install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install gfxutil

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install gfxutil

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

overview

Package summary

Device Properties conversion tool

Project links

Commands and aliases

gfxutil

history

Project history and usage

gfxutil is a small macOS command-line utility for working with Apple EFI Device Properties data, most often encountered in Hackintosh, bootloader, and firmware-adjacent workflows.

Project history

The Acidanthera repository describes gfxutil as a tool by mcmatrix for Device Properties commonly found in Apple Mac firmwares, with usage examples and changelogs linked to the older netkas.org community forum. The GitHub repository was opened in 2018 as an Acidanthera-hosted source tree, but the README points to an earlier community lineage outside GitHub.

Adoption history

gfxutil became useful in a narrow ecosystem: people editing or translating macOS device-property data for bootloaders and EFI configuration. Its Homebrew and MacPorts packaging made a formerly forum-distributed utility easier to install on developer and hobbyist Macs.

How it is used

Practitioners use gfxutil to inspect and convert device paths and property blobs when preparing macOS hardware configuration data, especially when matching PCI device paths to injected properties.

Why package nerds care

The package is significant mainly because it preserves a specialized Apple-firmware utility in a reproducible source repository and package-manager form, rather than leaving it only as a forum attachment or local build.

Timeline

2007: The bundled manual page date records an early Darwin-era documentation stub.
2018: The Acidanthera GitHub repository was created and published release 1.76b.
2024: Release 1.84b was published from the Acidanthera repository.

Related projects

The README builds against Acidanthera's audk edk2 tree, placing gfxutil near the OpenCore and Apple-firmware tooling ecosystem.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.

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
`gfxutil`	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 version1.84b

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/acidanthera/gfxutil

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/acidanthera/gfxutilnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gfxutil
Version	1.84b
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gfxutil
Homepage	https://github.com/acidanthera/gfxutil
Repository	https://github.com/acidanthera/gfxutil
Upstream docs	https://github.com/acidanthera/gfxutil#readme
License	LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain
Source archive	https://github.com/acidanthera/gfxutil/archive/refs/tags/1.84b.tar.gz
Bottle	available (on arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	gfxutil
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Requirements	macos xcode
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.

MacPorts95%

gfxutil

sudo port install gfxutil

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gfxutil

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/gfxutil/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.

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/gfxutil.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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