# Install lsusb with Homebrew List USB devices, just like the Linux lsusb command. Version 1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:lsusb ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install lsusb ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:lsusb - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.0 - **Source summary:** List USB devices, just like the Linux lsusb command - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - lsusb (cli) - lsusb (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/jlhonora/lsusb - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage jlhonora/lsusb is a Mac OS X shell utility that makes Apple's USB hardware report look and feel like Linux's `lsusb` command. ### Project history The project began as a small portability tool for Mac users who wanted the familiar Linux `lsusb` command. Its README explains that it uses `system_profiler SPUSBDataType`, with `lsusb -v` exposing the unmodified Apple command output, and its release history shows early 0.1 and 0.2 releases followed by a 1.0 'Full-featured version'. ### Adoption history Official GitHub signals show a compact but widely noticed utility: 50 commits, about 391 stars, 54 forks, and three releases. The 1.0 release notes say the project incorporated outside contributions and included almost every feature from Linux usbutils 007, which helps explain why it became the original macOS `lsusb` package in Homebrew and other package histories. ### How it is used The README documents direct command-line use, manual installation into a PATH directory, and Homebrew installation through the original tap. Options include verbosity, vendor/product filtering, tree output, version display, and help, with the bundled man page recommended for the most accurate usage description. ### Why package nerds care This is the classic example of a package-manager portability shim: a tiny command with a Linux name that normalizes muscle memory across macOS and Linux. Package nerds care because it demonstrates how Homebrew and taps often filled gaps where macOS had native data but lacked the Unix command surface users expected. ### Timeline - 2010s: Version 0.1 is released as a basic working macOS lsusb clone. - 2010s: Version 0.2 adds man-page and script-style improvements from contributors. - 2010s: Version 1.0 is released as a full-featured version with broad parity against Linux usbutils 007. ### Related projects - Linux usbutils is the reference implementation whose `lsusb` behavior inspired the project. - LanikSJ/lsusb is a maintained fork distributed in Homebrew as `lsusb-laniksj`. - Apple `system_profiler SPUSBDataType` supplies the underlying USB information on macOS. ### Sources - - - source_facts.package-manager - source_facts.repo ## 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:** lsusb - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Conflicts With:** lsusb-laniksj, usbutils - **Requirements:** macos - **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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [libusb-compat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libusb-compat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, hardware, system, usb. - [cyme](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cyme/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, hardware, system, usb. - [gfxutil](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gfxutil/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, hardware, macos, system. - [rkflashtool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rkflashtool/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, hardware, system, usb. - [usbutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/usbutils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, hardware, system, usb. - [dcled](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dcled/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, hardware, system, usb. - [digitemp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/digitemp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, hardware, system. - [hwloc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hwloc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, hardware, system. - [liquidctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/liquidctl/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, devices, hardware, system. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/lsusb.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/lsusb.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