# cmix mit Homebrew installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:cmix
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cmix
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:cmix
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 21
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Data compression program with high compression ratio
- **Homepage:** <https://www.byronknoll.com/cmix.html>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/byronknoll/cmix>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-10T17:22:42-04:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cmix (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 21
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

cmix is Byron Knoll's lossless data compression program aimed at compression ratio rather than speed or memory thrift.

### Projektgeschichte

The official homepage describes cmix as a lossless compressor that optimizes compression ratio at the cost of high CPU and memory use, with state-of-the-art results on several compression benchmarks.

The homepage download table records a long public release line beginning with v1 in April 2014 and continuing through v21 in September 2024. The GitHub repository was created in November 2015 and tracks the source-control era of the project.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

cmix is distributed narrowly compared with mainstream compressors: the input package facts list Homebrew only. Its adoption is therefore less about day-to-day compression and more about access for people studying or benchmarking high-ratio compressors.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The official homepage emphasizes Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X support and recommends at least 32 GB of RAM. That framing makes cmix a benchmark and experimentation tool rather than a default archive format for ordinary users.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

cmix matters to package nerds because it is a deliberately impractical compressor in the useful sense: high CPU and memory needs make the packaging problem about reproducible builds, large-resource tests, and benchmark comparability rather than command convenience.

### Zeitleiste

- 2014-04: v1 release listed on the official homepage.
- 2015-11: GitHub repository created and v8 release listed.
- 2019-08: v18 release listed.
- 2023-11: v20 release listed.
- 2024-09: v21 release listed.

### Related projects

- The official homepage links cmix results to the Calgary, Silesia, enwik, Large Text Compression, Silesia Open Source Compression, and Lossless Photo Compression benchmarks.

### Quellen

- <https://www.byronknoll.com/cmix.html>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/byronknoll/cmix>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/byronknoll/cmix/releases>


## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** blue / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

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