install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install fileql

local Homebrew formula metadata

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id amrdeveloper.fileql -e

Windows Package Manager source index · amrdeveloper.fileql · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Run SQL-like query on local files instead of database files using the GitQL SDK

Project links

Commands and aliases

fileql

history

Project history and usage

FileQL is a small Rust CLI that runs SQL-like queries against local filesystem metadata instead of a database, using the GitQL SDK.

Its package-manager hook is simple: it gives developers a query-language way to inspect files from a shell pipeline or terminal without standing up a database.

Project history

The FileQL repository was created in February 2024. The README describes it as File Query Language and says it lets users run SQL-like queries on local files using the GitQL SDK.

The first tagged release, 0.1.0, was published in February 2024, followed by a short sequence of 0.x releases through 2025.

The README documents a `files` table with columns such as path, parent, extension, is_dir, is_file, and size, plus SQL-like examples such as SELECT, COUNT, DISTINCT, LIKE, and local-file query functions.

Adoption history

FileQL is a newer niche developer tool rather than a broad infrastructure standard. Its adoption evidence is mainly official packaging/install notes from the README, which point to Cargo and winget, plus source_facts package-manager data for Homebrew and winget.

The project is best understood as part of the GitQL family of experiments: applying a familiar SQL-ish query model to developer-local data sources that are normally handled with find, awk, ls, or custom scripts.

How it is used

Users run FileQL with paths supplied via file-selection options and a query supplied on the command line, optionally enabling pagination or choosing render, JSON, or CSV output.

Useful queries include enumerating files, grouping by parent directory, counting children, filtering by extensions, and emitting machine-readable output for further scripting.

Because FileQL is read-oriented and local, its workflow is lightweight: install the CLI, point it at paths, and use SQL-style expressions where shell globbing or ad hoc parsing gets awkward.

Why package nerds care

FileQL is notable less for scale than for shape: it is a Rust CLI distributed through developer package channels, with no daemon, no config, and no credentials.

It is also a tidy example of a domain-specific query executable where the package name, binary, README examples, and install path are the whole product surface.

Timeline

2024-02: Repository created and 0.1.0 release published.
2024-03: 0.2.0 release published.
2024-08: 0.6.0 and 0.7.0 releases published.
2024-11: 0.9.0 release published.
2025-02: 0.10.0 release published.

Related projects

FileQL is built around the GitQL SDK and belongs to the broader family of SQL-like command-line query tools for developer data.
Adjacent tools include GitQL itself, filesystem search tools, and JSON/CSV-producing command-line utilities.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:database,sql

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
`fileql`	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 version0.10.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detected0.10.0

https://github.com/AmrDeveloper/FileQL

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:fileql
Version	0.10.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fileql
Homepage	https://github.com/AmrDeveloper/FileQL
Repository	https://github.com/AmrDeveloper/FileQL
Upstream docs	https://github.com/AmrDeveloper/FileQL#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/AmrDeveloper/FileQL/archive/refs/tags/0.10.0.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	fileql
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	head 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.

winget95%

amrdeveloper.fileql

winget install --id amrdeveloper.fileql -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Fileql

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: amrdeveloper.fileql from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/fileql.yml

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

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