macOS
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Command-line benchmark tool. Version 1.0.13 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-28.
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Linux
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
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Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#benchnixpkgs package indexes · bench · source: raw.githubusercontent.com
overview
Package summary
Command-line benchmark tool
Project links
Commands and aliases
- bench
history
Project history and usage
Bench is Gabriella Gonzalez's command-line benchmarking wrapper around Haskell's Criterion library. It turns the statistical benchmarking machinery used by Haskell developers into a shell command for timing arbitrary programs.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in March 2016, and the README copyright dates the project to 2016. Public GitHub releases began with 1.0.1 in May 2016 and reached 1.0.9 in May 2018.
The README describes the project as a simple utility that wraps Criterion and notes that it is not expected to change much, which matches the small, stable command-line-tool profile.
Adoption history
The README documents installation via Homebrew on macOS, DNF on Fedora or Red Hat-based distributions, Stack, and Nix. That cross-package-manager footprint is the main adoption signal for a small benchmarking utility.
Bench's appeal is strongest for users who want Criterion-style repeated runs, confidence intervals, CSV/JUnit/raw outputs, and HTML reports without writing a Haskell benchmark harness.
How it is used
Users run commands such as `bench 'sleep 1'`, pass one or more command lines, and optionally emit reports with flags such as `--output`, `--csv`, `--junit`, or `--raw`. Output from the command under test is discarded while timing statistics are collected.
It sits between shell built-ins like `time` and larger benchmarking frameworks: lightweight enough for ad hoc CLI comparisons, but statistically richer than a single wall-clock measurement.
Why package nerds care
Bench is notable as a package-manager-friendly bridge from the Haskell Criterion ecosystem to everyday shell benchmarking. It is small, stable, and very Unix in spirit: one command that makes a deeper library useful outside its home language.
Its significance is modest but real for developers comparing command-line tools, compiler flags, scripts, and small pipelines from a terminal.
Timeline
- 2016: Repository created and 1.0.1 released.
- 2016: 1.0.2 released.
- 2017: 1.0.8 released.
- 2018: 1.0.9 released.
- 2020s: Packaged by Homebrew, DNF, and Nix according to supplied package facts and README installation notes.
Related projects
- Criterion is the Haskell benchmarking library used underneath Bench.
- Stack and Nix are documented installation routes.
- Homebrew and DNF package the command for non-Haskell-specific installation.
Sources
- https://github.com/Gabriella439/bench
- https://github.com/Gabriella439/bench/releases
- source_facts.package-manager
- source_facts.package-manager-url
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
bench | 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 version1.0.13
manager updated2026-06-28
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/Gabriella439/bench
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/Gabriella439/benchnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:bench |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.13 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bench |
| Homepage | https://github.com/Gabriella439/bench |
| Repository | https://github.com/Gabriella439/bench |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/Gabriella439/bench#readme |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| Source archive | https://hackage.haskell.org/package/bench-1.0.13/bench-1.0.13.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-28T12:58:43-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | gmp |
| Build dependencies | cabal-install, ghc |
| Uses from macOS | libffi |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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 | bench |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| 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.
Nix95%
bench
nix profile install nixpkgs#bench- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bench
dnf95%
bench 1.0.13-9.fc44
Command-line benchmark tool
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/bench
sudo dnf install bench- License: BSD-3-Clause
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: bench
- 7 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bench
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