# Install bulk_extractor

Stream-based forensics tool. Version 2.1.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-13.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:bulk_extractor
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install bulk_extractor
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install bulk_extractor
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#bulk_extractor
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bu/bulk_extractor/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install bulk_extractor
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: bulk_extractor from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:bulk_extractor
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bulk_extractor>
- **Version:** 2.1.1
- **Source summary:** Stream-based forensics tool
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor/wiki>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor/releases/download/v2.1.1/bulk_extractor-2.1.1.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-13T00:05:26Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- bulk_extractor (cli)
- bulk_extractor (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- pkgconf
- re2

## macOS Provided Libraries

- expat
- ncurses

## 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: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2.1.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-13
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## 安全说明

no executable entrypoint in the package index.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- no executable entrypoint in the package index

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** bulk_extractor
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 3
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - bulk_extractor: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bu/bulk_extractor/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - bulk_extractor - 2.1.1-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: bulk_extractor from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Bulk Email and URL extraction tool | https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor/wiki/Introducing-bulk_extractor
- MacPorts - bulk_extractor: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: security/bulk_extractor/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## 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