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Install css-crush with Homebrew

Extensible PHP based CSS preprocessor. Version 5.0.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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macOS

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brew install css-crush

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Extensible PHP based CSS preprocessor

Commands and aliases

  • csscrush

history

Project history and usage

CSS Crush is an extensible PHP-based CSS preprocessor and command-line tool for vendor prefixing, variables, imports, nesting, functions, mixins, minification, plugins, and source maps.

Project history

The upstream changelog shows CSS Crush evolving through the early-2010s CSS preprocessor wave, adding selector aliasing, vendor aliases, plugins, source maps, watch mode, and command-line workflow features before later major releases raised PHP requirements and removed older legacy-browser features.

Adoption history

The README documents both Composer installation for PHP projects and npm installation for JavaScript workflows, reflecting a package that began as a PHP preprocessor but also catered to Node-oriented build pipelines.

How it is used

CSS Crush can be used as a PHP library, through helper functions that compile files or strings, or as a CLI-oriented build tool. The 2014 changelog entry for version 2.2.0 added a command-line config file named crushfile.php, which is the package's official documented config filename.

Why package nerds care

For package collectors, CSS Crush represents the period when CSS preprocessors competed on lightweight build integration, automatic prefixing, and language extensions before many of those features moved into PostCSS pipelines or native CSS.

Timeline

  • 2012: 1.8.0 adds selector aliasing.
  • 2013: 2.0.0 raises the PHP requirement, namespaces library code, and removes several legacy IE helpers.
  • 2014: 2.2.0 adds crushfile.php for command-line configuration.
  • 2019: 3.0.0 raises the PHP requirement to 5.6 and simplifies the plugin API.
  • 2022: 4.0.0 raises the PHP requirement to 7.

Related projects

  • CSS Crush sits in the same historical space as Sass, Less, Stylus, PostCSS-era plugins, and other CSS build tools that extended CSS before browser support caught up.

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 1 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime 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
csscrushcliglobal 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 version5.0.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv5.0.1

https://github.com/peteboere/css-crush

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:css-crush
Version5.0.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/css-crush
Homepagehttps://the-echoplex.net/csscrush
Repositoryhttps://github.com/peteboere/css-crush
Upstream docshttps://the-echoplex.net/csscrush
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/peteboere/css-crush/archive/refs/tags/v5.0.1.tar.gz
Dependenciesphp
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

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

package graph

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

Related tools

  • phpRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.

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source trail

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Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment