install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install snzip

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#snzip

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

overview

Package summary

Compression/decompression tool based on snappy

Project links

Commands and aliases

snunzip
snzcat
snzip

history

Project history and usage

snzip is a small command-line compressor and decompressor built around Google's Snappy format family. It matters in package-manager culture because it gives Unix users gzip-like commands, including snzip, snunzip, and snzcat, for Snappy streams and Snappy-adjacent formats.

Project history

The project's NEWS file records an initial experimental release in October 2011. Its 1.0.0 release in November 2013 changed the default output to the official Snappy framing format, moving the tool away from its older native SNZ default and toward interoperability.

Later releases added formats that reflected real-world data interchange needs rather than a broad product agenda: raw Snappy and Hadoop-Snappy support in 2016, Apple iWork .iwa support in 2016, and fixes/install improvements in the 2021 1.0.5 release.

Adoption history

The package appears in Homebrew and Nix according to the supplied package-manager facts, which is typical for a focused Unix compression utility: it is not a platform by itself, but it is useful enough to keep around when a workflow needs Snappy-compatible files.

How it is used

Official usage examples show snzip compressing files to .sz, snunzip and snzcat acting as decompression conveniences, and tar pipelines feeding snzip or receiving snzcat output. The README also documents explicit format selection for framing, raw, Hadoop-Snappy, snappy-java, snappy-in-java, and iWork .iwa.

Why package nerds care

Package nerds care about snzip because it is the kind of tiny format bridge that turns a compression library into shell plumbing. It keeps Snappy useful outside application code, especially for archives, Hadoop-era data, and inspection or conversion jobs.

Timeline

2011: Initial experimental release 0.0.1.
2013: 1.0.0 changed the default to the official framing format.
2016: 1.0.3 added Hadoop-Snappy and raw format support.
2016: 1.0.4 added Apple iWork .iwa support.
2021: 1.0.5 fixed stdin framing data handling and installed snunzip and snzcat by default.

Related projects

snzip is built around Snappy and interoperates with several Snappy file conventions, including the official framing format, Hadoop-Snappy, raw Snappy, and older snappy-java formats.

Sources

https://github.com/kubo/snzip#readme
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubo/snzip/master/NEWS
source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:compress

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime 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
`snunzip`	cli	global executable
`snzcat`	cli	global executable
`snzip`	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 version1.0.5

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/kubo/snzip

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/kubo/snzipnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:snzip
Version	1.0.5
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/snzip
Homepage	https://github.com/kubo/snzip
Repository	https://github.com/kubo/snzip
Upstream docs	https://github.com/kubo/snzip#readme
License	BSD-2-Clause
Source archive	https://github.com/kubo/snzip/releases/download/v1.0.5/snzip-1.0.5.tar.gz
Dependencies	snappy
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	snzip
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%

snzip

nix profile install nixpkgs#snzip

normalized package name match
Matched by: Snzip

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sn/snzip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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/snzip.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

Install snzip with Homebrew, Nix