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Install crabz with Homebrew, Nix

Like pigz, but in Rust. Version 0.10.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install crabz

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#crabz

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/cr/crabz/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Like pigz, but in Rust

Commands and aliases

  • crabz

history

Project history and usage

crabz is a Rust compression and decompression CLI explicitly positioned as similar to pigz.

Project history

The project began as a proof-of-concept command-line wrapper around the author's `gzp` Rust crate. The README describes it as cross-platform and fast, with support for gzip, zlib, mgzip, BGZF, raw deflate, and snap formats.

Adoption history

crabz is distributed through several package channels documented by the project itself, including Homebrew or Linuxbrew, Debian packages from GitHub releases, Cargo, and conda-forge.

How it is used

Users call `crabz` to compress or decompress files, select formats, control compression level, set thread counts, and optionally write in place or to standard output.

Why package nerds care

crabz is notable in packaging circles as a Rust-era counterpart to classic Unix compression tools: one binary, package-manager friendly, and tuned for multi-threaded compression without requiring a custom zlib-ng pigz build.

Timeline

  • v0.1.0: Initial public release series on GitHub.
  • v0.10.0: Release series moved to updated Rust compression dependencies and packaging artifacts.

Related projects

  • crabz is directly compared with pigz and is built on the `gzp` library.

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 10 platform targets.
  • 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

CommandKindExposureNote
crabzcliglobal 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 version0.10.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.10.0

https://github.com/sstadick/crabz

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:crabz
Version0.10.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/crabz
Homepagehttps://github.com/sstadick/crabz
Repositoryhttps://github.com/sstadick/crabz
Upstream docshttps://github.com/sstadick/crabz#readme
LicenseMIT OR Unlicense
Source archivehttps://github.com/sstadick/crabz/archive/refs/tags/v0.10.0.tar.gz
Build dependenciescmake, rust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namecrabz
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

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%

crabz

nix profile install nixpkgs#crabz
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Crabz
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cr/crabz/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • ouchShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compression, decompression, rust, system.
  • gzipShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compression, decompression, system.
  • lizardShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compression, decompression, system.
  • lunzipShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compression, decompression, system.
  • lz4Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compression, decompression, system.
  • lzfseShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compression, decompression, system.

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.

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