# Install mkbrr with Homebrew, apk, Nix, winget Is a tool to create, modify and inspect torrent files. Fast. Version 1.24.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-05. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mkbrr ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mkbrr ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add mkbrr ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mkbrr from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#mkbrr ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mk/mkbrr/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id autobrr.mkbrr -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: autobrr.mkbrr from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mkbrr - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.24.0 - **Source summary:** Is a tool to create, modify and inspect torrent files. Fast - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-05T18:04:35Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - mkbrr (cli) - mkbrr (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.24.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-05 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/autobrr/mkbrr - Upstream latest detected: v1.24.0 (current) ## 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 Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Unix: ./presets.yaml, ~/.config/mkbrr/presets.yaml, ~/.mkbrr/presets.yaml, batch.yaml ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - mkbrr: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mk/mkbrr/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - mkbrr - 1.23.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mkbrr from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | mkbrr is a tool to create, modify and inspect torrent files. | https://github.com/autobrr/mkbrr - winget - autobrr.mkbrr: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: autobrr.mkbrr from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter 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. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [intermodal](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/intermodal/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bittorrent, cli, networking, torrent. - [mktorrent](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mktorrent/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bittorrent, cli, networking, torrent. - [qbittorrent-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/qbittorrent-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bittorrent, cli, go, networking. - [mabel](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mabel/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bittorrent, cli, networking. - [rqbit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rqbit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bittorrent, cli, networking. - [rtorrent](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rtorrent/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bittorrent, cli, networking. - [torf-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/torf-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bittorrent, cli, networking. - [torrra](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/torrra/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bittorrent, cli, networking. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mkbrr.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mkbrr.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph