install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install mkclean

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#mkclean

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

overview

Package summary

Optimizes Matroska and WebM files

Project links

Commands and aliases

mkclean

history

Project history and usage

mkclean is an official Matroska command-line utility for cleaning and optimizing already-muxed Matroska and WebM files. The official page describes it as a tool that reorders elements with Cues at the front for efficient streaming, removes elements outside the Matroska specs, and can optionally remux Cluster blocks around keyframes.

Project history

mkclean belongs to the Matroska tooling family around Matroska and WebM container maintenance. The official Matroska page lists v0.9.0 from January 31, 2021 as the latest release and links release source packages through SourceForge.

The project depends on libebml2 and libmatroska2, themselves part of the Matroska container implementation stack.

Adoption history

mkclean's package-manager footprint is narrow but useful: Homebrew and Nix package it for users who want an installed command-line optimizer for Matroska and WebM files without building the Matroska release tarball manually.

How it is used

mkclean is a post-processing tool. Users run it on existing .mkv, .mka, .mks, .mk3d, .webm, or .weba files to improve streaming layout, remove invalid elements, and optionally remux clusters around keyframes.

It complements muxers and validators: it does not encode media, but adjusts container structure and metadata layout.

Why package nerds care

mkclean is notable as one of the small Matroska ecosystem commands that package managers preserve even when most users know the larger MKVToolNix suite. It represents the Unix packaging pattern of shipping a focused maintenance utility around a media container format.

Timeline

2010: Changelog series shows active 0.3 through 0.8 development around Matroska/WebM cleanup and optimization behavior.
2012-08: Changelog lists v0.8.10 with updated Matroska element support.
2021-01: Official page lists v0.9.0 as the latest release.

Related projects

mkclean is related to Matroska, WebM, libebml2, libmatroska2, mkvalidator, and MKVToolNix.

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 13 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.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`mkclean`	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 version0.9.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://www.matroska.org/downloads/mkclean.html

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.matroska.org/downloads/mkclean.htmlnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mkclean
Version	0.9.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mkclean
Homepage	https://www.matroska.org/downloads/mkclean.html
Upstream docs	https://www.matroska.org/downloads/mkclean.html
License	BSD-3-Clause
Source archive	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/matroska/mkclean/mkclean-0.9.0.tar.bz2
Build dependencies	cmake
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, 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	mkclean
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

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%

mkclean

nix profile install nixpkgs#mkclean

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mkclean

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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/mkclean.yml

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

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