# Install evtx with Homebrew, Nix Windows XML Event Log parser. Version 0.12.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-13. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:evtx ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install evtx ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#evtx ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ev/evtx/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:evtx - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.12.2 - **Source summary:** Windows XML Event Log parser - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 OR MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-13T17:48:59Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - bench_evtx_dump_loop (cli) - bench_tree_build (cli) - bench_tree_build_direct (cli) - bench_utf16_escape_matrix (cli) - evtx_dump (cli) - bench_evtx_dump_loop (alias) - bench_tree_build (alias) - bench_tree_build_direct (alias) - bench_utf16_escape_matrix (alias) - evtx_dump (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## 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: 0.12.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-13 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/omerbenamram/evtx - Upstream latest detected: v0.12.2 (current) ## Project history and usage evtx is a Rust library and command-line utility for parsing the Windows XML Event Log format, centered on the evtx_dump tool and also exposed through Rust and Python bindings. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created on 2019-03-30 and the first GitHub release, 0.3.0, was published on 2019-05-14. The project positions itself as a cross-platform parser for Windows EVTX files, implemented in safe Rust, with XML, JSON, and JSON Lines output paths. By the 0.12.x series the README emphasized multithreaded parsing, recovery of missing records or chunks, offline WEVT template rendering, WebAssembly-backed local viewing, and release binaries for Windows, macOS, and Linux. ### Adoption history The package has visible adoption in Rust and package-manager communities: crates.io reported more than 212,000 total downloads and Homebrew shipped evtx 0.12.2 with recent install analytics. The repository also links pyevtx-rs as Python bindings around the same Rust core. Its niche is forensic and incident-response tooling rather than general-purpose logging. The README compares it directly with python-evtx, libevtx, Go EVTX parsers, and pyevtx-rs, which reflects its role in a small but performance-sensitive parser ecosystem. ### How it is used The main CLI, evtx_dump, converts .evtx files to XML, JSON, or JSON Lines, can write to files, can read from stdin, and can be combined with tools such as fd, xargs, and jq for batch processing. As a library, evtx exposes EvtxParser for iterating over records from Rust code. Optional WEVT template-cache support lets users extract templates from provider binaries and render records that otherwise fail because of missing template data. ### Why package nerds care Package maintainers care about evtx because it is a modern, cross-platform replacement candidate for older EVTX parsers that were often tied to Python or C libraries. It also has the classic package-nerd appeal of a small CLI wrapping a fast library with stable machine-readable output. The project is especially useful in Unix pipelines that need to process Windows forensic artifacts without a Windows host. ### Timeline - 2019: Repository created and first GitHub release published. - 2026: README benchmarked evtx 0.12.2 and documented PGO-built release binaries for Linux and macOS. - 2026: crates.io reported evtx 0.12.2 as the maximum version with more than 212,000 total downloads. ### Related projects - pyevtx-rs provides Python bindings for the same Rust core. - The README benchmarks against python-evtx, libevtx, Velocidex evtx, and golang-evtx. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** evtx - **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 - evtx: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ev/evtx/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/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. - [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. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [chainsaw](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chainsaw/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, forensics, rust, security. - [afflib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/afflib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, forensics, security. - [dc3dd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dc3dd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, forensics, security. - [dcfldd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dcfldd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, forensics, security. - [hack-browser-data](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hack-browser-data/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, forensics, security. - [ssdeep](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ssdeep/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, forensics, security. - [mac-robber](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mac-robber/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, forensics, security. - [binwalk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/binwalk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, forensics, security. - [regipy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/regipy/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: analysis, cli, dump, forensics, security. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/evtx.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/evtx.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