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macOS

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brew install bltool

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overview

Package summary

Tool for command-line interaction with backloggery.com

Project links

Commands and aliases

bltool

history

Project history and usage

bltool is a Clojure command-line utility for moving game-library data into and out of Backloggery, with import paths for Steam and Xbox Live. The project README now marks it unmaintained and warns that it has issues with the current Backloggery site.

Project history

Ben "ToxicFrog" Kelly released bltool in 2013 as a command-line helper for managing a Backloggery game collection. Its release tags run from v0.1.0 in 2013 through v0.2.4 in 2017, and the README records an explicit unmaintained status update.

The tool was built with Leiningen and distributed as a Java jar/release zip, with Homebrew offered as the macOS package-manager path.

Adoption history

bltool served a niche automation audience: Backloggery users who wanted bulk add, delete, filter, and import workflows rather than editing a game list by hand. The Homebrew formula made that niche tool easy to install on macOS.

How it is used

The command reads from formats such as Backloggery, Steam, Xbox Live, text, EDN, and JSON, then writes to Backloggery operations or local files. Backloggery writes use command-line username and password options rather than a documented credentials file.

Examples in the README show Steam-to-text-to-Backloggery imports, duplicate filtering, and deletion workflows composed with ordinary shell commands.

Why package nerds care

bltool is interesting mostly as a frozen snapshot of personal-data plumbing around 2010s game-tracking sites: a Clojure jar packaged for Homebrew, shell pipelines, EDN/JSON interchange, and fragile integrations with consumer web services.

Timeline

2013: v0.1.0 tag published and README copyright names Ben "ToxicFrog" Kelly and Google Inc.
2014: v0.1.x releases continued with import and format workflows documented in the README.
2017: v0.2.4 tag published.
2021: README updated to say the project is no longer maintained.

Related projects

Backloggery is the primary destination service.
Steam Community and Xbox Live are optional import sources.
Leiningen is the documented build tool for source builds.

Sources

https://github.com/ToxicFrog/bltool#readme
https://github.com/ToxicFrog/bltool/releases
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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 1 platform targets.
Installs with 1 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

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`bltool`	cli	global 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 generated2026-08-04

manager version0.2.4

manager updated2026-07-17

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/ToxicFrog/bltool

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/ToxicFrog/bltoolnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:bltool
Version	0.2.4
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bltool
Homepage	https://github.com/ToxicFrog/bltool
Repository	https://github.com/ToxicFrog/bltool
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/ToxicFrog/bltool/releases/download/v0.2.4/bltool-0.2.4.zip
Last updated	2026-07-17T17:53:01+09:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	openjdk
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	bltool
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	yes
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

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Combined YAML source

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combined/bltool.yml

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