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Stellar command-line tool for encoding/decoding XDR for the Stellar network. Version 27.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-01.
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Package summary
Stellar command-line tool for encoding/decoding XDR for the Stellar network
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Commands and aliases
- stellar-xdr
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Project history and usage
Stellar XDR is the Rust library and CLI for working with Stellar's XDR data structures. Its package-manager role is narrower than Stellar CLI or Stellar Core: it gives developers a standalone executable for encoding and decoding the binary serialization format used throughout the Stellar protocol.
Project history
The rs-stellar-xdr repository was created in April 2022. Its README says the library and CLI contain types and functionality for Stellar XDR, with types generated from XDR definitions hosted in the stellar/stellar-xdr repository using Stellar's Rust XDR generator.
Adoption history
The official Horizon API documentation documents XDR as part of Stellar API responses and transaction data. That makes the tool useful for developers debugging transactions, inspecting ledger objects, or bridging low-level protocol data with higher-level SDK and CLI workflows.
How it is used
Common usage is decoding, encoding, and inspecting Stellar XDR values while developing integrations or smart-contract tooling. Because it has no documented persistent configuration or credential store, it behaves like a stateless developer utility.
Why package nerds care
Package nerds care because serialization tools often sit at protocol boundaries: they need to track network protocol changes, generated schemas, and language runtime compatibility. A packaged `stellar-xdr` binary lets maintainers expose that low-level inspection tool without requiring every user to build the Rust crate manually.
Timeline
- 2022: Public rs-stellar-xdr GitHub repository created.
- 2022: First GitHub release v0.0.1 published.
- 2025: v25.0.0 release line published.
- 2026: GitHub releases continued through v27.0.0.
Related projects
- The project relates to stellar/stellar-xdr, Stellar CLI, Stellar Core, Horizon API data, and the Rust Soroban/Stellar developer tooling stack.
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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:network
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
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Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
stellar-xdr | cli | global executable |
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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 version27.0.0
manager updated2026-06-01
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://developers.stellar.org
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install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:stellar-xdr |
|---|---|
| Version | 27.0.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/stellar-xdr |
| Homepage | https://developers.stellar.org |
| Repository | https://github.com/stellar/rs-stellar-xdr |
| Upstream docs | https://developers.stellar.org/docs/data/apis/horizon/api-reference/structure/xdr |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://static.crates.io/crates/stellar-xdr/stellar-xdr-27.0.0.crate |
| Last updated | 2026-06-01T22:34:11Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build dependencies | rust |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | stellar-xdr |
| 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 |
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