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Install crabz with Homebrew
Like pigz, but in Rust. Version 0.10.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Like pigz, but in Rust
Project links
Commands and aliases
- crabz
history
Project history and usage
crabz is a Rust compression and decompression CLI explicitly positioned as similar to pigz.
Project history
The project began as a proof-of-concept command-line wrapper around the author's `gzp` Rust crate. The README describes it as cross-platform and fast, with support for gzip, zlib, mgzip, BGZF, raw deflate, and snap formats.
Adoption history
crabz is distributed through several package channels documented by the project itself, including Homebrew or Linuxbrew, Debian packages from GitHub releases, Cargo, and conda-forge.
How it is used
Users call `crabz` to compress or decompress files, select formats, control compression level, set thread counts, and optionally write in place or to standard output.
Why package nerds care
crabz is notable in packaging circles as a Rust-era counterpart to classic Unix compression tools: one binary, package-manager friendly, and tuned for multi-threaded compression without requiring a custom zlib-ng pigz build.
Timeline
- v0.1.0: Initial public release series on GitHub.
- v0.10.0: Release series moved to updated Rust compression dependencies and packaging artifacts.
Related projects
- crabz is directly compared with pigz and is built on the `gzp` library.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
crabz | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.10.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:crabz |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.10.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/sstadick/crabz |
| Repository | https://github.com/sstadick/crabz |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation