# Install desed with Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix Debugger for Sed. Version 1.2.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:desed ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install desed ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add desed ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: desed from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install desed ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: desed from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#desed ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/de/desed/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:desed - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.2.2 - **Source summary:** Debugger for Sed - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - desed (cli) - desed (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 1.2.2 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/SoptikHa2/desed - Upstream latest detected: v1.2.2 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 Notes escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal. - **Geiger risk:** red / medium - escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - desed: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/de/desed/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - desed - 1.2.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: desed from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Demystify and debug your sed scripts, from comfort of your terminal | https://github.com/SoptikHa2/desed - apk - desed-doc - 1.2.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: desed-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Demystify and debug your sed scripts, from comfort of your terminal (documentation) | https://github.com/SoptikHa2/desed - dnf - desed - 1.2.2-8.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: desed from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Sed script debugger | https://crates.io/crates/desed ## Related links - [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. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [minised](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/minised/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, sed, text-processing. - [ssed](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ssed/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, sed, text-processing. - [align](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/align/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [bsdconv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bsdconv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [cconv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cconv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [cmigemo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmigemo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [decasify](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/decasify/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [enca](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/enca/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/desed.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/desed.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