# Install bltool with Homebrew Tool for command-line interaction with backloggery.com. Version 0.2.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-17. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:bltool ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install bltool ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:bltool - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.2.4 - **Source summary:** Tool for command-line interaction with backloggery.com - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-17T17:53:01+09:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - bltool (cli) - bltool (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 0.2.4 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-17 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ToxicFrog/bltool - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## 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 - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes 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:** bltool - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** yes - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Game and emulation packages](https://pkg.so/game-emulation-tools/) - Matched game or emulation metadata. - [openjdk](https://pkg.so/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [tmux](https://pkg.so/brew/tmux/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [vim](https://pkg.so/brew/vim/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [himalaya](https://pkg.so/brew/himalaya/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [yazi](https://pkg.so/brew/yazi/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [emacs](https://pkg.so/brew/emacs/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [zellij](https://pkg.so/brew/zellij/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [aspell](https://pkg.so/brew/aspell/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [syncthing](https://pkg.so/brew/syncthing/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [excel-compare](https://pkg.so/brew/excel-compare/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. 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