# colfer mit Homebrew installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für colfer in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:colfer
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install colfer
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:colfer
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/colfer>
- **Version:** 1.8.1
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Schema compiler for binary data exchange
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/pascaldekloe/colfer>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pascaldekloe/colfer>
- **Lizenz:** CC0-1.0
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/pascaldekloe/colfer/archive/refs/tags/v1.8.1.tar.gz>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- colf (cli)
- colf (Alias)

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- go

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 1.8.1
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/pascaldekloe/colfer
- neueste erkannte Version: v1.8.1 (aktuell)
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Colfer is a binary serialization format and schema compiler optimized for speed and size.

### Projektgeschichte

The official README describes Colfer as inspired by Protocol Buffers and centered on the colf compiler, which reads schema definitions and generates source code for marshaling and unmarshaling data structures.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Official packaging notes mention prebuilt compiler releases and Homebrew installation, indicating a distribution model aimed at command-line compiler use rather than only library embedding.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The colf command generates C, Go, Java, or JavaScript output from .colf schema files. The README recommends committing generated source code to version control to preserve build consistency and reduce compiler installation requirements.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Colfer is notable as a small schema compiler package with no runtime configuration and a source-generation workflow similar to other IDL and serialization compilers.

### Zeitleiste

- 2015: Official GitHub repository is created.
- 2010s: README documents C, Go, Java, and JavaScript code generation support.
- 2020s: README continues to document Homebrew installation and prebuilt compiler releases.

### Related projects

- The official manual lists protoc and flatc as related tools, placing Colfer in the same package-manager neighborhood as Protocol Buffers and FlatBuffers compilers.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/pascaldekloe/colfer>
- <https://github.com/pascaldekloe/colfer/wiki/Spec>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

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


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- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/de/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/de/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [go](https://pkg.so/de/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [protobuf](https://pkg.so/de/brew/protobuf/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, serialization.
- [avro-c](https://pkg.so/de/brew/avro-c/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, serialization.
- [avro-tools](https://pkg.so/de/brew/avro-tools/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, serialization.
- [avro-cpp](https://pkg.so/de/brew/avro-cpp/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, serialization.
- [lcm](https://pkg.so/de/brew/lcm/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, serialization.
- [mcap](https://pkg.so/de/brew/mcap/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, serialization.
- [typical](https://pkg.so/de/brew/typical/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, serialization.
- [sqlite](https://pkg.so/de/brew/sqlite/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data.
- [kiwi-schema](https://pkg.so/de/npm/kiwi-schema/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: binary, binary-format, cli, data, format.
- [pbf](https://pkg.so/de/npm/pbf/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: binary, cli, data, format, schema.
- [typewriter](https://pkg.so/de/npm/typewriter/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, compiler, data, serialization.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/colfer.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/colfer.yml)


## Quellen

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