# Install bfg

Remove large files or passwords from Git history like git-filter-branch. Version 1.15.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:bfg
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install bfg
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install bfg
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: java/bfg/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/bfg
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/bfg.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:bfg
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bfg>
- **Version:** 1.15.0
- **Source summary:** Remove large files or passwords from Git history like git-filter-branch
- **Homepage:** <https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rtyley/bfg-repo-cleaner>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=com/madgag/bfg/1.15.0/bfg-1.15.0.jar>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- bfg (cli)
- bfg (alias)

## Dependencies

- openjdk

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.15.0
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** bfg
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - bfg: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: java/bfg/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/bfg: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/bfg.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [scm-manager](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/scm-manager/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, git, openjdk.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph