# Install briss with Homebrew, Nix Crop PDF files. Version 0.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:briss ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install briss ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#briss ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/br/briss/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:briss - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.9 - **Source summary:** Crop PDF files - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - briss (cli) - briss (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.9 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://briss.sourceforge.net/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Briss is a small Java/Swing utility for visually cropping PDF pages, especially scans and multi-column documents. Its niche is the simple desktop workflow: overlay pages, draw crop rectangles, and export a PDF with adjusted visible page regions. ### Project history The project was registered on SourceForge in May 2010 by the maintainer account laborg and published GPLv3 releases through SourceForge. The official project page describes it as a spare-time, cross-platform application for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X, with development and bug tracking hosted on SourceForge. The public release train is compact: SourceForge lists early 0.0.x releases beginning in May 2010, followed by 0.0.13 in April 2011 and the 0.9 release in May 2012. The SourceForge summary records a later project update in May 2013, but the release history remains centered on the 2010-2012 period. ### Adoption history Briss became one of those package-manager-preserved desktop utilities: not a large ecosystem project, but useful enough for Homebrew and Nix to keep packaging it years after upstream activity slowed. SourceForge still shows ongoing weekly downloads and user reviews, indicating continuing long-tail use. ### How it is used Users run Briss when a scanned PDF or two-up document needs manual crop boxes rather than automated OCR/layout processing. The interface is graphical, but Homebrew exposes it as the `briss` executable so it fits into a Unix package collection despite being a desktop app. ### Why package nerds care For package-history purposes, Briss is a good example of the tiny Java GUI utilities that survived because package managers made old but still-useful desktop workflows easy to reinstall. It also illustrates the difference between visible cropping metadata and destructive redaction, a recurring footnote in PDF tooling. ### Timeline - 2010-05-04: SourceForge project registered. - 2010-05-10: Earliest listed SourceForge release, 0.0.2. - 2012-05-26: Briss 0.9 release posted on SourceForge. - 2013-05-20: SourceForge records the project's last update. ### Related projects - Related package-manager neighbors include PDF Arranger for rearranging, splitting, and merging PDFs; ScanTailor-style tools for scanned-page cleanup; and lower-level PDF toolkits such as pdftk, qpdf, and mutool for scripted PDF manipulation. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** briss - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - briss: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/br/briss/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [diff-pdf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/diff-pdf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, gui, pdf, productivity. - [pdfpc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pdfpc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, gui, pdf, productivity. - [cpdf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cpdf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, pdf, productivity. - [jpdfbookmarks](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jpdfbookmarks/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, gui, java, pdf, productivity. - [xpdf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/xpdf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, pdf, productivity. - [evince](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/evince/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, desktop-app, pdf, productivity. - [fop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, java, pdf, productivity. - [bookokrat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bookokrat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, pdf, productivity. - [klavaro](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/klavaro/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. 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