# Install minised with Homebrew

Smaller, cheaper, faster SED implementation. Version 1.16 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:minised
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install minised
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:minised
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/minised>
- **Version:** 1.16
- **Source summary:** Smaller, cheaper, faster SED implementation
- **Homepage:** <https://exactcode.com/opensource/minised/>
- **Repository:** <http://svn.exactcode.de/minised/trunk>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://exactcode.com/opensource/minised>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://dl.exactcode.de/oss/minised/minised-1.16.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- minised (cli)
- minised (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: 1.16
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://exactcode.com/opensource/minised/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Project history and usage

minised is ExactCODE's maintained descendant of a small historical sed implementation associated with Eric S. Raymond. ExactCODE describes the project as a smaller, cheaper, faster sed implementation that Minix used and that GNU once used before building its own sed around a larger regular-expression package.

### Project history

The project was revived for embedded use, especially with dietlibc, after ExactCODE found Raymond's implementation handy but buggy and no longer actively maintained. ExactCODE continued maintenance with fixes, cleanups, speedups, missing features, POSIX-conformance work, and a regression test suite. Its release archive shows roots in `sed-1.1` from 1995, `sed-1.3` from 1999, `sed-1.4` from 2003, minised-branded releases through the 2000s and 2010s, and version 1.16 in 2021.

### How it is used

The package-manager niche is deliberately narrow: a tiny stream editor for systems where GNU sed is bigger than needed, plus a historical Unix text-processing implementation for people who want a small BSD-licensed `sed` executable. Homebrew ships it as `minised` with no runtime dependencies.

### Sources

- <http://svn.exactcode.de/minised/trunk>
- <https://exactcode.com/opensource/minised/>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/minised.json>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/minised>


## 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:** minised
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable


## Related links

- [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.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [gnu-sed](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gnu-sed/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, stream-editor, text-processing, unix.
- [ssed](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ssed/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, sed, stream-editor, text-processing.
- [desed](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/desed/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, sed, text-processing.
- [randomize-lines](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/randomize-lines/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing, unix.
- [align](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/align/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing.
- [bsdconv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bsdconv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing.
- [cconv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cconv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing.
- [cmigemo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmigemo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/minised.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/minised.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