brew / rank 3973

Install erdtree with Homebrew, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget, MacPorts

Multi-threaded file-tree visualizer and disk usage analyzer. Version 3.1.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#erdtree.

Install command Security notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install erdtree

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install erd

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/erd/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#erdtree

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/er/erdtree/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S erdtree

Arch Linux sync databases · erdtree · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install erdtree

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · erdtree · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/erdtree

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/erdtree.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id Solidiquis.Erdtree -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Solidiquis.Erdtree · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Multi-threaded file-tree visualizer and disk usage analyzer

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

history

Project history and usage

erdtree, installed as `erd`, is a Rust filesystem tree viewer and disk-usage analyzer. Its README positions it as a cross-platform, multi-threaded blend of `du`, `tree`, `find`, `wc`, and `ls`.

Project history

The official repository was created in 2022 and reached a 1.0 GitHub release in 2023. The project is part of the modern wave of Rust replacements and hybrids for classic Unix command-line utilities, with attention to Git ignore rules, colored output, icons, multiple layout modes, and parallel traversal.

Adoption history

Adoption is package-manager driven: the input facts list Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, winget, and zypper packages. That spread matches the project's cross-platform claim and its appeal as a workstation utility rather than a server daemon or library.

How it is used

Users run `erd` against a directory to inspect file trees and disk usage. The README documents options for logical or physical sizes, line and word counts, long metadata views, glob or regex filtering, depth limits, sorting, icons, Git ignore behavior, thread counts, and one-filesystem traversal.

Why package nerds care

erdtree matters to command-line tool collectors because it combines several familiar Unix inspection patterns into one packaged binary. It is also a neat packaging case: one Rust crate surfaces as a cross-platform CLI with shell completions, config files, and operating-system-specific filesystem behavior.

Timeline

2022: The GitHub repository was created.
2023: Version 1.0 was published on GitHub releases.
2020s: Packages appear across Unix-like and Windows package managers according to the supplied package-manager facts.

Related projects

erdtree is explicitly compared with `tree`, `du`, `find`, `wc`, `ls`, exa, dua, dust, and fd in its README.

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.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: $ERDTREE_TOML_PATH$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/erdtree/.erdtree.toml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.erdtree.toml~/.config/erdtree/.erdtree.toml~/.erdtree.toml$ERDTREE_CONFIG_PATH$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/erdtree/.erdtreerc$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.erdtreerc~/.config/erdtree/.erdtreerc~/.erdtreerc
Windows: %APPDATA%\erdtree\.erdtree.toml%APPDATA%\erdtree\.erdtreerc

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`erd`	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 version3.1.2

manager updated

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:erdtree
Version	3.1.2
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/solidiquis/erdtree
Repository	https://github.com/solidiquis/erdtree
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

erdtree

nix profile install nixpkgs#erdtree

normalized package name match
Matched by: Erdtree

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/er/erdtree/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

pacman95%

erdtree 3.1.2-3

A multi-threaded filesystem and disk-usage analysis tool

https://github.com/solidiquis/erdtree

sudo pacman -S erdtree

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
2 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Erdtree

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: erdtree from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

zypper95%

erdtree 3.1.2~0-2.8

A multi-threaded file-tree visualizer and disk usage analyzer

https://github.com/solidiquis/erdtree

sudo zypper install erdtree

License: MIT
Category: Productivity/File utilities
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: erdtree
4 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Erdtree

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: erdtree from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

Scoop95%

main/erdtree

scoop install main/erdtree

normalized package name match
Matched by: Erdtree

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/erdtree.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

Solidiquis.Erdtree

winget install --id Solidiquis.Erdtree -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Erdtree

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Solidiquis.Erdtree from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

MacPorts94%

erd

sudo port install erd

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Erd

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/erd/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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.

combined/erdtree.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation