macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install desedlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install desed with Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix
Debugger for Sed. Version 1.2.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add desedAlpine Linux edge package indexes · desed · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install desedFedora Rawhide package metadata · desed · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#desednixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/de/desed/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Debugger for Sed
Project links
Commands and aliases
- desed
history
Project history and usage
desed is a terminal user-interface debugger for sed scripts. It wraps GNU sed's debugging capability with interactive stepping, breakpoints, reverse stepping, hot reload, and state inspection.
Project history
The maintainer describes desed as a first Rust project built because sed lacked comfortable debugging tooling. The project reached public 1.x releases by 2020 and had a v1.2.2 release in 2024.
Adoption history
The official README lists several package routes, including Alpine Linux, Arch AUR, DragonFly BSD, Fedora, FreeBSD, Void Linux, Cargo, source builds, and precompiled GitHub releases. That spread reflects a small but real command-line audience across Unix-like package ecosystems.
How it is used
Users run desed to step through sed programs, inspect pattern and hold-space state, preview substitutions, place breakpoints, and reload edited scripts while staying in a terminal UI.
Why package nerds care
desed is notable because it gives a classic Unix stream editor the kind of interactive debugger usually associated with larger programming languages. For package collectors, it is a niche but memorable text-processing tool: small, Rust-based, and aimed at people who write enough sed to need a debugger.
Timeline
- 2020: v1.2.0 added autoreload and BSD support.
- 2022: v1.2.1 fixed BSD file-watch support on armv7.
- 2024: v1.2.2 was published.
Related projects
- Related tools include GNU sed itself and sed programs such as sedtris, which the README references as an example of complex sed usage.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: red
escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal.
Risk classifier
red risk · medium confidence · escape-surveillance-offensive
Why
- escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal
Signals
- text:debugger
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
desed | 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 generated2026-07-08
manager version1.2.2
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.2.2
https://github.com/SoptikHa2/desed
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:desed |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/desed |
| Homepage | https://soptik.tech/articles/building-desed-the-sed-debugger.html |
| Repository | https://github.com/SoptikHa2/desed |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/SoptikHa2/desed#readme |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/SoptikHa2/desed/archive/refs/tags/v1.2.2.tar.gz |
| Build dependencies | rust |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, 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 | desed |
| 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.
Nix95%
desed
nix profile install nixpkgs#desed- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Desed
apk95%
desed 1.2.1-r1
Demystify and debug your sed scripts, from comfort of your terminal
https://github.com/SoptikHa2/desed
sudo apk add desed- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: desed
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Desed
apk95%
desed-doc 1.2.1-r1
Demystify and debug your sed scripts, from comfort of your terminal (documentation)
https://github.com/SoptikHa2/desed
sudo apk add desed-doc- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: desed
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Desed
dnf95%
desed 1.2.2-8.fc44
Sed script debugger
https://crates.io/crates/desed
sudo dnf install desed- License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND ISC AND MIT AND Zlib AND (Apache-2.0 OR BSL-1.0) AND (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: rust-desed
- 6 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Desed
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