install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install fselect

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install fselect

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/fselect/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#fselect

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

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/fselect

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/fselect.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id fselect.fselect -e

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

overview

Package summary

Find files with SQL-like queries

Project links

Commands and aliases

fselect

history

Project history and usage

fselect is a command-line file-search tool that lets users query filesystem metadata with a relaxed SQL-like language. It is written in Rust and distributed through source builds, release binaries, and multiple package managers.

Project history

The upstream README frames fselect as a complement rather than a full replacement for traditional `find` and `ls`. Its feature set grew around filesystem metadata queries: paths and sizes, dates, regular expressions, archive search, ignore-file support, media metadata, hashes, MIME types, permissions, output formats, and interactive mode.

By the 0.10 series, release notes show the project adding support for `plocate` and Everything indexes, subqueries in FROM clauses, date functions, git-related fields, and more metadata extractors.

Adoption history

The official README documents installation from Cargo, Debian/Ubuntu packages, RPM packages, Arch AUR, NixOS, Windows binaries, winget, Chocolatey, Scoop, Homebrew, and MacPorts. That range made fselect a cross-platform package-manager citizen rather than only a Rust crate.

How it is used

Users run queries such as `fselect size, path from /home/user where name = '*.cfg'` or quote a whole query string. The grammar supports SELECT-like column lists, FROM roots, WHERE expressions, GROUP BY, ORDER BY, LIMIT, OFFSET, and output formats.

The tool is useful when a shell pipeline would otherwise need several commands to filter by metadata, image dimensions, media tags, permissions, timestamps, archive contents, or indexed file-search backends.

Why package nerds care

fselect is notable in package-manager culture as a Rust CLI that recasts a classic Unix task as a query language. Its packaging matrix also shows the modern path for developer tools: Cargo first, prebuilt GitHub assets, then Homebrew, MacPorts, winget, Scoop, Chocolatey, Nix, AUR, and distro packages.

Timeline

0.8.x: fselect already had a public GitHub release series.
0.10.0: The project entered the 0.10 release line.
0.10.1: Release notes added FROM-clause subqueries and date functions.
0.10.2: Release notes added plocate and Everything support plus additional metadata fields.

Related projects

Traditional Unix `find` and `ls` are the tools the README positions fselect alongside.
plocate and Everything are optional index-backed search integrations documented by the project.

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:sql

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 3 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
`fselect`	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 version0.10.2

manager updated2026-06-28

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detected0.10.2

https://github.com/jhspetersson/fselect

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:fselect
Version	0.10.2
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fselect
Homepage	https://fselect.rocks
Repository	https://github.com/jhspetersson/fselect
Upstream docs	https://fselect.rocks/
License	Apache-2.0 OR MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/jhspetersson/fselect/archive/refs/tags/0.10.2.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-28T12:27:37Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	libgit2
Build dependencies	cmake, pkgconf, rust
Uses from macOS	bzip2
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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	fselect
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
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%

fselect

nix profile install nixpkgs#fselect

normalized package name match
Matched by: Fselect

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fs/fselect/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

MacPorts95%

fselect

sudo port install fselect

normalized package name match
Matched by: Fselect

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/fselect/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop95%

main/fselect

scoop install main/fselect

normalized package name match
Matched by: Fselect

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/fselect.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

fselect.fselect

winget install --id fselect.fselect -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Fselect

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: fselect.fselect 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/fselect.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

Install fselect with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget