# Install zebra with Homebrew, MacPorts, zypper Information management system. Version 2.2.11 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-20. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:zebra ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install zebra ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install zebra ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: databases/zebra/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install frr ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: frr from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:zebra - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.2.11 - **Source summary:** Information management system - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-20T16:55:08Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - idzebra-abs2dom (cli) - idzebra-config-2.0 (cli) - zebraidx (cli) - zebraidx-2.0 (cli) - zebrasrv (cli) - zebrasrv-2.0 (cli) - idzebra-abs2dom (alias) - idzebra-config-2.0 (alias) - zebraidx (alias) - zebraidx-2.0 (alias) - zebrasrv (alias) - zebrasrv-2.0 (alias) ## Dependencies - icu4c@78 - yaz ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - bzip2 - expat - libxcrypt - libxml2 - libxslt ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.2.11 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-20 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.indexdata.com/resources/software/zebra/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Index Data Zebra, often packaged through the idzebra source tree, is a structured text indexing and retrieval engine for records such as MARC, XML, SGML, email archives, and other library-style data. It is unrelated to the older GNU Zebra routing daemon despite the name collision. ### Project history Zebra belongs to the Z39.50 and library-search world rather than the IP-routing world. Index Data's documentation describes it as a networked component that combines boolean search, relevance-ranked free-text queries, record presentation, update/delete operations, and standards-oriented retrieval protocols including Z39.50 and SRU/SRW-style web services. The current GitHub repository identifies the software as 'Zebra server' with Index Data copyright years beginning in 1994, and the project NEWS records the source-control move to GitHub in 2016. That long lineage explains why the package exposes utilities such as zebraidx and zebrasrv instead of modern web-app style commands. ### Adoption history Zebra's adoption came from libraries, catalog systems, and information-retrieval applications that needed a robust backend for structured records. Index Data highlights use with large databases, safe incremental updates on live systems, and interoperability with Index Data's YAZ/PHP-YAZ tools plus commercial and freeware Z39.50 clients. The documentation's application references include Koha, Kete, ReIndex.Net, article databases, union-list services, and web indexes. That puts Zebra in the infrastructure layer under catalogs and digital-library systems rather than in the end-user search-box layer. ### How it is used Typical usage is to configure a Zebra database, index records with zebraidx, and serve them with zebrasrv for Z39.50/SRU clients. Developers and administrators use it when they need protocol-compatible search over MARC/XML-like records, relevance ranking, exact boolean expressions, and incremental updates without building a search server from scratch. ### Why package nerds care Zebra is significant because it is the kind of domain-specific infrastructure package that package catalogs easily misclassify by name. The executables and upstream docs reveal a library/information-retrieval engine, not a network router, making it a good example of why package identity has to follow source facts over display-name assumptions. For package nerds, it also preserves an older standards stack: Z39.50, SRU/SRW, MARC records, YAZ tooling, and live catalog indexing in a compact set of command-line and server binaries. ### Timeline - 1994: Current repository copyright range begins for Index Data's Zebra server. - 2000s: Zebra 2.x documentation describes the system as a Z39.50/SRU-capable structured text indexing engine. - 2016-01: Project NEWS records the move of Zebra source control to GitHub. ### Related projects - YAZ: Index Data toolkit commonly used with Zebra for Z39.50/SRU work. - PHP/YAZ: PHP bindings/tooling mentioned by Index Data for accessing Zebra-backed data. - Koha: open-source integrated library system referenced in Zebra's application documentation. - VuFind and other library discovery systems: adjacent search/catalog interfaces in the library software ecosystem. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for zebra. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: zebra.cfg ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** zebra - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - zypper - frr - 10.6.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: frr from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | The FRRouting Protocol Suite | https://www.frrouting.org - MacPorts - zebra: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: databases/zebra/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [yaz](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yaz/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [iproute2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/iproute2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, routing. - [iproute2mac](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/iproute2mac/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, routing. - [babeld](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/babeld/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, routing. - [irrtoolset](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/irrtoolset/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, routing. - [monocle](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/monocle/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bgp, cli, networking, routing. - [olsrd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/olsrd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, routing. - [osrm-backend](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/osrm-backend/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, routing. - [bgpdump](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bgpdump/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bgp, cli, networking, routing. - [metaproxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/metaproxy/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, config, information, networking, yaz. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/zebra.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/zebra.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph