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Install cvsync with Homebrew, MacPorts

Portable CVS repository synchronization utility. Version 0.24.20 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-27.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cvsync

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install cvsync

MacPorts ports tree · net/cvsync/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Portable CVS repository synchronization utility

Commands and aliases

  • cvscan
  • cvsup2cvsync
  • cvsync
  • cvsync2cvsup
  • cvsyncd
  • rcscan
  • rcscmp

history

Project history and usage

CVSync is a portable utility suite for synchronizing and mirroring CVS repositories, with client, server, scanner, comparison, and CVSup-conversion tools.

Project history

The official site presents CVSync as a BSD-licensed CVS repository synchronization utility and now points all CVSync materials to GitHub. The project copyright line covers MAEKAWA Masahide from 2003 through 2026.

Adoption history

CVSync belongs to the era when public CVS mirrors mattered: it offered repository-level synchronization over a dedicated cvsync protocol and included tools for mirror operators who were also dealing with CVSup-style distribution.

How it is used

Users run cvsync against a cvsync:// host to list or retrieve collections, while cvsyncd serves collections and companion tools scan RCS files, compare repositories, and convert between CVSup and CVSync metadata.

Why package nerds care

For package archaeology, CVSync is a mirror-maintenance tool: it reflects the operational side of old source distributions, where keeping RCS-backed CVS repositories synchronized was as important as using the version-control client.

Timeline

  • 2003: CVSync documentation and copyright history begin.
  • 2003: The ChangeLog records rapid 0.19.x through 0.24.x development.
  • The official site lists 0.24.20 as a distribution release and points development activity to GitHub.

Related projects

  • CVSync is related to CVS, RCS repository files, and CVSup-style repository distribution.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:sync

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 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
cvscancliglobal executable
cvsup2cvsynccliglobal executable
cvsynccliglobal executable
cvsync2cvsupcliglobal executable
cvsyncdcliglobal executable
rcscancliglobal executable
rcscmpcliglobal 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 version0.24.20
manager updated2026-05-27
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://www.cvsync.org/

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:cvsync
Version0.24.20
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cvsync
Homepagehttps://www.cvsync.org/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/cvsync/cvsync
Upstream docshttps://www.cvsync.org/
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Source archivehttps://www.cvsync.org/dist/cvsync-0.24.20.tar.bz2
Last updated2026-05-27T07:08:57Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesopenssl@4
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namecvsync
Version Scheme0
Revision1
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • 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.

MacPorts95%

cvsync

sudo port install cvsync
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cvsync
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: net/cvsync/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/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

  • openssl@4Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • cvsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cvs, developer-tools, version-control.
  • cvs-fast-exportShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cvs, developer-tools, version-control.
  • cvsutilsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cvs, developer-tools, version-control.
  • braidShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control.
  • breezyShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control.
  • codeberg-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control.

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