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Install zsv with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, winget

Tabular data swiss-army knife CLI. Version 1.4.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install zsv

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install zsv

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/zsv/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#zsv

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

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id liquidaty.zsv -e

Windows Package Manager source index · liquidaty.zsv · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Tabular data swiss-army knife CLI

Commands and aliases

  • zsv

history

Project history and usage

zsv is a C library and extensible command-line utility for parsing, viewing, querying, and converting CSV and related tabular data. Its niche is high-speed, low-memory parsing while still handling messy, spreadsheet-style CSV.

Project history

The project was created to fill a gap the authors saw among CSV tools: they wanted a parser that was fast, memory-efficient, portable to WebAssembly, usable as both a library and a standalone CLI, and easier to extend than the tools they had evaluated.

The README explicitly compares zsv's goals with tools such as xsv, tsv-utils, Miller, csvkit, DuckDB, Polars, and other SIMD CSV parsers. The result is both zsvlib and the zsv command, with an extension model based on shared libraries.

Adoption history

zsv is a newer and more niche package than long-lived CSV staples, but its adoption story is package-manager and benchmarking driven: it ships prebuilt releases, Homebrew/winget-style install paths are documented, and the README centers repeatable performance comparisons against other CSV tooling.

Its appeal is strongest for users who want a small native CLI instead of loading tabular data through a database, Python runtime, or large analytical engine just to count, select, convert, inspect, or clean CSV files.

How it is used

The zsv CLI includes commands such as count, select, sql, flatten, serialize, 2json, 2db, stack, pretty, 2tsv, compare, paste, overwrite, check, jq, and sheet. The sheet command provides an in-console interactive grid viewer with navigation, filtering, and pivot-table-style drill-down.

The parser defaults to real-world CSV behavior closer to spreadsheet programs than strict RFC 4180. It also exposes a SIMD fast parser for standard quoting, a --parallel mode for multi-core parsing, generic-delimited and fixed-width formats, multi-row headers, normalized CSV output, and library APIs for embedding.

Why package nerds care

zsv is package-nerd significant because it represents the modern CSV-tooling arms race: small native binaries, SIMD acceleration, WebAssembly portability, shell composability, and competition with heavier data engines such as DuckDB and Polars.

It also shows how a package can be both a CLI and a library without forcing users into a language ecosystem. That makes it interesting in package indexes where the same tool may be consumed by shell users, C integrators, and binding authors.

Timeline

  • 2025-2026: README and benchmark docs describe zsv as both zsvlib and an extensible CLI.
  • 2026-03-26: Benchmark documentation records v1.4.0-era fast-parser and parallel-parser comparisons.
  • 2026: Current README documents SIMD fast parser support on aarch64 NEON, x86-64 AVX2, and x86-64 SSE2.

Related projects

  • Related projects include xsv, qsv, xan, Miller, csvkit, DuckDB, Polars, tsv-utils, SQLite, RFC 4180 CSV tooling, and the zsv Ruby binding.

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 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 2 runtime 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

CommandKindExposureNote
zsvcliglobal 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 version1.4.3
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.4.3

https://github.com/liquidaty/zsv

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:zsv
Version1.4.3
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/zsv
Homepagehttps://github.com/liquidaty/zsv
Repositoryhttps://github.com/liquidaty/zsv
Upstream docshttps://github.com/liquidaty/zsv#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/liquidaty/zsv/archive/refs/tags/v1.4.3.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-22T14:06:46-07:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesjq, pcre2
Uses from macOSncurses
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namezsv
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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.

Nix95%

zsv

nix profile install nixpkgs#zsv
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Zsv
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/zs/zsv/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
MacPorts95%

zsv

sudo port install zsv
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Zsv
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/zsv/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

liquidaty.zsv

winget install --id liquidaty.zsv -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Zsv
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: liquidaty.zsv from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • jqRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pcre2Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • csvkitShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, csv, data, tabular-data.
  • csvlensShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, csv, data.
  • csvqShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, csv, data.
  • csvtkShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, csv, data.
  • qsvShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, csv, data.
  • xanShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, csv, data.

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.

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