Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install sift

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install sift

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/sift/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install sift

Debian stable package indexes · sift · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#sift

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/si/sift/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Windows

Chocolateyverifiziert · 92%

choco install Sift

Chocolatey community package catalog · Sift · Quelle: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverifiziert · 92%

scoop install main/sift

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/sift.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Fast and powerful open source alternative to grep

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

sift

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

sift is a cross-platform command-line text-search tool aimed at code search, log analysis, digital forensics, and data processing.

Projektgeschichte

sift was developed as an open-source grep alternative with a deliberate focus on safe defaults and reusable configuration. The official repository is implemented in Go and provides release binaries alongside source installation.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The official project distributes cross-platform binaries for Linux, Windows, macOS, and BSD. The supplied metadata records packages for Homebrew, Chocolatey, Debian, MacPorts, Nix, Scoop, and Ubuntu.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users invoke sift with a pattern and search path, optionally selecting file types, honoring `.gitignore`, searching multiline data, or applying preceding and following context conditions. `--write-config` persists selected defaults, and directory-level configuration can override broader settings.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

sift belongs to the wave of grep alternatives that package fast recursive search, ignore-file awareness, and developer-friendly output into a single executable. Its distinguishing package-level traits include directory-local configuration, complex contextual conditions, multiline matching, and support for extremely large files.

Zeitleiste

Initial project era: sift emerged as a Go-based, cross-platform alternative to grep.
Ongoing distribution: Release binaries and packages became available across major Unix-like and Windows package ecosystems.

Related projects

grep is the traditional text-search utility for which sift presents itself as an alternative.
Git ignore files can influence sift searches when Git-aware behavior is enabled.

Quellen

current_curation.config-file-location
https://github.com/svent/sift#readme
https://sift-tool.org/
source_facts.package-manager

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

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

Unix: ~/.sift.conf.sift.conf

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`sift`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-09-19

Manager-Version0.9.2

Manager aktualisiert2026-09-13

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv0.9.2

https://github.com/svent/sift

OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:sift
Version	0.9.2
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sift
Homepage	https://sift-tool.org/
Repository	https://github.com/svent/sift
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://sift-tool.org/
Lizenz	GPL-3.0-only
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/svent/sift/archive/refs/tags/v0.9.2.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-09-13T09:08:57Z
Pulse	updated
Build-Abhängigkeiten	go
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	sift
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-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

sift 6.2.1-1

predicts if a substitution in a protein has a phenotypic effect

https://sift.bii.a-star.edu.sg/

sudo apt install sift

Section: non-free/science
Architecture: amd64
4 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Sift

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: sift from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

sift

nix profile install nixpkgs#sift

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Sift

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/si/sift/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

sift 4.0.3b-6

predicts if a substitution in a protein has a phenotypic effect

http://sift.bii.a-star.edu.sg/

sudo apt install sift

Section: multiverse/science
Architecture: amd64
4 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Sift

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

MacPorts95%

sift

sudo port install sift

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Sift

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/sift/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Chocolatey95%

Sift

choco install Sift

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Sift

Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: Sift from https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','seek-dsc-harddisk'

Scoop95%

main/sift

scoop install main/sift

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Sift

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/sift.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/sift.yml

Verwendete Quellen

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

sift mit Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix, chocolatey, scoop installieren