macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libwbxmllocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install libwbxml with Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix
Library and tools to parse and encode WBXML documents. Version 0.11.10 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add libwbxmlAlpine Linux edge package indexes · libwbxml · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install libwbxmlFedora Rawhide package metadata · libwbxml · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libwbxmlnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libwbxml/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Library and tools to parse and encode WBXML documents
Project links
Commands and aliases
- wbxml2xml
- xml2wbxml
history
Project history and usage
libwbxml is a C library and tool set for parsing, encoding, and converting WBXML, the WAP Binary XML format. It occupies a narrow but useful compatibility niche for mobile-era protocols and systems that stored XML-like data in compact binary form.
Project history
The WBXML format was defined by the WAP Forum; the WAP-192-WBXML Version 1.3 specification is dated 2001-07-25 and describes a tokenized binary XML content format with public identifiers, string tables, tag code pages, attributes, entities, opaque data, and example encodings.
The libwbxml README describes the library as a WBXML parser, internal tree representation, and encoder, with high-level conversion between WBXML and XML. SourceForge records the project as registered on 2008-11-20 and says the historical SourceForge pages remain because development and releases previously happened there before migration to GitHub.
Adoption history
libwbxml is not a broad end-user package; it is infrastructure for software that must still read or write WBXML. Its adoption follows protocol compatibility needs around WAP, SyncML-style data, and other compact XML exchanges rather than fashion-driven developer uptake.
How it is used
The package provides the wbxml2xml and xml2wbxml tools and a library API. Developers use it to convert archived or protocol-level WBXML documents to readable XML, generate WBXML from XML, or embed WBXML parsing in C applications.
Why package nerds care
libwbxml is package archaeology with a purpose: it keeps a once-important mobile-web binary XML format decodable on modern systems. Its value is less about new development and more about letting package managers preserve tools for old protocols, tests, and data migrations.
Timeline
- 2001-07-25: WAP Forum releases WBXML Version 1.3 specification material.
- 2008-11-20: SourceForge records the libwbxml project registration.
- 2024-06-06: SourceForge marks the project as available on GitHub, with SourceForge retained for historical development and release context.
Related projects
- Related technologies include WAP, WML, SyncML-family data exchange, Expat for XML parsing, and other XML-to-binary or compact protocol encodings from the mobile-web era.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
library-like package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- library-like package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:library-like
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 10 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 4 build dependencies.
Recommended review
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
wbxml2xml | cli | global executable | |
xml2wbxml | 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 version0.11.10
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedlibwbxml-0.11.10
https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:libwbxml |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.11.10 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libwbxml |
| Homepage | https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml |
| Repository | https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml |
| License | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml/archive/refs/tags/libwbxml-0.11.10.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | wget |
| Build dependencies | cmake, doxygen, graphviz, pkgconf |
| Uses from macOS | expat |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, 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 | libwbxml |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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%
libwbxml
nix profile install nixpkgs#libwbxml- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libwbxml
apk95%
libwbxml 0.11.10-r0
A library to encode and decode WBXML (WAP Binary XML).
https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml
sudo apk add libwbxml- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libwbxml
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libwbxml
apk95%
libwbxml-dev 0.11.10-r0
A library to encode and decode WBXML (WAP Binary XML). (development files)
https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml
sudo apk add libwbxml-dev- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libwbxml
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libwbxml
apk95%
libwbxml-doc 0.11.10-r0
A library to encode and decode WBXML (WAP Binary XML). (documentation)
https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml
sudo apk add libwbxml-doc- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libwbxml
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libwbxml
dnf95%
libwbxml 0.11.10-6.fc44
Library and tools to parse, encode and handle WBXML documents
https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml
sudo dnf install libwbxml- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: libwbxml
- 3 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libwbxml
dnf95%
libwbxml-devel 0.11.10-6.fc44
Development files of libwbxml
https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml
sudo dnf install libwbxml-devel- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: libwbxml
- 5 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libwbxml
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
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment