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Install dura with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

Backs up your work automatically via Git commits. Version 0.2.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install dura

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install dura

MacPorts ports tree · devel/dura/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#dura

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/du/dura/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Backs up your work automatically via Git commits

Commands and aliases

  • dura

history

Project history and usage

Dura is a Rust developer tool that watches Git repositories and makes background snapshot commits without moving HEAD, changing the current branch, or touching the index. It belongs to the small family of tools that treat Git as a local safety net rather than only as a collaboration system.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created at the end of 2021, and the README says people had been using it since January 1, 2022. The project reached crates.io in January 2022 as `dura`, described there as backing up work automatically via Git commits.

Dura's design centers on per-commit `dura/` branches. It snapshots dirty working trees in the background so a developer can recover from editor mistakes, crashes, or bad resets by checking Git history rather than relying on per-file undo.

Adoption history

The official README documents installation through Cargo, Homebrew on macOS, Arch via `dura-git`, and Nix/NixOS. That spread is typical of a developer utility that is useful to package-manager-heavy users even when it is not a language runtime or framework dependency.

By June 2026, the GitHub API reported several thousand stars, while crates.io remained a smaller distribution channel. That pattern fits a tool discovered and evaluated mostly as a workflow idea, with package managers used once a developer decides to keep it running.

How it is used

Typical use is `dura serve` in the background, then `dura watch` inside each Git repository to snapshot. Recovery is performed through normal Git inspection and checkout/reset operations against the generated `dura/<commit>` branches.

Why package nerds care

Dura is interesting to package nerds because it packages a personal disaster-recovery habit as a daemonized CLI: automatic local commits without changing the developer's visible branch state. It also sits near tools like `git stash`, editor local history, and filesystem backup, but uses Git's object model as the storage layer.

Timeline

  • 2021-12-31: GitHub repository created.
  • 2022-01-01: README says many users had been using it from this date onward.
  • 2022-01-23: `dura` crate created on crates.io.
  • 2022-06-18: 0.2.0-rc1 release published on GitHub.

Related projects

  • Dura's own recovery instructions compare the workflow to `git stash` and normal Git commands, and the project uses libgit2 for writing commits. In practice it overlaps with editor local-history features and continuous backup tools, but remains Git-native.

security posture

Risk level: orange

formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

  • formula declares a Homebrew service

Signals

  • metadata:service

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 2 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

CommandKindExposureNote
duracliglobal 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 version0.2.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.2.0

https://github.com/tkellogg/dura

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:dura
Version0.2.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dura
Homepagehttps://github.com/tkellogg/dura
Repositoryhttps://github.com/tkellogg/dura
Upstream docshttps://github.com/tkellogg/dura#readme
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/tkellogg/dura/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.0.tar.gz
Dependenciesopenssl@3
Build dependenciespkgconf, rust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicedeclared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namedura
Version Scheme0
Revision0
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.

Nix95%

dura

nix profile install nixpkgs#dura
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dura
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/du/dura/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
MacPorts95%

dura

sudo port install dura
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dura
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/dura/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@3Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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  • git-colaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, 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