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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install modsurfer

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Validate, audit and investigate WebAssembly binaries

Project links

Commands and aliases

modsurfer

history

Project history and usage

Modsurfer is Dylibso's WebAssembly analysis and validation tool, released as part of the company's effort to make compiled `.wasm` modules easier to inspect, track, and govern. Dylibso introduced a beta version as a "system of record" for WebAssembly modules, aimed at teams running Wasm in infrastructure or debugging compiled modules that would otherwise be opaque binary artifacts.

Project history

The CLI centers on checkfiles: users generate or write a YAML policy describing required module properties, then validate a compiled `.wasm` file against expectations such as imports, exports, WASI use, function signatures, binary size, and cyclomatic-complexity risk. The product page and README also describe GUI and service-oriented workflows for searching module metadata, browsing hashes and function names, auditing a stack of modules, and triaging issues in WebAssembly components.

How it is used

In package-manager terms, the Homebrew formula exposes the `modsurfer` executable for local validation and investigation. It belongs to the WebAssembly supply-chain and operations niche rather than the compiler/runtime niche: it does not build Wasm modules, but helps teams understand and enforce properties of the modules they already build or consume.

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 10 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 2 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
`modsurfer`	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 version0.0.10

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.0.10

https://github.com/dylibso/modsurfer

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:modsurfer
Version	0.0.10
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/modsurfer
Homepage	https://dylibso.com/products/modsurfer/
Repository	https://github.com/dylibso/modsurfer
Upstream docs	https://dylibso.com/products/modsurfer
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/dylibso/modsurfer/archive/refs/tags/v0.0.10.tar.gz
Build dependencies	pkgconf, rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, 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	modsurfer
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

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/modsurfer.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install modsurfer with Homebrew