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Command-line benchmarking tool. Version 1.20.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Command-line benchmarking tool
Project links
Commands and aliases
- hyperfine
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Project history and usage
hyperfine is a Rust command-line benchmarking tool for comparing arbitrary shell commands with repeated runs, warmups, statistical analysis, outlier detection, and export formats.
Project history
The project entered GitHub release metadata in January 2018 and reached 1.0.0 in March 2018. Its README establishes the core workflow: pass one or more commands, let hyperfine determine a run count, and compare runtimes with statistical summaries.
Over time, hyperfine grew from a convenient command timer into a reproducible benchmarking utility. Release notes added features such as parameter scans, shell control, setup and cleanup commands, JSON/CSV/Markdown/AsciiDoc export, reference-command comparisons, named outputs, and helper scripts for plotting benchmark data.
Adoption history
hyperfine became a common package-manager tool for developers benchmarking CLI programs, build commands, searches, and small scripts. The input metadata lists broad packaging across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Nix, MacPorts, Scoop, winget, Alpine, and openSUSE.
How it is used
Typical usage is `hyperfine 'command'` or `hyperfine 'cmd1' 'cmd2'`. Users add warmup runs for cache effects, preparation commands for cold-cache tests, parameter scans for build matrices, `--shell=none` for very fast commands, and export flags when results need to be tracked or plotted.
Why package nerds care
hyperfine is important because it made respectable microbenchmarking available as a single package-manager install. It encodes the small details package maintainers and CLI authors care about: shell startup correction, warmups, outlier warnings, machine-readable exports, cross-platform behavior, and enough statistics to avoid cargo-culting `time` output.
Timeline
- 2018: v0.2.0 and v1.0.0 appeared in GitHub release metadata.
- 2021: v1.12.0 expanded JSON output and export behavior.
- 2022: v1.13.0 added `--shell=none` for very fast commands.
- 2024: v1.19.0 added reference-command comparison and expanded flow controls.
- 2025: v1.20.0 added reference naming, richer ignored-exit handling, and plotting helpers.
Related projects
- hyperfine sits alongside shell `time`, GNU time, Criterion-style benchmarking, cargo bench, and sharkdp's Rust CLI ecosystem such as fd and bat.
Sources
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
hyperfine | 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 version1.20.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:hyperfine |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.20.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine |
| Repository | https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation