macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
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Install exomizer with Homebrew, Nix
File compressor optimized for decompression in 8-bit environments. Version 3.1.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#exomizer.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#exomizernixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ex/exomizer/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
File compressor optimized for decompression in 8-bit environments
Project links
Commands and aliases
- exobasic
- exomizer
history
Project history and usage
Exomizer is a compressor for constrained 8-bit and retro-computing environments, with tooling for raw data, memory-oriented compressed files, and self-extracting targets.
Project history
The official Bitbucket repository is owned by Magnus Lind and uses Git with master as the main branch. Its documentation explains Exomizer 2.0 features such as sfx, mem, level, raw, and desfx modes, plus target support for Commodore, Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Oric, PET, and other systems.
Adoption history
The official changelog shows a long-lived release line through 2.x and 3.x, including 3.0.0 in 2018, 3.1.0 in 2020, 3.1.1 in 2021, and 3.1.2-era licensing and decruncher updates. The supplied package metadata lists Homebrew and Nix packages.
How it is used
The official exo20info documentation describes four compression subcommands, shared flags for tuning compression speed and format compatibility, and 16-bit-address-space workflows that are natural for vintage-machine program images.
Why package nerds care
Exomizer matters to package and retro-toolchain users because it is both a host-side compressor and a bundle of target-side decruncher sources. The package is useful in build systems that produce C64, VIC-20, Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Oric, PET, and related binaries.
Timeline
- 2011: Official changelog records Exomizer 2.0 source and binary release.
- 2017: Bitbucket API reports the repository created under magli143/exomizer.
- 2018: Official changelog records Exomizer 3.0.0 with a faster 6502 decruncher and changed bitstream format.
- 2020: Official changelog records Exomizer 3.1.0 with split encoding and updated decrunchers.
- 2021: Official changelog records Exomizer 3.1.1 with C65/MEGA65 support.
- 2023: Official documentation notes zlib licensing changes in the 3.1.2 line.
Related projects
- Official documentation names exoopt, Doynamite, and subsizer as inspirations for Exomizer 3.1 bitstream and 6502 decruncher work.
- The package also includes exobasic, documented separately as a BASIC-program preprocessing tool.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
exobasic | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
exomizer | 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:exomizer |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.1.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://bitbucket.org/magli143/exomizer/wiki/Home |
| 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%
exomizer
nix profile install nixpkgs#exomizer- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Exomizer
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
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation