macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mkbrrlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / rank 7043
Install mkbrr with Homebrew, apk, Nix, winget
Is a tool to create, modify and inspect torrent files. Fast. Version 1.24.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#mkbrr.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add mkbrrAlpine Linux edge package indexes · mkbrr · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mkbrrnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mk/mkbrr/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Windows
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id autobrr.mkbrr -eWindows Package Manager source index · autobrr.mkbrr · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Is a tool to create, modify and inspect torrent files. Fast
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mkbrr
history
Project history and usage
mkbrr is an autobrr-family tool for creating, inspecting, and modifying BitTorrent .torrent files. Its documentation brands it as "make-burr" and offers both a CLI and a desktop GUI, with a single-binary distribution model aimed at automation-friendly deployment.
Project history
The tool's important milestone is not a new torrent protocol, but a private-tracker-aware workflow around torrent creation. mkbrr supports presets, YAML batch jobs, include and exclude filters, automatic piece-size calculation, private torrents by default, entropy for cross-seeding, tracker-specific limits, and season-pack completeness checks. The project documents high hashing throughput and parallel batch operation as core differentiators from older torrent-making tools.
How it is used
Its adoption context is torrent automation and seedbox use: the upstream docs focus on tracker compliance and scripted creation, and Whatbox documents installing mkbrr into a user bin directory over SSH. In package managers it sits beside BitTorrent utilities rather than general networking tools, with Homebrew, Alpine, Nix, and winget packages mapping the same CLI to different desktop and server environments.
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.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
./presets.yaml~/.config/mkbrr/presets.yaml~/.mkbrr/presets.yamlbatch.yaml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
mkbrr | 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 version1.24.1
manager updated2026-07-29
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mkbrr |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.24.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://mkbrr.com/introduction |
| Repository | https://github.com/autobrr/mkbrr |
| Last updated | 2026-07-29T17:04:55+02:00 |
| 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%
mkbrr
nix profile install nixpkgs#mkbrr- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mkbrr
apk95%
mkbrr 1.24.1-r0
mkbrr is a tool to create, modify and inspect torrent files.
https://github.com/autobrr/mkbrr
sudo apk add mkbrr- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mkbrr
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mkbrr
winget95%
autobrr.mkbrr
winget install --id autobrr.mkbrr -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mkbrr
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 configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation