macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install brenamelocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install brename with Homebrew, scoop
Cross-platform command-line tool for safe batch renaming via regular expressions. Version 2.14.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/brenameScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/brename.json · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Cross-platform command-line tool for safe batch renaming via regular expressions
Project links
Commands and aliases
- brename
history
Project history and usage
brename is a Go command-line batch-renaming tool focused on safe regular-expression based file and directory renames. Its distinguishing features are dry runs, conflict detection, cross-platform path safety, filters, recursive operation, and undo support.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in September 2013. The README presents brename as a practical cross-platform tool for safely batch renaming files and directories via regular expression.
The project evolved around safety checks that plain mv or rename commands do not provide, such as detecting existing targets, newly overwritten paths, empty target paths, and Windows-problematic path endings.
Adoption history
The official README lists prebuilt release binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows, plus installation through Conda, Homebrew, Arch AUR, Scoop, and source builds. The input package facts also record Homebrew and Scoop packaging.
Its adoption is niche but practical: users who need repeatable bulk renames get a single static-style CLI rather than shelling together find, sed, mv, and platform-specific rename variants.
How it is used
The README documents pattern replacement with -p and -r, dry-run mode, include and exclude filters, recursive operation, directory renaming, key-value replacement files, ascending-number replacements, extension preservation, listing matches, and undoing the last successful operation.
Cross-platform safety is a major usage theme. The README calls out case-insensitive filesystems such as FAT and NTFS and documents flags for case-insensitive or case-sensitive path handling.
Why package nerds care
brename is not a foundational package, but it is a useful example of a modern single-purpose Go CLI that packages well across Homebrew, Scoop, Conda, and downloadable release archives.
For package maintainers, it sits in the long family of rename tools while emphasizing safety and portability rather than just exposing a regular-expression substitution primitive.
Timeline
- 2013-09: The brename GitHub repository was created.
- 2025: Official repository metadata showed activity into August 2025.
- 2025: The README documented brename 2.14.0 release binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Related projects
- Traditional Unix mv and rename commands are the simpler tools brename's safety checks are meant to improve upon.
- Go is the implementation language and source-build toolchain named by the README.
- Scoop and Homebrew are package-manager channels documented by the README and input facts.
Sources
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
brename | 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 version2.14.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.14.0
https://github.com/shenwei356/brename
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:brename |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.14.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/brename |
| Homepage | https://github.com/shenwei356/brename |
| Repository | https://github.com/shenwei356/brename |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/shenwei356/brename#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/shenwei356/brename/archive/refs/tags/v2.14.0.tar.gz |
| Build dependencies | go |
| 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 | brename |
| 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.
Scoop95%
main/brename
scoop install main/brename- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Brename
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