install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install src

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install src

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · src · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

overview

Package summary

Simple revision control: RCS reloaded with a modern UI

Project links

Commands and aliases

src

history

Project history and usage

`src` is Eric S. Raymond's simple revision-control tool for solo, single-file projects. It wraps old RCS and SCCS storage ideas in a more modern command-line interface for people who want version history for loose scripts, HOWTOs, and small files without creating a full Git repository.

Project history

The official manual describes SRC as simple revision control for single-file projects by solo developers and authors, explicitly calling it a modernization of RCS. The FAQ frames the tool as a response to modern VCS tools that are powerful for multi-user, multi-file projects but awkward for small private files.

SRC is built on top of RCS rather than reimplementing RCS master-file internals. It can also operate on SCCS repositories, mostly for legacy compatibility, while its default storage directory is `.src`.

Adoption history

The package metadata in this batch shows `src` available through Homebrew and Fedora/DNF. That is a modest but meaningful packaging footprint for a niche developer tool: it is not trying to replace Git, but package managers make it easy to install alongside RCS for the narrow single-file use case.

How it is used

Typical use is deliberately small: initialize a directory, commit one or more files, inspect status and logs, and retrieve previous revisions. The manual documents RCS/SCCS interoperability, import from RCS or SCCS directories, and commands shaped to feel familiar to Subversion, Mercurial, and Git users.

Why package nerds care

`src` is interesting to package nerds because it is a compatibility-layer package around very old Unix version-control machinery. It preserves the single-file workflow that RCS was good at while exposing a friendlier CLI, so the packaging question is less about ecosystem size and more about keeping a classic Unix niche installable.

Timeline

1970s-1980s: SCCS and RCS established the single-file version-control lineage that SRC later wraps.
2010s: SRC 1.x series published with a public GitLab repository and CATB-hosted documentation.
2020s: SRC documentation continues to describe RCS as the recommended backend and SCCS as legacy support.

Related projects

SRC is directly related to RCS and SCCS, and its FAQ compares its command style with Subversion, Mercurial, and Git.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for src. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
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
`src`	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 version1.45

manager updated2026-05-20

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

http://www.catb.org/~esr/src/

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.http://www.catb.org/~esr/src/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:src
Version	1.45
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/src
Homepage	http://www.catb.org/~esr/src/
Repository	https://gitlab.com/esr/src
Upstream docs	http://www.catb.org/~esr/src/FAQ.html
License	BSD-2-Clause
Source archive	https://gitlab.com/esr/src/-/archive/1.45/src-1.45.tar.bz2
Last updated	2026-05-20T15:38:01Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	rcs
Build dependencies	asciidoctor
Uses from macOS	python
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	src
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	head 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.

dnf95%

src 1.38-5.fc44

Simple Revision Control

https://gitlab.com/esr/src

sudo dnf install src

License: BSD-2-Clause
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: noarch
Source Package: src
3 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Src

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: src from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

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/src.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 src with Homebrew, dnf