# baobab mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für baobab in AI-Agent-Workflows.
## Installation
```sh
sudo av install brew:baobab
```
Weitere Installationsbefehle:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install baobab
```
Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install baobab
```
Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: gnome/baobab/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add baobab
```
Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: baobab from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install baobab
```
Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: baobab from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install baobab
```
Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: baobab from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#baobab
```
Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ba/baobab/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman (92%):
```sh
sudo pacman -S baobab
```
Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: baobab from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
- zypper (92%):
```sh
sudo zypper install baobab
```
Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: baobab from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
## Paketfakten
- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:baobab
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 50.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Gnome disk usage analyzer
- **Homepage:**
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-07T14:59:00Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- baobab (Alias)
## Installationsverhalten
- Bottle: nicht verfügbar
## Version und Aktualität
- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 50.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
Baobab is GNOME's graphical Disk Usage Analyzer, packaged on Unix-like systems as a small desktop utility for scanning folders, volumes, and mounted devices.
### Projektgeschichte
The current Baobab repository describes the program as the GNOME Disk Usage Analyzer and its DOAP metadata classifies it as a GNOME core application written in Vala. The modern standalone source tree has public GNOME release tags beginning with the GNOME 3 era, while the package remains tied to the GNOME application release cadence.
Its release notes show steady adaptation to GNOME platform changes rather than large shifts in purpose: recent milestones include libadwaita design work in the GNOME 45 cycle, GtkColumnView and AdwDialog work in the GNOME 47 cycle, and scanning speed and memory improvements in the GNOME 49 cycle.
### Adoptionsgeschichte
Baobab's adoption is mostly through GNOME distributions and package managers rather than a separate command-line community. Its presence in Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Nix, MacPorts, Homebrew, and other package sets reflects its role as a standard graphical disk-inspection utility.
### Wie es verwendet wird
Users launch Baobab to scan local folders, remote folders, volumes, or mounted devices and inspect directory sizes as a graphical tree or proportional visualization. It is useful when a Unix workstation needs a quick answer to what is consuming disk space without dropping into du, ncdu, or filesystem-specific tools.
### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
For package maintainers, Baobab is a compact example of the modern GNOME app stack: Meson build files, Vala sources, localized help, AppStream metadata, and frequent translation updates. It also gives non-GNOME package collections a user-facing storage tool that complements terminal utilities.
### Zeitleiste
- 2011: Standalone GNOME Baobab release tags appear in the public source repository with version 3.3.1.
- 2012: Baobab follows the GNOME 3.4 and 3.6 stable release cycles.
- 2023: GNOME 45 release notes record adoption of newer libadwaita widgets and design patterns.
- 2025: GNOME 49 release notes record scanning speed and memory-usage improvements.
- 2026: GNOME 50.0 is published with continued UI and translation maintenance.
### Related projects
- Baobab sits beside terminal disk-usage tools such as du and ncdu, and beside other GNOME core utilities. Its upstream development, translations, help, issue tracking, and release metadata are managed in GNOME infrastructure.
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## Sicherheitshinweise
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
- Debian apt - baobab - 48.0-2+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: baobab from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNOME disk usage analyzer | https://apps.gnome.org/Baobab/
- Nix - baobab: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ba/baobab/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - baobab - 46.0-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: baobab from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GNOME disk usage analyzer | https://apps.gnome.org/Baobab/
- apk - baobab - 50.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: baobab from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A graphical application to analyse disk usage in any Gnome environment | https://apps.gnome.org/Baobab
- apk - baobab-doc - 50.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: baobab-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A graphical application to analyse disk usage in any Gnome environment (documentation) | https://apps.gnome.org/Baobab
- apk - baobab-lang - 50.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: baobab-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Languages for package baobab | https://apps.gnome.org/Baobab
- dnf - baobab - 50.0-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: baobab from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A graphical directory tree analyzer | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Baobab
- pacman - baobab - 50.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: baobab from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A graphical directory tree analyzer | https://apps.gnome.org/Baobab
- zypper - baobab - 50.0-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: baobab from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Disk Usage Analyzer | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/DiskUsageAnalyzer
- zypper - baobab-lang - 50.0-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: baobab-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package baobab | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/DiskUsageAnalyzer
- MacPorts - baobab: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: gnome/baobab/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/baobab.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/baobab.yml)
## Quellen
- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph