# Install zfind with Homebrew, Nix Search for files (even inside tar/zip/7z/rar) using a SQL-WHERE filter. Version 0.4.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#zfind. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:zfind ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install zfind ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#zfind ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/zf/zfind/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:zfind - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.4.7 - **Source summary:** Search for files (even inside tar/zip/7z/rar) using a SQL-WHERE filter - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T21:32:29+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - zfind (cli) - zfind (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 0.4.7 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-25 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/laktak/zfind - Upstream latest detected: v0.4.7 (current) ## Project history and usage zfind is a Go command-line file search tool that applies an SQL-WHERE-like filter language to filesystem metadata and can search inside archive formats such as tar, zip, 7z, and rar. ### Project history Public source material is thin and mostly current-facing: the README identifies GitHub and Codeberg mirrors and documents the SQL-like query model rather than a detailed origin story. That is enough to characterize the tool, but not enough for a deep adoption history. ### How it is used The basic command shape is zfind [...]. Example filters include size comparisons, date comparisons, archive type checks, SQL LIKE-style name filters, regex-like name filters, extension membership tests, and output modes such as long listing and CSV. ### Why package nerds care zfind is interesting because it packages file discovery as a query-language problem. For users who already think in SQL predicates, it replaces a pile of find flags and archive-specific commands with one compact filter syntax. ### Related projects - fselect is a related SQL-like filesystem query tool. - fd and find cover adjacent file-search territory but do not focus on archive traversal plus SQL-WHERE-style predicates in the same way. ### Sources - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** zfind - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - zfind: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/zf/zfind/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://pkg.so/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [go](https://pkg.so/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mactop](https://pkg.so/brew/mactop/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, go, system. - [gdu](https://pkg.so/brew/gdu/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, go, system. - [witr](https://pkg.so/brew/witr/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, go, system. - [ouch](https://pkg.so/brew/ouch/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: archives, cli, system. - [hostess](https://pkg.so/brew/hostess/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, go, system. - [unshield](https://pkg.so/brew/unshield/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: archives, cli, system. - [atool](https://pkg.so/brew/atool/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: archives, cli, system. - [mender-artifact](https://pkg.so/brew/mender-artifact/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, go, system. - [confd](https://pkg.so/brew/confd/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, files, go, system, using. - [t2sz](https://pkg.so/brew/t2sz/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: archives, cli, file, system, tar. - [decompress-zip](https://pkg.so/npm/decompress-zip/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: archives, cli, files, system, tar. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/zfind.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/zfind.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph