# Install sift

Fast and powerful open source alternative to grep. Version 0.9.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sift
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sift
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install sift
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install sift
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: sift from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#sift
```

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

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install Sift
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: Sift from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','seafile-client'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/sift
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:sift
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sift>
- **Version:** 0.9.1
- **Source summary:** Fast and powerful open source alternative to grep
- **Homepage:** <https://sift-tool.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/svent/sift>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/svent/sift#readme>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/svent/sift/archive/refs/tags/v0.9.1.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- sift (cli)
- sift (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- go

## 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: 0.9.1
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/svent/sift
- Upstream latest detected: v0.9.1 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## 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:** sift
- **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

- Debian apt - sift - 6.2.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sift from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | predicts if a substitution in a protein has a phenotypic effect | https://sift.bii.a-star.edu.sg/
- Nix - sift: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/si/sift/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - sift - 4.0.3b-6: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sift from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | predicts if a substitution in a protein has a phenotypic effect | http://sift.bii.a-star.edu.sg/
- MacPorts - sift: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/sift/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - Sift: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: Sift from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','seafile-client'
- Scoop - main/sift: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/sift.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/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