# Install calabash with Homebrew XProc (XML Pipeline Language) implementation. Version 1.5.7-120 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:calabash ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install calabash ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:calabash - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.5.7-120 - **Source summary:** XProc (XML Pipeline Language) implementation - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-only OR CDDL-1.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - calabash (cli) - calabash (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk - saxon ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.5.7-120 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ndw/xmlcalabash1 - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage XML Calabash is Norm Tovey-Walsh's Java implementation of XProc, the W3C XML pipeline language. The Homebrew `calabash` formula tracks the 1.x line, a command-line processor for running XML processing pipelines from packages, scripts, and Java classpaths. ### Project history Norm Walsh published the XML Calabash status page on 24 August 2008 as an implementation of the then-developing W3C XProc work. The same page records the initial 0.9.0a release on 24 August 2008, a 0.9.0 beta release on 28 November 2008, and a 1.0.0 stable release on 20 January 2012. The archived 1.x documentation says Calabash is built in Java on top of Saxon and implements XProc, with command-line use through `com.xmlcalabash.drivers.Main`. The current XML Calabash homepage has moved on to XML Calabash 3.x for XProc 3.1, while preserving the 1.x docs as an archive. ### Adoption history Calabash was adopted in the XML tooling community as a practical command-line XProc processor for chaining XSLT, validation, document loading, and other XML pipeline steps. Its status page linked test-suite results, reflecting the XProc community's emphasis on specification conformance. The 1.x package remained useful for systems built around XProc 1.0 after the W3C Recommendation, while later XML Calabash 3.x moved to the newer XProc 3.1 ecosystem and Codeberg-hosted releases. ### How it is used Users run Calabash by placing `calabash.jar` and dependencies on the Java classpath and invoking `java com.xmlcalabash.drivers.Main` with pipeline options and an `.xpl` file. Version 0.9.18 added support for constructing simple linear pipelines directly on the command line with repeated step options. The tool is mostly a batch-processing component for XML-heavy build, publishing, documentation, and data-conversion workflows rather than a general interactive CLI. ### Why package nerds care XML Calabash is significant because it packages an XML standards implementation as a Unix-style command-line tool. It is the kind of package that only a niche group needs, but that group needs it reproducibly in build farms, publishing pipelines, and long-lived XML document systems. Its history also marks the split between XProc 1.x compatibility tooling and newer XProc 3.x work, which matters when package managers choose old-but-stable implementations for legacy workflows. ### Timeline - 2008: Project status page and initial 0.9.0a release published on 24 August 2008. - 2008: 0.9.0 beta release published on 28 November 2008. - 2010: XProc 1.0 became a W3C Recommendation on 11 May 2010, the version the 1.x project targeted. - 2012: XML Calabash 1.0.0 stable released on 20 January 2012. - 2013: XML Calabash 1.0.15 listed as available on the archived status page. - 2020s: The main XML Calabash site focuses on 3.x, an implementation of XProc 3.1, while archiving the 1.x pages. ### Related projects - Related projects and standards include XProc, Saxon, XML Calabash 3.x, MorganaXProc, XSLT processors, and DocBook/DITA publishing pipelines. Calabash belongs to the broader XML command-line tooling world rather than mainstream application development packages. ### Sources - - - ## 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:** calabash - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [saxon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/saxon/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [htmlcleaner](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/htmlcleaner/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, java, xml. - [htmlcompressor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/htmlcompressor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, java, xml. - [amdatu-bootstrap](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amdatu-bootstrap/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, java. - [ant](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ant/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, java. - [antlr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/antlr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, java. - [apache-opennlp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-opennlp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, java. - [asciidoctorj](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/asciidoctorj/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, java. - [jdtls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jdtls/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, implementation, java. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/calabash.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/calabash.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph