# Install brotli

A brotli compressor and decompressor that with an interface avoiding the rust stdlib. This makes it suitable for embedded devices and kernels. It is designed with a pluggable allocator so that the standard lib's allocator may be employed. The default build also includes a stdlib allocator and stream interface. Disable…. Version 8.0.4 via Cargo; verified 2026-06-14.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cargo:brotli
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install brotli
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** cargo:brotli
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager URL:** <https://crates.io/crates/brotli>
- **Version:** 8.0.4
- **Source summary:** A brotli compressor and decompressor that with an interface avoiding the rust stdlib. This makes it suitable for embedded devices and kernels. It is designed with a pluggable allocator so that the standard lib's allocator may be employed. The default build also includes a stdlib allocator and stream interface. Disable…
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/dropbox/rust-brotli>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/dropbox/rust-brotli>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.rs/brotli/>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause AND MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/brotli/brotli-8.0.4.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-06-14 19:26:42.108285+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-14 19:26:42.108285+00
- **Generated:** 2026-06-18T16:49:02+00:00

## Executables

- brotli (binary): Declared by crates.io version metadata.
- catbrotli (binary): Declared by crates.io version metadata.

## Install Behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-18
- Package-manager version: 8.0.4

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for brotli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** crates.io database dump
- **Crate ID:** 3,538
- **Crate Size:** 751,794
- **Edition:** 2015
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 54
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Rust Version:** 1.59.0
- **Version ID:** 2,573,943

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - brotli - 1.1.0-2+b7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: brotli from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | lossless compression algorithm and format (command line utility) | https://github.com/google/brotli
- Debian apt - libbrotli-dev - 1.1.0-2+b7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libbrotli-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | library implementing brotli encoder and decoder (development files) | https://github.com/google/brotli
- Debian apt - libbrotli1 - 1.1.0-2+b7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libbrotli1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | library implementing brotli encoder and decoder (shared libraries) | https://github.com/google/brotli
- Debian apt - python3-brotli - 1.1.0-2+b7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-brotli from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | lossless compression algorithm and format (Python 3 version) | https://github.com/google/brotli
- Nix - brotli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/br/brotli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - brotli - 1.1.0-2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: brotli from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | lossless compression algorithm and format (command line utility) | https://github.com/google/brotli
- Ubuntu apt - libbrotli-dev - 1.1.0-2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libbrotli-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | library implementing brotli encoder and decoder (development files) | https://github.com/google/brotli
- Ubuntu apt - libbrotli1 - 1.1.0-2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libbrotli1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | library implementing brotli encoder and decoder (shared libraries) | https://github.com/google/brotli
- Ubuntu apt - python3-brotli - 1.1.0-2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-brotli from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | lossless compression algorithm and format (Python 3 version) | https://github.com/google/brotli
- apk - brotli - 1.2.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: brotli from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Generic lossless compressor | https://github.com/google/brotli
- apk - brotli-dev - 1.2.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: brotli-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Generic lossless compressor (development files) | https://github.com/google/brotli
- apk - brotli-doc - 1.2.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: brotli-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Generic lossless compressor (documentation) | https://github.com/google/brotli
- apk - brotli-libs - 1.2.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: brotli-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Generic lossless compressor (libraries) | https://github.com/google/brotli
- apk - brotli-static - 1.2.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: brotli-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Generic lossless compressor (static library) | https://github.com/google/brotli
- apk - py3-brotli - 1.2.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py3-brotli from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Generic lossless compressor (python bindings) | https://github.com/google/brotli
- apk - py3-brotli-pyc - 1.2.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py3-brotli-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for py3-brotli | https://github.com/google/brotli


## Related Links

- [brotli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/brotli/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

- crates.io package index
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
