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Install modsurfer with Homebrew
Validate, audit and investigate WebAssembly binaries. Version 0.0.10 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Additional install commands
overview
Package summary
Validate, audit and investigate WebAssembly binaries
Project links
Commands and aliases
- modsurfer
history
Project history and usage
Modsurfer is Dylibso's WebAssembly analysis and validation tool, released as part of the company's effort to make compiled `.wasm` modules easier to inspect, track, and govern. Dylibso introduced a beta version as a "system of record" for WebAssembly modules, aimed at teams running Wasm in infrastructure or debugging compiled modules that would otherwise be opaque binary artifacts.
Project history
The CLI centers on checkfiles: users generate or write a YAML policy describing required module properties, then validate a compiled `.wasm` file against expectations such as imports, exports, WASI use, function signatures, binary size, and cyclomatic-complexity risk. The product page and README also describe GUI and service-oriented workflows for searching module metadata, browsing hashes and function names, auditing a stack of modules, and triaging issues in WebAssembly components.
How it is used
In package-manager terms, the Homebrew formula exposes the `modsurfer` executable for local validation and investigation. It belongs to the WebAssembly supply-chain and operations niche rather than the compiler/runtime niche: it does not build Wasm modules, but helps teams understand and enforce properties of the modules they already build or consume.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
modsurfer | 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 version0.0.10
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:modsurfer |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.10 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://dylibso.com/products/modsurfer/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/dylibso/modsurfer |
| 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