macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install msitoolslocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install msitools with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper
Windows installer (.MSI) tool. Version 0.106 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add msitoolsAlpine Linux edge package indexes · msitools · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gir1.2-libmsi-1.0Debian stable package indexes · gir1.2-libmsi-1.0 · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install libmsi1Fedora Rawhide package metadata · libmsi1 · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#msitoolsnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ms/msitools/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S msitoolsArch Linux sync databases · msitools · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libmsi-1_0-0openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libmsi-1_0-0 · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Windows installer (.MSI) tool
Project links
Commands and aliases
- msibuild
- msidiff
- msidump
- msiextract
- msiinfo
- wixl
- wixl-heat
history
Project history and usage
msitools is a GNOME-hosted toolkit for inspecting, extracting, comparing, and building Windows Installer MSI files on non-Windows systems. The GNOME wiki describes it as a set of programs based on libmsi, a portable library for reading and writing MSI files; libmsi itself is described there as a port of a subset of Wine's Windows Installer implementation.
Project history
The package's practical value is cross-platform packaging. Its small tools mirror the structure of MSI work: msiinfo inspects packages, msiextract extracts files, msidump dumps tables and streams, msidiff compares packages, and msibuild creates packages at a lower level. The suite also includes wixl, a WiX-like XML-to-MSI builder, and wixl-heat for generating XML fragments from file trees.
How it is used
In package-manager terms, msitools occupies the Unix side of Windows installer workflows: it lets Linux and macOS build systems examine or produce MSI artifacts without installing Microsoft's toolchain. Debian packages it as a Windows Installer manipulation tool and exposes related libmsi and wixl packages, matching the upstream split between the library and command-line tools.
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.
- Installs with 4 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
msibuild | cli | global executable | |
msidiff | cli | global executable | |
msidump | cli | global executable | |
msiextract | cli | global executable | |
msiinfo | cli | global executable | |
wixl | cli | global executable | |
wixl-heat | 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 version0.106
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://wiki.gnome.org/msitoolsnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:msitools |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.106 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/msitools |
| Homepage | https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools |
| Repository | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/msitools |
| Upstream docs | https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools |
| License | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| Source archive | https://download.gnome.org/sources/msitools/0.106/msitools-0.106.tar.xz |
| Dependencies | gcab, gettext, glib, libgsf |
| Build dependencies | bison, gettext, gobject-introspection, meson, ninja, pkgconf, vala |
| Uses from macOS | libxml2 |
| 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 | msitools |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 1 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
gir1.2-libmsi-1.0 0.106+repack-1
Windows Installer file manipulation library - gir bindings
https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools
sudo apt install gir1.2-libmsi-1.0- Section: introspection
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: msitools
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msitools
Debian apt95%
libmsi-1.0-0 0.106+repack-1
Windows Installer file manipulation library
https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools
sudo apt install libmsi-1.0-0- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: msitools
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msitools
Debian apt95%
libmsi-dev 0.106+repack-1
Windows Installer file manipulation library - development files
https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools
sudo apt install libmsi-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: msitools
- 5 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msitools
Debian apt95%
msitools 0.106+repack-1
Windows Installer file manipulation tool
https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools
sudo apt install msitools- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msitools
Debian apt95%
wixl 0.106+repack-1
Windows Installer creation tool
https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools
sudo apt install wixl- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: msitools
- 6 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msitools
Debian apt95%
wixl-data 0.106+repack-1
Windows Installer creation tool — data files
https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools
sudo apt install wixl-data- Section: utils
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: msitools
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msitools
Nix95%
msitools
nix profile install nixpkgs#msitools- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msitools
Ubuntu apt95%
gir1.2-libmsi-1.0 0.103+repack-1build3
Windows Installer file manipulation library - gir bindings
https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools
sudo apt install gir1.2-libmsi-1.0- Section: universe/introspection
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: msitools
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msitools
Ubuntu apt95%
libmsi-1.0-0 0.103+repack-1build3
Windows Installer file manipulation library
https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools
sudo apt install libmsi-1.0-0- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: msitools
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msitools
Ubuntu apt95%
libmsi-dev 0.103+repack-1build3
Windows Installer file manipulation library - development files
https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools
sudo apt install libmsi-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: msitools
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msitools
Ubuntu apt95%
msitools 0.103+repack-1build3
Windows Installer file manipulation tool
https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools
sudo apt install msitools- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: amd64
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msitools
Ubuntu apt95%
wixl 0.103+repack-1build3
Windows Installer creation tool
https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools
sudo apt install wixl- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: msitools
- 6 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msitools
Ubuntu apt95%
wixl-data 0.103+repack-1build3
Windows Installer creation tool — data files
https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools
sudo apt install wixl-data- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: msitools
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msitools
apk95%
msitools 0.106-r0
Set of programs to inspect and build Windows Installer (.MSI) files
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/msitools
sudo apk add msitools- License: GPL-2.0-or-later LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: msitools
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msitools
apk95%
msitools-bash-completion 0.106-r0
Bash completions for msitools
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/msitools
sudo apk add msitools-bash-completion- License: GPL-2.0-or-later LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: msitools
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msitools
apk95%
msitools-dev 0.106-r0
Set of programs to inspect and build Windows Installer (.MSI) files (development files)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/msitools
sudo apk add msitools-dev- License: GPL-2.0-or-later LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: msitools
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Msitools
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.
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