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Install httm with Homebrew, apk, Nix

Interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs. Version 0.50.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-30.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install httm

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add httm

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · httm · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#httm

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

overview

Package summary

Interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs

Commands and aliases

  • bowie
  • equine
  • httm
  • ounce

history

Project history and usage

httm is a Rust command-line tool for finding and restoring file-level versions from snapshot and backup systems. Its own README frames it as a CLI Time Machine for ZFS, btrfs, NILFS2, Time Machine, and Restic-style storage.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in March 2022, and crates.io records the httm crate beginning in May 2022. The project grew around a Unix idea: expose snapshot history at the file level, rather than treating snapshots mainly as dataset-wide rollback machinery.

Adoption history

httm reached package-manager users through crates.io and later through system package channels represented in the input metadata, including Homebrew, Alpine, and Nix. GitHub topics and README examples place its audience among ZFS, btrfs, FreeBSD, Linux, homelab, and shell users.

How it is used

Users run httm against one or more paths to print unique versions by size and modification time, browse versions interactively, output JSON, find deleted files in snapshots, and work with alternate stores such as Time Machine or mounted Restic repositories.

Why package nerds care

The package is interesting because it turns filesystem snapshot plumbing into a small composable CLI. The related ounce and bowie tools show the same package-nerd pattern: wrap a focused executable into shell workflows for dynamic snapshots and diffing historical file versions.

Timeline

  • 2022: The kimono-koans/httm repository was created on GitHub.
  • 2022: The httm crate appeared on crates.io.
  • 2022: The author described httm's inspiration in file-level ZFS and btrfs snapshot workflows.
  • 2024: Release notes included macOS local snapshot support in the 0.35 line.

Related projects

  • Related tools include ZFS and btrfs snapshot tooling, NILFS2, Apple Time Machine, Restic, and httm-adjacent wrappers such as ounce and bowie.

Sources

  • Official GitHub README, author project article, crates.io metadata, and GitHub release metadata.

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 6 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

CommandKindExposureNote
bowiecliglobal executable
equinecliglobal executable
httmcliglobal executable
ouncecliglobal 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 version0.50.2
manager updated2026-06-30
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected0.50.2

https://github.com/kimono-koans/httm

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:httm
Version0.50.2
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/httm
Homepagehttps://github.com/kimono-koans/httm
Repositoryhttps://github.com/kimono-koans/httm
Upstream docshttps://github.com/kimono-koans/httm#readme
LicenseMPL-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/kimono-koans/httm/archive/refs/tags/0.50.2.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-30T12:38:51Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesrust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namehttm
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Conflicts With
  • nicotine-plus
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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.

Nix95%

httm

nix profile install nixpkgs#httm
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Httm
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ht/httm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

httm 0.49.9-r0

Interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs

https://github.com/kimono-koans/httm

sudo apk add httm
  • License: MPL-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: httm
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Httm
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: httm from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

httm-doc 0.49.9-r0

Interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs (documentation)

https://github.com/kimono-koans/httm

sudo apk add httm-doc
  • License: MPL-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: httm
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Httm
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: httm-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

package graph

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

Related tools

  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • rsnapshotShares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, filesystem, snapshots, system.
  • znapzendShares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, snapshots, system, zfs.
  • zreplShares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, snapshots, system, zfs.
  • darShares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, filesystem, system.
  • kopiaShares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, snapshots, system.
  • timedogShares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, filesystem, system.

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.

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