install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install pgdbf

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install pgdbf

Debian stable package indexes · pgdbf · source: deb.debian.org

overview

Package summary

Converter of XBase/FoxPro tables to PostgreSQL

Project links

Commands and aliases

pgdbf

history

Project history and usage

PgDBF converts XBase and FoxPro tables into SQL and COPY input that PostgreSQL can import.

Project history

PgDBF was developed as a simple, robust, portable, and highly optimized XBase-to-PostgreSQL converter. Its public release notes document steady compatibility and correctness work from at least 2009 through version 0.6.3 in 2018.

The 0.6 series added larger-file support, progress reporting, improved numeric handling, built-in character-set conversion to UTF-8, and support for additional FoxPro field forms.

Adoption history

PgDBF has been packaged by Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu, keeping a specialized legacy-data conversion utility accessible on current Unix-like systems.

How it is used

Users run pgdbf against a DBF table, optionally supplying its memo file and conversion flags, then pipe the generated transaction, table definition, COPY data, and indexes into psql.

Why package nerds care

PgDBF is a compact, dependency-light C utility for a narrow but enduring interoperability problem: moving XBase and FoxPro data, including memo fields, into PostgreSQL. Its emphasis on streaming output and disk-limited performance makes it characteristic of small Unix data-conversion tools.

Timeline

2009: Version 0.5.0 changed memo-file handling and NULL output behavior.
2012: Version 0.6.0 added large-file and numeric-handling improvements; version 0.6.2 added iconv-based UTF-8 conversion.
2018: Version 0.6.3 added more FoxPro field support and conversion controls.

Related projects

PgDBF targets PostgreSQL's psql client and COPY input format while reading DBF tables and associated FoxPro memo files.

Sources

Official repository and release notes: https://github.com/kstrauser/pgdbf#readme

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:sql

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 12 platform targets.

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
`pgdbf`	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 generated2026-09-19

manager version0.6.2

manager updated2026-09-13

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/kstrauser/pgdbf

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:pgdbf
Version	0.6.2
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pgdbf
Homepage	https://github.com/kstrauser/pgdbf
Repository	https://github.com/kstrauser/pgdbf
License	GPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pgdbf/pgdbf/0.6.2/pgdbf-0.6.2.tar.xz
Last updated	2026-09-13T11:31:14Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	pgdbf
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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

pgdbf 0.6.3+git20180121.4e84775-1

converter of XBase / FoxPro tables to PostgreSQL

https://github.com/kstrauser/pgdbf

sudo apt install pgdbf

Section: database
Architecture: amd64
1 dependencies
1 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pgdbf

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: pgdbf from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Ubuntu apt95%

pgdbf 0.6.2-1.1build1

converter of XBase / FoxPro tables to PostgreSQL

http://pgdbf.sourceforge.net/

sudo apt install pgdbf

Section: universe/database
Architecture: amd64
1 dependencies
1 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pgdbf

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pgdbf from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/pgdbf.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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