# Install dz6 with Homebrew, scoop, winget

Fast Vim-inspired TUI hex editor. Version 0.7.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-01. Also installable with scoop: scoop install extras/dz6.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:dz6
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dz6
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/dz6
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/dz6.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id mentebinaria.dz6 -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: mentebinaria.dz6 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:dz6
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.7.0
- **Source summary:** Fast Vim-inspired TUI hex editor
- **Homepage:** <https://dz6.dev.br>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mentebinaria/dz6>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-01T22:50:39Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- dz6 (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.7.0
## Project history and usage

dz6 is a young Rust terminal hex editor aimed at people who want a Vim-like workflow for binary inspection and editing. Its public repository was created in November 2025, and the project presents itself as a fast, cross-platform, open source TUI hex editor.

### Project history

The project comes from Mente Binaria, a reverse-engineering/security education group, which fits the README's focus on file inspection, forensics, malware analysis, string filtering, offset navigation, comments, bookmarks, and a calculator inside the hex editor.

The tool's project history is still short: GitHub metadata shows the repository was created on 2025-11-15, and the README documents early packaging through Cargo, AUR, FreeBSD packages, WinGet, and GitHub releases.

### Adoption history

Adoption is early but visible in package-manager culture: the README advertises installation through Cargo, Arch AUR, FreeBSD pkg, WinGet, and binary releases, while the repository had 175 GitHub stars and 15 forks when checked through the GitHub API on 2026-06-30.

### How it is used

dz6 is used from the terminal as `dz6 [OPTIONS] <FILE>`, with optional initial offset and read-only mode. Its usage niche is binary triage and editing with keyboard-driven navigation, hex or ASCII editing, string search, bookmarks, comments, and Vim-style movement.

### Why package nerds care

For package nerds, dz6 is notable as a modern Rust/TUI entry in the old hex-editor category: small executable surface, cross-platform packaging, and command-line ergonomics tuned for reverse-engineering workflows rather than a GUI-first editor.

### Timeline

- 2025-11-15: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2026: README documents Cargo, AUR, FreeBSD, WinGet, and release-package installation paths.

### Related projects

- Related tools include classic hex editors and binary-analysis utilities; dz6 differentiates itself through terminal UI, Vim-style keys, and reverse-engineering oriented tags such as ELF, PE-file, malware-analysis, and forensics.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/mentebinaria/dz6>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mentebinaria/dz6/main/README.md>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/mentebinaria/dz6>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for dz6. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Scoop - extras/dz6: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/dz6.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - mentebinaria.dz6: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: mentebinaria.dz6 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dz6.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/dz6.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph