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Install osmfilter with Homebrew
Command-line tool to filter OpenStreetMap files for specific tags. Version 0.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Command-line tool to filter OpenStreetMap files for specific tags
Project links
Commands and aliases
- osmconvert
- osmfilter
- osmupdate
history
Project history and usage
osmfilter is one of the small osmctools command-line programs for processing OpenStreetMap data. It filters OSM objects by tags, object type, boolean expressions, and metadata, and it can also strip or modify tags and emit tag statistics.
Project history
The public project identity is tied to the osmctools family, whose GitLab project describes a set of simple C tools used in the OpenStreetMap project. The OpenStreetMap wiki positions osmfilter alongside osmconvert and osmupdate, with osmconvert recommended for preparing the fast .o5m input format that osmfilter prefers.
Compared with larger frameworks such as Osmosis or Osmium, osmfilter kept a deliberately narrow Unix-tool shape: a single-purpose executable that reads an OSM file, applies tag and object predicates, and writes a reduced dataset.
Adoption history
The tool circulated through OpenStreetMap-oriented documentation and distribution packaging rather than through a large standalone project. The OpenStreetMap wiki lists Debian osmctools and macOS Homebrew installation paths, while Unix manpage packaging records Markus Weber as the author and documents osmfilter together with osmconvert and osmupdate.
How it is used
Developers and mappers use osmfilter when they need a quick extraction from a planet or regional extract: roads, waterways, bus-route relations, address-related tags, or statistics about keys and values. The examples in the wiki show its common workflow: convert a PBF/XML source to .o5m, run a keep/drop expression, and write XML or .o5m output for another OSM pipeline stage.
Why package nerds care
osmfilter is interesting because it represents the compact C-tool branch of the OSM ecosystem. It trades framework breadth for speed, scriptability, and a tiny deployment footprint, making it a useful contrast with Java Osmosis and C++ Osmium.
Related projects
- osmconvert handles format conversion and often prepares .o5m input for osmfilter. osmupdate handles update workflows. Osmium and Osmosis cover overlapping OSM processing tasks with broader architectures.
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
osmconvert | cli | global executable | |
osmfilter | cli | global executable | |
osmupdate | 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
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmfilter
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmfilternone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:osmfilter |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.9 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/osmfilter |
| Homepage | https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmfilter |
| Repository | https://gitlab.com/osm-c-tools/osmctools |
| Upstream docs | https://gitlab.com/osm-c-tools/osmctools |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Source archive | https://gitlab.com/osm-c-tools/osmctools.git |
| Build dependencies | autoconf, automake |
| 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 | osmfilter |
| 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 |
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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
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment