# Install go-size-analyzer with Homebrew, scoop, apk Analyzing the dependencies in compiled Golang binaries. Version 1.13.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:go-size-analyzer ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install go-size-analyzer ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add gsa ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gsa from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/go-size-analyzer ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/go-size-analyzer.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:go-size-analyzer - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.13.0 - **Source summary:** Analyzing the dependencies in compiled Golang binaries - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** AGPL-3.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:20:17-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - gsa (cli) - gsa (alias) ## Build dependencies - go - node - pnpm ## 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: 1.13.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-15 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/Zxilly/go-size-analyzer - Upstream latest detected: v1.13.0 (current) ## Project history and usage go-size-analyzer is a Go binary-size inspection tool distributed as the gsa command. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in 2023 by Zxilly. Its README presents the tool as an analyzer for compiled Go binaries, with support for ELF, Mach-O, PE, and experimental WebAssembly binaries, plus package-level and section-level size breakdowns. ### Adoption history The project fits a later phase of Go tooling culture in which teams inspect the cost of dependencies, runtime sections, and compiler changes after producing static command-line or server binaries. Its availability through Homebrew, Scoop, and APK packaging makes it usable outside a source checkout. ### How it is used Practitioners run gsa against a compiled Go binary, choose text, JSON, HTML, SVG, web, or terminal UI output, and compare two binaries in diff mode to see which packages or sections changed size. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, go-size-analyzer is useful when validating that a release, dependency bump, or Go toolchain change did not add unexpected binary weight. ### Timeline - 2023: GitHub repository created for go-size-analyzer. ### Related projects - The tool is adjacent to Go linker and build tooling because it inspects the compiled artifact after the Go command has produced it. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for go-size-analyzer. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** go-size-analyzer - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Conflicts With:** gwenhywfar - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Scoop - main/go-size-analyzer: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/go-size-analyzer.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - gsa - 27.2.0-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gsa from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Greenbone Security Assistant - The web frontend for the Greenbone Vulnerability Management (GVM) framework | https://github.com/greenbone/gsa ## Related links - [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. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pnpm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pnpm/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [abi-dumper](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abi-dumper/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary-analysis, cli, developer-tools. - [dwarf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dwarf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary-analysis, cli, developer-tools. - [libabigail](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libabigail/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary-analysis, cli, developer-tools. - [readpe](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/readpe/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary-analysis, cli, developer-tools. - [swift-section](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/swift-section/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary-analysis, cli, developer-tools. - [vtable-dumper](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vtable-dumper/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary-analysis, cli, developer-tools. - [fjira](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fjira/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, tui. - [gama](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gama/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, tui. - [go-critic](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-critic/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: analysis, cli, developer, developer-tools, go. - [go-statik](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-statik/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: binary, cli, developer, developer-tools, go. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/go-size-analyzer.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/go-size-analyzer.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