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Tools for managing and querying large text corpora with linguistic annotations. Version 3.5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02.
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overview
Package summary
Tools for managing and querying large text corpora with linguistic annotations
Project links
Commands and aliases
- cqp
- cqpcl
- cqpserver
- cwb-align
- cwb-align-decode
- cwb-align-encode
- cwb-align-show
- cwb-atoi
- cwb-compress-rdx
- cwb-config
- cwb-decode
- cwb-decode-nqrfile
- cwb-describe-corpus
- cwb-encode
- cwb-huffcode
- cwb-itoa
- cwb-lexdecode
- cwb-makeall
- cwb-s-decode
- cwb-s-encode
- cwb-scan-corpus
history
Project history and usage
The IMS Open Corpus Workbench is an open-source suite for indexing, managing, and querying large linguistically annotated text corpora, centered on the CQP query processor.
Project history
The official site says the first official open-source release of the Corpus Workbench was version 3.0 and that version 3.5 is the current stable release. The SourceForge project was registered on February 18, 2005 and continues to host code, files, and project activity.
Adoption history
CWB is adopted in corpus-linguistics and language-research settings where large annotated corpora need compact indexes, efficient token and annotation search, and command-line or backend access for scripts and web interfaces.
How it is used
Users encode corpora with CWB command-line tools, query them interactively or programmatically with CQP, and use the official manuals for the CQP language, corpus encoding, sample corpora, and related tooling.
Why package nerds care
As a package, cwb3 is a dense research-tool bundle: it ships many small executables, a domain-specific query language, and long-lived data formats that matter to reproducible corpus analysis.
Timeline
- 2005: SourceForge project registration.
- Version 3.0: First official open-source CWB release.
- Version 3.5: Current stable CWB release on the official site.
- 2026: SourceForge project activity remains current.
Related projects
- Related official projects include CQPweb, CWB/Perl, the CQi interface, and the CQP query language.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:compress,server
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
cqp | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cqpcl | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cqpserver | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-align | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-align-decode | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-align-encode | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-align-show | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-atoi | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-compress-rdx | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-config | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-decode | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-decode-nqrfile | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-describe-corpus | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-encode | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-huffcode | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-itoa | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-lexdecode | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-makeall | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-s-decode | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-s-encode | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
cwb-scan-corpus | 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 version3.5.0
manager updated2026-08-02
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:cwb3 |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.5.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://cwb.sourceforge.io/ |
| Last updated | 2026-08-02T22:24:12-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| 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.
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View the package source record on GitHub.
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- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- pkg.so package database
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