# abnfgen を Homebrew, apk でインストール

abnfgen のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:abnfgen
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install abnfgen
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add abnfgen
```

  証拠: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: abnfgen from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:abnfgen
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 0.21
- **ソース概要:** Quickly generate random documents that match an ABFN grammar
- **ホームページ:** <https://www.quut.com/abnfgen/>
- **最終更新:** 2026-05-26T23:37:46-04:00
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- abnfgen (エイリアス)

## インストール挙動

- Bottle: 利用不可

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-03
- マネージャ版: 0.21
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

abnfgen is a small Unix-style command-line generator that reads ABNF grammars and produces random documents matching those grammars for parser and protocol testing.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The official page presents abnfgen as an alpha tool, copyrighted but free for any use, with version 0.21 offered as the current tarball release. Its bundled manual page is dated 4 March 2002, reflecting the tool's long-standing role in ABNF test-case generation.

### 採用の歴史

The official distribution is a source tarball that requires a C compiler and a Unix-like environment. The input package facts show that Homebrew and Alpine package it, which fits its niche as a compact test-data generator used from shell scripts and packaging systems.

### 使われ方

abnfgen takes one or more grammar files and generates text from the selected start symbol. Its options include coverage-oriented generation, deterministic random seeds, output file counts, recursion depth limits, tentative definitions, and strict modes for rejecting extensions beyond the referenced ABNF syntax.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

Package maintainers care about abnfgen because it is a focused C utility with no documented runtime service or credentials, and it solves a practical standards-testing problem: generating concrete examples from ABNF grammars commonly used in RFCs and protocol specifications.

### タイムライン

- 2002: Official manual page date for abnfgen(1).
- 2026: Official page lists abnfgen 0.21 as the current version.

### Related projects

- The official page and manual connect abnfgen to ABNF as used in RFC 4234-era Internet standards grammar descriptions and mention RFC 7405 string-literal handling.

### ソース

- Official quut.com abnfgen(1) manual: options, grammar behavior, and 4 March 2002 manpage date.
- Official quut.com project page: purpose, use cases, alpha status, current tarball, Unix-like build requirement.
- input source_facts.package-manager: Homebrew and Alpine package names.


## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger リスク:** グリーン / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- apk - abnfgen - 0.21-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: abnfgen from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | ABNF-grammar test case generator | https://www.quut.com/abnfgen/
- apk - abnfgen-doc - 0.21-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: abnfgen-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | ABNF-grammar test case generator (documentation) | https://www.quut.com/abnfgen/


## Combined YAML source

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


## ソース

- 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