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Install abi3audit with Homebrew

Scans Python packages for abi3 violations and inconsistencies. Version 0.0.26 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-26.

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install abi3audit

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Scans Python packages for abi3 violations and inconsistencies

Commands and aliases

  • abi3audit

history

Project history and usage

abi3audit is a Python packaging audit tool for finding violations and inconsistencies in Python abi3 extension modules and wheels. It can inspect local shared objects, wheels, PyPI packages, and package release histories.

Project history

The README says abi3audit was created by Trail of Bits and is now maintained as part of the Python Packaging Authority. GitHub release metadata for early versions still references the trailofbits repository, while current PyPI metadata points to the PyPA source repository.

Adoption history

abi3audit emerged from security and packaging concerns around Python's stable ABI. Its transfer to PyPA made it part of the Python packaging tool ecosystem, and the Homebrew input facts show it packaged as a command-line tool for macOS users.

How it is used

Users run abi3audit against a shared object, a wheel file, or a PyPI package name. The README documents verbose output for mismatch details and a JSON report mode for tooling integration.

Why package nerds care

abi3audit is package-nerd significant because abi3 wheels promise compatibility across CPython minor versions, but that promise is not automatically enforced at install time. The tool gives maintainers and distribution builders a way to check whether wheel tags and actual exported symbols agree.

Timeline

  • 2022-09-20: Current GitHub repository created.
  • 2022-09-28: Earliest GitHub release in the current release list is v0.0.2.
  • 2022: Early release notes reference the Trail of Bits repository.
  • 2022-11: README links Trail of Bits writing about finding bugs with abi3audit.
  • 2025: Release series continues under PyPA with packaging and Python-version maintenance.
  • 2026-01-23: v0.0.26 released.

Related projects

  • Related projects and standards include CPython's stable ABI, abi3 wheel tags, PyPI, PyPA packaging tools, setuptools' py-limited-api option, auditwheel, and Kaitai Struct parsers used by the project.

Sources

  • Official README, PyPI metadata, GitHub repository metadata, and GitHub release metadata.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for abi3audit. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
  • Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
abi3auditcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.0.26
manager updated2026-05-26
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/pypa/abi3audit

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:abi3audit
Version0.0.26
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/abi3audit
Homepagehttps://github.com/pypa/abi3audit
Repositoryhttps://github.com/pypa/abi3audit
Upstream docshttps://github.com/pypa/abi3audit#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/99/2d/fa16448d36021e36caa71acda36e25be8f6315b9c740b1be8bdae5c76257/abi3audit-0.0.26.tar.gz
Last updated2026-05-26T23:37:45-04:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciescertifi, python@3.14
Build dependenciescmake, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameabi3audit
Version Scheme0
Revision4
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • python@3.14Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • flitShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, packaging, python.
  • hatchShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, packaging, python.
  • pdmShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, packaging, python.
  • poetryShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, packaging, python.
  • pyinstallerShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, packaging, python.
  • pyoxidizerShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, packaging, python.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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