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Minimalistic hexadecimal editor designed to be used in scripts. Version 0.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Minimalistic hexadecimal editor designed to be used in scripts
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Commands and aliases
- bdiff
- ired
- vired
history
Project history and usage
ired is a small command-line hexadecimal editor by pancake from the radare ecosystem. Its history is thinly documented, but its README is explicit about the design goal: a minimal raw editor that keeps extensibility outside the core program.
Project history
The ired README expands the name as independent raw editor and describes the tool as a minimalistic reimplementation of the radare shell, with source kept small and external applications expected to provide extension points. The GitHub repository was created in 2012, which places the standalone package after the early radare line and before radare2's broader packaging footprint became common.
Adoption history
Homebrew packages ired as a minimalistic hexadecimal editor designed for scripts. That packaging niche is narrower than full reverse-engineering suites: ired is for users who want a small raw editor command rather than the larger radare2 framework.
How it is used
ired exposes terse interactive commands for help, search, hexdump, writing strings or hex pairs, seeking, resizing, dumping and loading blocks, and running shell commands. The README lists portability across GNU/Linux, macOS, Windows through MinGW, Cygwin, Solaris, and BSD-family systems.
Why package nerds care
ired is interesting because it packages the opposite end of the radare world from radare2: small, scriptable, and deliberately limited. It is the kind of package that survives because a tiny C tool can be easier to build, audit, and invoke from scripts than a full binary-analysis framework.
Timeline
- 2012: The public GitHub repository was created.
- 2021: Repository activity shows maintenance into March 2021.
- Package-manager era: Homebrew carries ired as a standalone formula for script-oriented hexadecimal editing.
Related projects
- ired is related to radare and radare2, especially the older radare shell model that it intentionally reimplements in smaller form.
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 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
bdiff | cli | global executable | |
ired | cli | global executable | |
vired | 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 version0.6
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected0.6
https://github.com/radare/ired
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:ired |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.6 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ired |
| Homepage | https://github.com/radare/ired |
| Repository | https://github.com/radare/ired |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/radare/ired#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/radare/ired/archive/refs/tags/0.6.tar.gz |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, 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 | ired |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment