# Install garble with Homebrew, Nix

Obfuscate Go builds. Version 0.17.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#garble.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:garble
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install garble
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#garble
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:garble
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.17.0
- **Source summary:** Obfuscate Go builds
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/burrowers/garble>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/burrowers/garble>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T18:03:02Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- garble (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.17.0
## Project history and usage

garble is a Go build obfuscator that wraps the Go toolchain to produce deterministic, reproducible obfuscated builds.

### Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in December 2019, and its first GitHub release, v0.1.0, was published in March 2021. The README frames garble as a tool coupled to cmd/go so it can support Go modules and build caching.

### Adoption history

garble was adopted by Go users who need to distribute binaries or private source while reducing the amount of source-level information left in compiled artifacts. Its release stream and packaging in Homebrew and Nix place it in the normal CLI toolchain workflow for Go developers.

### How it is used

The primary commands mirror Go commands, including garble build, garble test, and garble run. The tool also supports garble reverse for de-obfuscating text such as stack traces when the original source is available.

### Why package nerds care

garble is notable because it is a language-aware build wrapper rather than a post-build binary packer. For package maintainers, it sits at the intersection of Go module builds, compiler/linker behavior, reproducibility, cache directories, and environment-driven build selection through GOGARBLE.

### Timeline

- 2019: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2021: v0.1.0 released.
- 2026: v0.16.0 released, continuing the 0.x release line.

### Related projects

- garble is tightly related to the Go toolchain, cmd/go, Go modules, and the runtime/debug and linker metadata that it removes or transforms during obfuscated builds.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/burrowers/garble>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/burrowers/garble/releases?per_page=100>
- <https://github.com/burrowers/garble>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/burrowers/garble/master/README.md>


## Security Notes

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


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - garble: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ga/garble/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/garble.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/garble.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