install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install mkbrr

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add mkbrr

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · mkbrr · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#mkbrr

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mk/mkbrr/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id autobrr.mkbrr -e

Windows Package Manager source index · autobrr.mkbrr · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Is a tool to create, modify and inspect torrent files. Fast

Project links

Commands and aliases

mkbrr

history

Project history and usage

mkbrr is an autobrr-family tool for creating, inspecting, and modifying BitTorrent .torrent files. Its documentation brands it as "make-burr" and offers both a CLI and a desktop GUI, with a single-binary distribution model aimed at automation-friendly deployment.

Project history

The tool's important milestone is not a new torrent protocol, but a private-tracker-aware workflow around torrent creation. mkbrr supports presets, YAML batch jobs, include and exclude filters, automatic piece-size calculation, private torrents by default, entropy for cross-seeding, tracker-specific limits, and season-pack completeness checks. The project documents high hashing throughput and parallel batch operation as core differentiators from older torrent-making tools.

How it is used

Its adoption context is torrent automation and seedbox use: the upstream docs focus on tracker compliance and scripted creation, and Whatbox documents installing mkbrr into a user bin directory over SSH. In package managers it sits beside BitTorrent utilities rather than general networking tools, with Homebrew, Alpine, Nix, and winget packages mapping the same CLI to different desktop and server environments.

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 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ./presets.yaml~/.config/mkbrr/presets.yaml~/.mkbrr/presets.yamlbatch.yaml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`mkbrr`	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 version1.24.0

manager updated2026-07-05

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.24.0

https://github.com/autobrr/mkbrr

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mkbrr
Version	1.24.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mkbrr
Homepage	https://mkbrr.com/introduction
Repository	https://github.com/autobrr/mkbrr
Upstream docs	https://mkbrr.com/development
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Source archive	https://github.com/autobrr/mkbrr/archive/refs/tags/v1.24.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-07-05T18:04:35Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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	mkbrr
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	head stable

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%

mkbrr

nix profile install nixpkgs#mkbrr

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mkbrr

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mk/mkbrr/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

apk95%

mkbrr 1.23.0-r1

mkbrr is a tool to create, modify and inspect torrent files.

https://github.com/autobrr/mkbrr

sudo apk add mkbrr

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: mkbrr
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Mkbrr

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mkbrr from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

winget95%

autobrr.mkbrr

winget install --id autobrr.mkbrr -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mkbrr

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: autobrr.mkbrr from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/mkbrr.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install mkbrr with Homebrew, apk, Nix, winget