# tarsnap-gui mit Homebrew installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:tarsnap-gui
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install tarsnap-gui
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:tarsnap-gui
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.0.2
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Cross-platform GUI for the Tarsnap command-line client
- **Homepage:** <https://www.tarsnap.com/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Tarsnap/tarsnap-gui>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-05-18T15:21:06-04:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- tarsnap-gui (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.0.2
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Tarsnap GUI is a Qt desktop front-end for the Tarsnap backup service and command-line client. In CLI culture it is notable because it wraps a deliberately command-line-first backup tool without replacing the underlying tarsnap utilities.

### Projektgeschichte

The official repository describes Tarsnap GUI as an open source cross-platform front-end to Tarsnap. The README states that it uses the tarsnap command-line client utilities to communicate with the service, so the CLI tools must already be installed.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The official GitHub releases show public versions from v0.6 in July 2015 through v1.0.2 in August 2018. The supplied package-manager metadata shows it packaged by Homebrew, giving macOS users a package-manager route to the GUI wrapper.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users install Tarsnap GUI alongside the command-line client, then use the desktop application to manage Tarsnap backups through the same underlying service and client utilities. The official README points users to the GitHub wiki for details, to INSTALL for build/install instructions, and to CHANGELOG for version history.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Package nerds care because Tarsnap GUI is a thin desktop layer over an existing security-sensitive CLI. Packaging it separately keeps the trust boundary clear: the backup protocol and keys belong to tarsnap, while the GUI is an optional workflow layer for users who want a desktop interface.

### Zeitleiste

- 2015-07: v0.6 release published on GitHub.
- 2016-05: v0.9 release published.
- 2017-07: v1.0 release published.
- 2018-08: v1.0.2 release published.

### Related projects

- Tarsnap, Qt, Open Iconic, tarsnap command-line utilities, Tarsnap GitHub wiki.

### Quellen

- GitHub releases for Tarsnap/tarsnap-gui: v0.6 through v1.0.2 dates.
- <https://github.com/Tarsnap/tarsnap-gui official README: cross-platform front-end, dependency on tarsnap CLI utilities, wiki and changelog pointers.>
- input source_facts.package-manager: Homebrew package entry.


## 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/tarsnap-gui.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/tarsnap-gui.yml)


## Quellen

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