# Install tweak

Command-line, ncurses library based hex editor. Version 3.02 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:tweak
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install tweak
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install tweak
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install tweak
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: tweak from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#tweak
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:tweak
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tweak>
- **Version:** 3.02
- **Source summary:** Command-line, ncurses library based hex editor
- **Homepage:** <https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/tweak/>
- **Repository:** <https://git.tartarus.org/simon/tweak.git>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/tweak>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/tweak/tweak-3.02.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- tweak (cli)
- tweak (alias)

## macOS Provided Libraries

- ncurses

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 3.02
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/tweak/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## セキュリティノート

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- library-like package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** tweak
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - tweak - 3.02-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: tweak from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Efficient text-mode hex editor | https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/tweak/
- Nix - tweak: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tw/tweak/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - tweak - 3.02-6: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: tweak from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Efficient text-mode hex editor | https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/tweak/
- dnf - tweak - 3.02-22.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: tweak from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | An efficient hex editor | http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/tweak/


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- [dhex](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/dhex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary-editing, cli, developer-tools, hex-editor, ncurses.
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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph