brew / rank 5560

Install httm with Homebrew, apk, Nix

Interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs. Version 0.50.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-30. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#httm.

Install command Security notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install httm

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add httm

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

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#httm

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ht/httm/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

bowie
equine
httm
ounce

history

Project history and usage

httm is a Rust command-line tool for finding and restoring file-level versions from snapshot and backup systems. Its own README frames it as a CLI Time Machine for ZFS, btrfs, NILFS2, Time Machine, and Restic-style storage.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in March 2022, and crates.io records the httm crate beginning in May 2022. The project grew around a Unix idea: expose snapshot history at the file level, rather than treating snapshots mainly as dataset-wide rollback machinery.

Adoption history

httm reached package-manager users through crates.io and later through system package channels represented in the input metadata, including Homebrew, Alpine, and Nix. GitHub topics and README examples place its audience among ZFS, btrfs, FreeBSD, Linux, homelab, and shell users.

How it is used

Users run httm against one or more paths to print unique versions by size and modification time, browse versions interactively, output JSON, find deleted files in snapshots, and work with alternate stores such as Time Machine or mounted Restic repositories.

Why package nerds care

The package is interesting because it turns filesystem snapshot plumbing into a small composable CLI. The related ounce and bowie tools show the same package-nerd pattern: wrap a focused executable into shell workflows for dynamic snapshots and diffing historical file versions.

Timeline

2022: The kimono-koans/httm repository was created on GitHub.
2022: The httm crate appeared on crates.io.
2022: The author described httm's inspiration in file-level ZFS and btrfs snapshot workflows.
2024: Release notes included macOS local snapshot support in the 0.35 line.

Related projects

Related tools include ZFS and btrfs snapshot tooling, NILFS2, Apple Time Machine, Restic, and httm-adjacent wrappers such as ounce and bowie.

Sources

Official GitHub README, author project article, crates.io metadata, and GitHub release metadata.

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

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`bowie`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`equine`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`httm`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`ounce`	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 version0.50.2

manager updated2026-06-30

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:httm
Version	0.50.2
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/kimono-koans/httm
Repository	https://github.com/kimono-koans/httm
Last updated	2026-06-30T12:38:51Z
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%

httm

nix profile install nixpkgs#httm

normalized package name match
Matched by: Httm

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

apk95%

httm 0.49.9-r0

Interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs

https://github.com/kimono-koans/httm

sudo apk add httm

License: MPL-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: httm
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Httm

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: httm from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

httm-doc 0.49.9-r0

Interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs (documentation)