install

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install weave

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#weave

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/we/weave/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Entity-level semantic merge driver for Git using tree-sitter

Project links

Commands and aliases

weave-driver

history

Project history and usage

weave is an entity-level semantic merge driver for Git from Ataraxy Labs. It replaces Git's normal line-oriented merge driver for supported file types, parses code with tree-sitter, and tries to merge functions, classes, methods, JSON keys, and other entities rather than raw line ranges.

The tool is framed around a newer collaboration problem: multiple humans or AI coding agents editing the same repository at the same time. Its promise is to reduce false conflicts when two branches change different semantic entities in the same file.

Project history

weave is part of Ataraxy Labs' agent-native development stack alongside related semantic version-control and inspection tools. Public packaging and release metadata point to a young Rust project: the weave-driver crate was created on March 14, 2026, and its public Git tags reached the 0.3 series by 2026.

The project site and README position weave as a Git-compatible merge-driver protocol implementation. Users can install it with Homebrew, run weave setup in a repository, and then continue using ordinary git merge while Git invokes weave-driver for supported paths.

weave's public documentation compares it with both Git's line-based merge and Mergiraf. Its benchmark page claims 31 of 31 clean merges across seven languages, plus real-world replay tests on repositories such as git, Flask, CPython, Go, and TypeScript.

Adoption history

Because weave is new, its adoption history is still early and mostly developer-tool community oriented. The project site reports 1,500-plus downloads and highlights discussion around multi-agent workflows, Git false conflicts, and semantic conflict markers.

The strongest evidence of adoption so far is packaging and discoverability rather than long institutional use: a Homebrew formula, crates.io publication for weave-driver, GitHub releases/tags, and docs that target direct integration with Git and Jujutsu.

How it is used

The normal setup path is to install weave, run weave setup, and let it write Git merge-driver configuration and attributes for supported file types. A local setup can use .git/info/attributes; a global setup can write rules to ~/.gitconfig and the user's global attributes file.

During a merge, weave parses base, ours, and theirs into semantic entities. Independent entity changes are auto-resolved, incompatible edits to the same entity become contextual conflicts, and unsupported file types fall back to standard line-level merge.

Why package nerds care

weave is significant because it packages structural merging as a drop-in Git merge driver rather than a separate VCS. That keeps the operational surface small while attacking a real pain point in parallel coding work: line conflicts that are not semantic conflicts.

Its nerd appeal is also in the comparison set. Git's default merge, Mergiraf's AST-aware approach, tree-sitter language grammars, Jujutsu merge tools, and MCP-based agent orchestration all meet in one package.

Timeline

2026-03-14: crates.io records the first weave-driver crate publication.
2026-04 to 2026-05: weave-driver receives multiple 0.2 and 0.3 series crate releases.
2026: The public Git repository carries tags through the 0.3 series and the project docs advertise Homebrew installation, Git setup, Jujutsu setup, and MCP tools.

Related projects

weave is related to Git merge drivers, Jujutsu merge tools, Mergiraf, tree-sitter, Ataraxy Labs sem, Ataraxy Labs inspect, and MCP-based coding-agent workflows.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for weave. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: .gitattributes.git/info/attributes~/.gitconfig~/.config/git/attributes

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`weave-driver`	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 version0.3.6

manager updated2026-06-19

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.3.6

https://github.com/Ataraxy-Labs/weave

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:weave
Version	0.3.6
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/weave
Homepage	https://ataraxy-labs.github.io/weave/
Repository	https://github.com/Ataraxy-Labs/weave
Upstream docs	https://ataraxy-labs.github.io/weave/
License	MIT OR Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/Ataraxy-Labs/weave/archive/refs/tags/v0.3.6.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-19T14:33:18+02:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	libgit2, openssl@3
Build dependencies	pkgconf, rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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	weave
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Conflicts With	texlive
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

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Nix95%

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nix profile install nixpkgs#weave

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Matched by: Weave

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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

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combined/weave.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
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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