install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install tag

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install tag

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/tag/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Manipulate and query tags on macOS files

Project links

Commands and aliases

tag

history

Project history and usage

`tag` is a macOS command-line utility for manipulating Finder tags on files and querying files by tag. It wraps a Finder-era desktop metadata feature in a scriptable Unix-style interface.

Project history

The public repository was created in October 2013, the same year Apple introduced Finder tags in OS X Mavericks. The README scopes the tool to Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks and later and describes operations for adding, removing, setting, matching, finding, listing, and counting tag usage.

Adoption history

The project is distributed through Homebrew and MacPorts according to the input package-manager facts. Its GitHub repository has remained a small single-purpose macOS utility rather than a cross-platform metadata framework.

How it is used

Users install the `tag` executable and run commands such as `tag --add`, `tag --remove`, `tag --set`, `tag --find`, `tag --match`, and `tag --list` against file paths. The README also documents recursive traversal, NUL-terminated output for pipelines, and tag queries limited by home, local, or network scopes.

Why package nerds care

Package nerds care about `tag` because it exposes macOS file tags to shell scripts, launch jobs, and package-manager-installed workflows. It is a classic Homebrew-style utility: tiny, platform-specific, and useful precisely because Apple provides the feature in the GUI but not as a portable Unix command.

Timeline

2013: Public GitHub repository created.
2013: README targets OS X Mavericks and later.
2026: Input package facts list Homebrew and MacPorts packages.

Related projects

`tag` relates to macOS Finder tags, Spotlight metadata search, `mdfind`, shell pipelines, Homebrew, and MacPorts.

Sources

https://api.github.com/repos/jdberry/tag
https://github.com/jdberry/tag
source_facts.package-manager

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 11 platform targets.

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
`tag`	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 version0.10

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.10

https://github.com/jdberry/tag

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:tag
Version	0.10
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tag
Homepage	https://github.com/jdberry/tag/
Repository	https://github.com/jdberry/tag
Upstream docs	https://github.com/jdberry/tag#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/jdberry/tag/archive/refs/tags/v0.10.tar.gz
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	tag
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Head Version	HEAD
Requirements	macos
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.

MacPorts95%

tag

sudo port install tag

normalized package name match
Matched by: Tag

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/tag/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/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/tag.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 tag with Homebrew, MacPorts