Installer greenmask avec Homebrew, Nix

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Historique du projet

The project presents itself as a stateless logical dump proxy that does not require database schema changes and remains compatible with familiar PostgreSQL tools such as pg_restore. That design places it closer to backup and staging-data infrastructure than to an application-level masking library.

The v0.1.0 release notes describe the January 2024 release as the first production-ready version, with CI/CD, a Docker Compose playground, transformer improvements, JSON-line protocol fixes, and binary assets. The v0.2.0 release notes describe an October 2024 milestone focused on database subsetting, pgzip compression, topological restore order, INSERT-format restoration, dynamic transformer parameters, and transformer-engine refactoring.

Historique d'adoption

Greenmask entered package-manager culture as a CLI for teams that need repeatable sanitized databases for staging, analytics, and development. The batch package facts show Homebrew and Nix packaging, while upstream distributes release assets, Docker-oriented workflows, and documentation that emphasizes CI/CD integration.

Modes d'utilisation

Greenmask is used around logical backup and restore flows: dump a database, apply transformations or subsets, store the result locally or in S3-compatible storage, and restore into another environment. The documentation emphasizes deterministic transformers, dynamic parameters, validation output, schema diff checks, and compatibility with PostgreSQL dump/restore routines.

The default configuration convention in the batch curation is config.yml, matching the project's example configuration style.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

Greenmask matters to package users because it packages a messy operational workflow into one repeatable binary: masked dumps, synthetic data, subsetting, restore order, and storage backends. That makes it attractive for development environments where production-like data is useful but raw production data is unsafe.

For Homebrew-style packaging, it is also a representative modern Go CLI: single binary, release assets, Docker examples, and docs-first operational commands.

Chronologie

• 2024: v0.1.0 release notes marked the first production-ready version.
• 2024: v0.2.0 added database subsetting, pgzip support, topological restore order, and transformer refactoring.
• 2025: v1.0.0b1 release metadata appeared for the 1.0 beta line.
• 2026: v0.2.x releases continued through v0.2.21 in the official GitHub release feed.

Related projects

• PostgreSQL pg_dump and pg_restore are central compatibility references in the documentation.
• Docker Compose, MinIO, and S3-compatible storage appear in the official examples and feature descriptions.
• Transformer concepts such as random, hash, template, and CMD transformers form the project's internal extension surface.

Sources

• https://api.github.com/repos/GreenmaskIO/greenmask/releases?per_page=100
• https://docs.greenmask.io/v0.2.21/
• https://docs.greenmask.io/v0.2.21/release_notes/greenmask_0_1_0/
• https://docs.greenmask.io/v0.2.21/release_notes/greenmask_0_2_0/
• https://github.com/GreenmaskIO/greenmask