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Install pazpar2 with Homebrew, MacPorts
Metasearching middleware webservice. Version 1.14.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-09-11. Also installable with macports: sudo port install pazpar2.
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overview
Package summary
Metasearching middleware webservice
Project links
Commands and aliases
- pazpar2
- pazpar2_play
history
Project history and usage
Pazpar2 is Index Data's high-performance metasearch middleware. It queries multiple targets, normalizes and merges records, ranks and facets results, and exposes the resulting service through an XML-over-HTTP protocol.
Project history
Index Data developed Pazpar2 as free metasearch middleware. Its official guide carries copyright dates beginning in 2006 and credits Sebastian Hammer, Adam Dickmeiss, Marc Cromme, Jakub Skoczen, Mike Taylor, and Dennis Schafroth.
The software was designed without its own end-user interface. Instead, administrators configure an XML-driven server that merges, ranks, sorts, and facets records for applications using its web-service protocol.
Adoption history
Pazpar2 is intended for library and information-retrieval systems that need one interface over multiple search targets. The official guide documents connectors, load balancing, relevance ranking, faceting, and integration with Index Data's MasterKey Connect.
How it is used
Administrators start the Pazpar2 daemon with an XML configuration file, define services and target settings, and place an application or proxy in front of its HTTP interface.
The official daemon manual documents /etc/pazpar2/pazpar2.cfg as the configuration used in its standard background-operation example. The configuration can include additional XML files and directories of target settings.
Why package nerds care
Pazpar2 is a distinctive package because it turns specialized library-search protocols and heterogeneous databases into a configurable HTTP metasearch service. It represents the library-information branch of Unix server software rather than general-purpose web search.
Timeline
- 2006: The earliest copyright year recorded in the official Pazpar2 guide.
- 2021: The official version 1.14.1 guide carries an ending copyright year of 2021.
Related projects
- YAZ is Index Data's toolkit for Z39.50, SRU, and related information-retrieval protocols.
- MasterKey Connect is an Index Data service discussed in the Pazpar2 guide.
- Zebra is Index Data's structured-text indexing and retrieval server.
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 post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
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
pazpar2.conf
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
pazpar2 | cli | global executable | |
pazpar2_play | cli | global executable |
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 generated2026-09-19
manager version1.14.1
manager updated2026-09-11
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://www.indexdata.com/resources/software/pazpar2/
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.indexdata.com/resources/software/pazpar2/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:pazpar2 |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.14.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pazpar2 |
| Homepage | https://www.indexdata.com/resources/software/pazpar2/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/indexdata/pazpar2 |
| Upstream docs | https://www.indexdata.com/resources/software/pazpar2/ |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://ftp.indexdata.com/pub/pazpar2/pazpar2-1.14.1.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-09-11T18:48:24Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | icu4c@78, yaz |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf |
| Uses from macOS | libxml2, libxslt |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | pazpar2 |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 10 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
MacPorts95%
pazpar2
sudo port install pazpar2- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Pazpar2
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
- package relationship graph
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