macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install demumblelocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install demumble with Homebrew, zypper
More powerful symbol demangler (a la c++filt). Version 1.3.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with zypper: sudo zypper install demumble.
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Linux
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install demumbleopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · demumble · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
More powerful symbol demangler (a la c++filt)
Project links
Commands and aliases
- demumble
history
Project history and usage
demumble is a small cross-platform symbol demangler positioned as a friendlier c++filt and undname.exe replacement. It demangles Itanium and Visual Studio C++ symbols and also handles D, Rust, and Swift symbols.
Project history
The official repository was created in December 2016 and presents demumble as a pragmatic answer to day-to-day symbol decoding pain. Its README focuses on small but important behavior differences: underscore handling across macOS and Linux, stdin filtering that avoids demangling ordinary words, and Windows-style symbol support outside Windows.
The project has stayed intentionally compact. Its build instructions are just CMake plus Ninja, and its release page provides prebuilt x64 binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Adoption history
demumble's adoption is niche but recognizable among developers who read linker output, compiler IR, crash logs, or binary symbols across platforms. Homebrew and openSUSE packaging reflect that it is useful enough as a standalone CLI even though it is not a large framework.
The GitHub release feed shows maintenance through v1.3.0 in August 2024, with releases spanning several years rather than rapid churn.
How it is used
The simplest use is to pass a mangled symbol and receive a demangled function signature. demumble can also run as a filter on standard input, which makes it useful in shell pipelines over logs, objdump output, LLVM IR, or compiler diagnostics.
The README's examples emphasize cross-platform convenience: the same binary can demangle Itanium ABI names and Microsoft Visual C++ names, reducing the need to remember which platform-specific demangler applies.
Why package nerds care
For package nerds, demumble is the kind of tiny diagnostic utility that earns a formula because it removes friction from debugging native builds. It is not infrastructure, but it makes opaque package failures easier to read.
It also illustrates a common package-manager pattern: a small upstream tool with prebuilt releases becomes more valuable when installed uniformly through brew or distribution packages.
Timeline
- 2016: The demumble repository is created on GitHub.
- 2019: The v1.2 release line is published.
- 2020: demumble v1.2.2 is released.
- 2024: demumble v1.3.0 is released.
Related projects
- c++filt is the traditional Unix comparison point for Itanium C++ demangling.
- undname.exe is the Windows comparison point for Microsoft Visual C++ symbols.
- LLVM and compiler toolchains generate the kinds of symbols demumble is commonly used to inspect.
Sources
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 1 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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
demumble | cli | global 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 generated2026-07-25
manager version1.3.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.3.0
https://github.com/nico/demumble
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:demumble |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.3.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/demumble |
| Homepage | https://github.com/nico/demumble |
| Repository | https://github.com/nico/demumble |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/nico/demumble#readme |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://github.com/nico/demumble/archive/refs/tags/v1.3.0.tar.gz |
| Build dependencies | cmake |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | demumble |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
zypper95%
demumble 1.3.0-1.3
A better c++filt and a better undname.exe, in one binary
https://github.com/nico/demumble
sudo zypper install demumble- License: Apache-2.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: demumble
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Demumble
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
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