# Install cvsync with Homebrew, MacPorts Portable CVS repository synchronization utility. Version 0.24.20 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-27. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cvsync ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cvsync ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install cvsync ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/cvsync/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cvsync - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.24.20 - **Source summary:** Portable CVS repository synchronization utility - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-27T07:08:57Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cvscan (cli) - cvsup2cvsync (cli) - cvsync (cli) - cvsync2cvsup (cli) - cvsyncd (cli) - rcscan (cli) - rcscmp (cli) - cvscan (alias) - cvsup2cvsync (alias) - cvsync (alias) - cvsync2cvsup (alias) - cvsyncd (alias) - rcscan (alias) - rcscmp (alias) ## Dependencies - openssl@4 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.24.20 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-27 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.cvsync.org/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** cvsync - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - MacPorts - cvsync: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/cvsync/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [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. - [openssl@4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-4/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cvs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cvs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cvs, developer-tools, version-control. - [cvs-fast-export](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cvs-fast-export/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cvs, developer-tools, version-control. - [cvsutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cvsutils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cvs, developer-tools, version-control. - [braid](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/braid/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [breezy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/breezy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [codeberg-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/codeberg-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [darcs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/darcs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [db-vcs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/db-vcs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [gcli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gcli/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, control, developer, developer-tools, openssl. - [dura](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dura/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, control, developer, developer-tools, openssl. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cvsync.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cvsync.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 - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph