# 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. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:exomizer ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install exomizer ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#exomizer ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ex/exomizer/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:exomizer - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 3.1.2 - **Source summary:** File compressor optimized for decompression in 8-bit environments - **Homepage:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - exobasic (alias) - exomizer (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 3.1.2 ## 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 - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - exomizer: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ex/exomizer/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/exomizer.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/exomizer.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph