macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install areslocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install aresMacPorts ports tree · security/ares/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install ares with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix, winget
Automated decoding of encrypted text. Version 0.11.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install aresDebian stable package indexes · ares · source: deb.debian.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#aresnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ar/ares/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Windows
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id Ares.Ares -eWindows Package Manager source index · Ares.Ares · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Automated decoding of encrypted text
Project links
Commands and aliases
- ares
history
Project history and usage
Ares is packaged by Homebrew as an automated decoder for encrypted or encoded text. The upstream repository currently presents the project as ciphey, a Rust successor in the Ciphey decoding-tool family, so the package history is best understood as a formula name and repository name that predate or diverge from the current upstream branding.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in August 2021. Public releases begin with 0.0.1, 'The Founding of Thebes', in July 2022, followed by a run of mythologically named 0.x releases through 2022 and later 0.10 and 0.11 releases. The Cargo manifest now names the package and binary `ciphey`, describes it as 'Ciphey but in Rust', and points at the same author ecosystem.
Adoption history
Homebrew keeps the formula name `ares`, builds from the bee-san/Ares release archive, and tests the installed `ares` binary by decoding a base64 string. The input record also notes packaging in Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, Nix, and winget, indicating broader CLI packaging despite the upstream branding ambiguity.
How it is used
The current README describes a decoder workflow aimed at automatically recovering plaintext without the user specifying every cipher step. It emphasizes a CLI plus library split, a timer to avoid endless searches, multi-level decoding, plaintext detection, and integrations such as a Discord bot.
Why package nerds care
For package nerds, Ares is interesting less as a stable brand than as a packaging edge case: Homebrew exposes `ares`, while upstream source metadata now says `ciphey`. It is also a Rust rewrite/next-generation branch of a popular decoder idea, so package records need to preserve the formula identity without erasing the upstream rename signal.
Timeline
- 2021: GitHub repository created.
- 2022: 0.0.1 release published as 'The Founding of Thebes'.
- 2023: v0.10.0 'Amphitrite' release published.
- 2025: 0.11.0 release published and packaged by Homebrew as Ares.
Related projects
- The README explicitly links the project to Ciphey and says it was built by the same people. It also mentions LemmeKnow, PyWhat, Rayon, cipher_identifier, and gibberish-or-not as parts of the decoding and plaintext-detection ecosystem.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:encrypt
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
ares | cli | global 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 version0.11.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected0.11.0
https://github.com/bee-san/Ares
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:ares |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.11.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ares |
| Homepage | https://github.com/bee-san/Ares |
| Repository | https://github.com/bee-san/Ares |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/bee-san/Ares#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/bee-san/Ares/archive/refs/tags/0.11.0.tar.gz |
| Build dependencies | rust |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | ares |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
ares 134+dfsg-1+b1
Accurate multi-system emulator
sudo apt install ares- Section: otherosfs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ares
- 20 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ares
Nix95%
ares
nix profile install nixpkgs#ares- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ares
Ubuntu apt95%
ares 134+dfsg-1build2
Accurate multi-system emulator
sudo apt install ares- Section: universe/otherosfs
- Architecture: amd64
- 20 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ares
MacPorts95%
ares
sudo port install ares- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ares
winget95%
Ares.Ares
winget install --id Ares.Ares -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ares
winget95%
ares-emulator.ares
winget install --id ares-emulator.ares -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ares
winget95%
bee-san.Ares
winget install --id bee-san.Ares -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ares
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment