfer optimizations for small changes in large files. That site is now archival, and the project is hosted on GitHub. Unison's implementation history matters to packagers because the executable, wire protocol, and archive format have historically been tied to OCaml details. The project addressed much of that pain in the 2.52 line by adding feature negotiation, a new OCaml-independent archive format, and a new wire protocol; later 2.53 releases continued modernizing build, GUI, Windows, extended attribute, and ACL support. ### Historique d'adoption Unison has remained useful because it solved a stubborn workstation problem: keeping home directories, source trees, and personal data synchronized across laptops, servers, and operating systems without requiring a central always-on service. Its upstream README notes more than 25 years of use, and its package-manager footprint in the input spans Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Nix, MacPorts, Windows package managers, and others. In package-manager culture, Unison also became a compatibility cautionary tale. Users often need compatible versions on both ends of a sync, so distribution lag, OCaml compiler changes, and remote-server availability can matter as much as the local binary itself. ### Modes d'utilisation Typical CLI usage is to synchronize two roots, either local paths or a local path and a remote path reached over ssh. The official manual emphasizes running the remote copy as the file owner, using ssh rather than insecure socket modes for ordinary remote synchronization, and reviewing conflicts before propagation. Profiles stored as .prf files let users capture roots, paths, ignore rules, preferences, and repeat/watch behavior. For package users, the important executable split is the main unison CLI plus unison-fsmonitor, which supports watch-oriented workflows on platforms where it is available. ### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent Unison is package-nerd interesting because it is both old and operationally picky: a small package upgrade can affect interoperability with a remote host, archive migration, GUI availability, and OCaml runtime compatibility. That makes it a favorite example when discussing why reproducible package sets, pinned versions, and cross-platform binary availability matter. It also sits in the same practical toolbox as rsync while making a different tradeoff: rsync excels at one-way copy and deployment, while Unison tracks two replicas and asks the user to resolve real conflicts. That distinction keeps it relevant for dotfiles, laptops, research workstations, and mixed Unix/Windows environments. ### Chronologie - 1990s-2000s: Unison developed as a cross-platform bidirectional file synchronizer at the University of Pennsylvania. - 2010s: The project moved from older hosting to GitHub after an SVN-to-Git transition. - 2022: Version 2.52 introduced feature negotiation plus OCaml-independent archive and wire formats. - 2022-2023: Version 2.53 added GTK3 GUI work, extended attributes, ACL support, Windows build improvements, and modernized build instructions. - 2026: Version 2.54 dropped the old wire protocol and pre-2.52 archive support. ### Related projects - Unison is commonly compared with rsync, mirroring utilities, configuration-management tools, distributed filesystems such as Coda, and platform-specific sync tools. Its own documentation highlights these comparisons to explain why bidirectional reconciliation is its central feature. - The project is implemented in OCaml, so OCaml compiler and runtime evolution have been unusually visible in its packaging and compatibility story. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Notes de sécurité broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Risque Geiger:** blue / moyen - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## 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 - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Unison/*.prf, ~/.unison/*.prf - Unix: ~/.unison/*.prf - Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.unison\*.prf, %HOME%\.unison\*.prf, C:\.unison\*.prf ## Détails de la base source - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** unison - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets - Debian apt - unison - 2.53+1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: unison from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows - Nix - unison: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/un/unison/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - unison - 2.53+1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: unison from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows - apk - unison - 2.54.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: unison from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Efficient file-synchronization tool | https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ - apk - unison-doc - 2.54.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: unison-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Efficient file-synchronization tool (documentation) | https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ - dnf - unison - 2.54.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: unison from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | File Synchronizer | https://github.com/bcpierce00/unison - dnf - unison-doc - 2.54.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: unison-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Unison File Synchronizer documentation | https://github.com/bcpierce00/unison - dnf - unison-gtk - 2.54.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: unison-gtk from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Unison File Synchronizer GTK interface | https://github.com/bcpierce00/unison - pacman - unison - 2.54.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: unison from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | File-synchronization tool | https://github.com/bcpierce00/unison/ - zypper - unison - 2.53.8-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: unison from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | File synchronization tool | https://github.com/bcpierce00/unison - zypper - unison-text - 2.53.8-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: unison-text from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | File synchronization tool | https://github.com/bcpierce00/unison - MacPorts - unison: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/unison/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Chocolatey - unison: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: unison from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='6.5836','capture' - Scoop - main/unison: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/unison.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - bcpierce00.unison: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: bcpierce00.unison from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix - Nix - unison-fsmonitor: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/un/unison-fsmonitor/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Liens liés - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [ocaml](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/ocaml/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [brename](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/brename/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cross-platform, developer-tools. - [chsrc](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/chsrc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cross-platform, developer-tools. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cross-platform, developer-tools. - [energy](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/energy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cross-platform, developer-tools. - [flatbuffers](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/flatbuffers/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cross-platform, developer-tools. - [fltk](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/fltk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cross-platform, developer-tools. - [fox](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/fox/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cross-platform, developer-tools. - [fswatch](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/fswatch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cross-platform, developer-tools. - [watcher](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/watcher/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cross, cross-platform, developer, developer-tools. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/unison.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/unison.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph