# Install ired with Homebrew Minimalistic hexadecimal editor designed to be used in scripts. Version 0.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ired ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ired ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ired - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.6 - **Source summary:** Minimalistic hexadecimal editor designed to be used in scripts - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - bdiff (cli) - ired (cli) - vired (cli) - bdiff (alias) - ired (alias) - vired (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.6 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/radare/ired - Upstream latest detected: 0.6 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ired - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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. - [tweak](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tweak/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary-editing, cli, developer-tools, hex-editor, terminal. - [bvi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bvi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, hex-editor, terminal. - [dhex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dhex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary-editing, cli, developer-tools, hex-editor. - [hexedit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hexedit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, hex-editor, terminal. - [hyx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hyx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, hex-editor, terminal. - [ghex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ghex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, hex-editor. - [hexapoda](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hexapoda/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, hex-editor. - [hexcurse](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hexcurse/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, hex-editor. - [hexhog](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hexhog/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: binary, cli, developer, developer-tools, editor. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ired.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ired.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph