install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install zet

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#zet

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

overview

Package summary

CLI utility to find the union, intersection, and set difference of files

Project links

Commands and aliases

zet

history

Project history and usage

zet is a focused Rust command-line tool for treating files as sets of lines and computing union, intersection, difference, single-occurrence, and multiple-occurrence results while removing duplicates.

Project history

The public trail is mostly the repository and a July 2021 Rust Users Forum announcement. The author positioned zet as a small Unix-style utility comparable to uniq and comm, but aimed at direct set operations over whole files rather than sorted-stream workflows.

How it is used

Users run commands such as zet union, zet intersect, and zet diff over two or more input files. The README emphasizes that output preserves the order in which lines first appear, while the forum announcement notes details such as UTF-16 handling, BOM behavior, line-ending normalization, and memory use proportional to the largest argument plus output.

Why package nerds care

zet is a nice package-catalog specimen because it fills a tiny gap left by classic POSIX text tools: set algebra over lines without forcing the user to pre-sort files or compose a longer shell pipeline.

Timeline

2021-07-05: zet is announced on the Rust Users Forum as a CLI for set operations on files considered as sets of lines.

Related projects

uniq and comm are the traditional Unix comparison points named by the project README.
setutils is a broader family of command-line set-operation utilities in a similar niche.

Sources

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 8 platform targets.
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
`zet`	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 version2.0.1

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv2.0.1

https://github.com/yarrow/zet

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:zet
Version	2.0.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/zet
Homepage	https://github.com/yarrow/zet
Repository	https://github.com/yarrow/zet
Upstream docs	https://github.com/yarrow/zet#readme
License	Apache-2.0 OR MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/yarrow/zet/archive/refs/tags/v2.0.1.tar.gz
Build dependencies	rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, 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	zet
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%

zet

nix profile install nixpkgs#zet

normalized package name match
Matched by: Zet

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ze/zet/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/zet.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

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