macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install fselectlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install fselectMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/fselect/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 3330
Install fselect with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget
Find files with SQL-like queries. Version 0.10.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-28. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#fselect.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#fselectnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fs/fselect/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/fselectScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/fselect.json · source: api.github.com
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id fselect.fselect -eWindows Package Manager source index · fselect.fselect · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Find files with SQL-like queries
Project links
Commands and aliases
- fselect
history
Project history and usage
fselect is a command-line file-search tool that lets users query filesystem metadata with a relaxed SQL-like language. It is written in Rust and distributed through source builds, release binaries, and multiple package managers.
Project history
The upstream README frames fselect as a complement rather than a full replacement for traditional `find` and `ls`. Its feature set grew around filesystem metadata queries: paths and sizes, dates, regular expressions, archive search, ignore-file support, media metadata, hashes, MIME types, permissions, output formats, and interactive mode.
By the 0.10 series, release notes show the project adding support for `plocate` and Everything indexes, subqueries in FROM clauses, date functions, git-related fields, and more metadata extractors.
Adoption history
The official README documents installation from Cargo, Debian/Ubuntu packages, RPM packages, Arch AUR, NixOS, Windows binaries, winget, Chocolatey, Scoop, Homebrew, and MacPorts. That range made fselect a cross-platform package-manager citizen rather than only a Rust crate.
How it is used
Users run queries such as `fselect size, path from /home/user where name = '*.cfg'` or quote a whole query string. The grammar supports SELECT-like column lists, FROM roots, WHERE expressions, GROUP BY, ORDER BY, LIMIT, OFFSET, and output formats.
The tool is useful when a shell pipeline would otherwise need several commands to filter by metadata, image dimensions, media tags, permissions, timestamps, archive contents, or indexed file-search backends.
Why package nerds care
fselect is notable in package-manager culture as a Rust CLI that recasts a classic Unix task as a query language. Its packaging matrix also shows the modern path for developer tools: Cargo first, prebuilt GitHub assets, then Homebrew, MacPorts, winget, Scoop, Chocolatey, Nix, AUR, and distro packages.
Timeline
- 0.8.x: fselect already had a public GitHub release series.
- 0.10.0: The project entered the 0.10 release line.
- 0.10.1: Release notes added FROM-clause subqueries and date functions.
- 0.10.2: Release notes added plocate and Everything support plus additional metadata fields.
Related projects
- Traditional Unix `find` and `ls` are the tools the README positions fselect alongside.
- plocate and Everything are optional index-backed search integrations documented by the project.
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:sql
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
fselect | 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 version0.10.2
manager updated2026-06-28
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:fselect |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.10.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://fselect.rocks |
| Repository | https://github.com/jhspetersson/fselect |
| Last updated | 2026-06-28T12:27:37Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| 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%
fselect
nix profile install nixpkgs#fselect- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Fselect
MacPorts95%
fselect
sudo port install fselect- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Fselect
Scoop95%
main/fselect
scoop install main/fselect- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Fselect
winget95%
fselect.fselect
winget install --id fselect.fselect -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Fselect
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