# Install fselect with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget Find files with SQL-like queries. Version 0.10.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-28. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:fselect ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install fselect ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install fselect ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/fselect/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#fselect ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fs/fselect/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/fselect ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/fselect.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id fselect.fselect -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: fselect.fselect from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:fselect - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.10.2 - **Source summary:** Find files with SQL-like queries - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 OR MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-28T12:27:37Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - fselect (cli) - fselect (alias) ## Dependencies - libgit2 ## Build dependencies - cmake - pkgconf - rust ## Uses from macOS - bzip2 ## 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: 0.10.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-28 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/jhspetersson/fselect - Upstream latest detected: 0.10.2 (current) ## 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 Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** fselect - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - fselect: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fs/fselect/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - fselect: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/fselect/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/fselect: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/fselect.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - fselect.fselect: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: fselect.fselect from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## 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. - [libgit2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libgit2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [fsql](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fsql/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, file-search, filesystem, sql-like-query. - [broot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/broot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, filesystem. - [fclones](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fclones/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, filesystem. - [fuzzy-find](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fuzzy-find/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, file-search. - [lndir](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lndir/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, filesystem. - [mpremote](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpremote/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, filesystem. - [nfd2nfc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nfd2nfc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, filesystem. - [pipe-rename](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pipe-rename/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, filesystem. - [clangql](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clangql/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, files, like. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/fselect.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/fselect.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