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Install minised with Homebrew
Smaller, cheaper, faster SED implementation. Version 1.16 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Smaller, cheaper, faster SED implementation
Project links
Commands and aliases
- minised
history
Project history and usage
minised is ExactCODE's maintained descendant of a small historical sed implementation associated with Eric S. Raymond. ExactCODE describes the project as a smaller, cheaper, faster sed implementation that Minix used and that GNU once used before building its own sed around a larger regular-expression package.
Project history
The project was revived for embedded use, especially with dietlibc, after ExactCODE found Raymond's implementation handy but buggy and no longer actively maintained. ExactCODE continued maintenance with fixes, cleanups, speedups, missing features, POSIX-conformance work, and a regression test suite. Its release archive shows roots in `sed-1.1` from 1995, `sed-1.3` from 1999, `sed-1.4` from 2003, minised-branded releases through the 2000s and 2010s, and version 1.16 in 2021.
How it is used
The package-manager niche is deliberately narrow: a tiny stream editor for systems where GNU sed is bigger than needed, plus a historical Unix text-processing implementation for people who want a small BSD-licensed `sed` executable. Homebrew ships it as `minised` with no runtime dependencies.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
minised | 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 version1.16
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:minised |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.16 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://exactcode.com/opensource/minised/ |
| 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
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation