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Install git-sizer with Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget

Compute various size metrics for a Git repository. Version 1.5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install git-sizer.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install git-sizer

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install git-sizer

MacPorts ports tree · devel/git-sizer/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add git-sizer

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · git-sizer · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install git-sizer

Debian stable package indexes · git-sizer · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-sizer

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/git-sizer/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S git-sizer

Arch Linux sync databases · git-sizer · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/git-sizer

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/git-sizer.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id GitHub.git-sizer -e

Windows Package Manager source index · GitHub.git-sizer · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Compute various size metrics for a Git repository

Commands and aliases

  • git-sizer

history

Project history and usage

git-sizer is a GitHub-authored command-line analyzer that measures repository size and shape, then flags characteristics that make Git operations slow, expensive, or inconvenient.

Project history

The GitHub repository began in early 2018 and published v1.0.0 in March 2018. The README presents the tool as a practical diagnostic for repositories that have outgrown Git's comfortable operating range, with checks for large object sets, huge blobs, many references, deep histories, giant trees, long paths, and unusual tag or merge structures.

The project evolved as a Go utility that shells out to Git and reports both human-readable tables and machine-readable JSON. Later releases continued to refine the metric set and output behavior while keeping the core purpose stable: make repository bloat visible before it turns into slow clones, fetches, repacks, garbage collection, and history traversal.

Adoption history

git-sizer has stronger ecosystem reach than most small Git extensions because it comes from the GitHub organization and is packaged across Homebrew, Chocolatey, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, MacPorts, Nix, Scoop, and winget. That spread reflects its role as an operations tool for maintainers, enterprise source-control teams, and migration projects rather than a daily porcelain command for every developer.

How it is used

Practitioners run git-sizer inside a full, non-shallow clone to get concern-ranked metrics, often using --verbose for a complete inventory or --json for automation. The output points maintainers toward remedies such as removing generated files, moving binary assets to Git LFS or git-annex, pruning excess refs, splitting subprojects, or reshaping directories.

Why package nerds care

Package maintainers care about git-sizer because source archives, fetch times, build farms, mirrors, and monorepo migrations all suffer when repository topology gets pathological. It gives a repeatable vocabulary for discussing repository health without requiring a custom Git forensics script.

Timeline

  • 2018: GitHub repository and initial implementation appeared.
  • 2018: v1.0.0 release published.
  • 2021: v1.4.0 and v1.5.0 releases expanded the maintained release line.

Related projects

  • The README points users toward Git LFS and git-annex for large assets and toward Git's own maintenance commands when interpreting the cost of repository size.

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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
git-sizerexecutableindexed executableDiscovered 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 version1.5.0
manager updated2026-07-27
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:git-sizer
Version1.5.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/github/git-sizer
Repositoryhttps://github.com/github/git-sizer
Last updated2026-07-27T14:57:49+02:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone 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.

Debian apt95%

git-sizer 1.5.0-3+b12

compute various size metrics for a Git repository

https://github.com/github/git-sizer

sudo apt install git-sizer
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: git-sizer
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Sizer
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: git-sizer from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

git-sizer

nix profile install nixpkgs#git-sizer
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Sizer
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-sizer/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

git-sizer 1.5.0-3build1

compute various size metrics for a Git repository

https://github.com/github/git-sizer

sudo apt install git-sizer
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Sizer
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: git-sizer from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

git-sizer 1.5.0-r40

Compute various size metrics for a Git repository

https://github.com/github/git-sizer

sudo apk add git-sizer
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: git-sizer
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Sizer
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-sizer from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

git-sizer 1.5.0-3

Compute various size metrics for a Git repository

https://github.com/github/git-sizer

sudo pacman -S git-sizer
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Sizer
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: git-sizer from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

git-sizer

sudo port install git-sizer
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Sizer
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/git-sizer/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/git-sizer

scoop install main/git-sizer
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Sizer
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/git-sizer.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

GitHub.git-sizer

winget install --id GitHub.git-sizer -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Sizer
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: GitHub.git-sizer from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

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