# Install pipebench with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts

Measure the speed of STDIN/STDOUT communication. Version 0.40 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install pipebench.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pipebench
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pipebench
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install pipebench
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: benchmarks/pipebench/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install pipebench
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: pipebench from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install pipebench
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pipebench from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pipebench
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.40
- **Source summary:** Measure the speed of STDIN/STDOUT communication
- **Homepage:** <https://www.habets.pp.se/synscan/programs_pipebench.html>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pipebench (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.40

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - pipebench - 0.40-8: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pipebench from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | measure the speed of stdin/stdout communication | https://www.habets.pp.se/synscan/programs.php?prog=pipebench
- Ubuntu apt - pipebench - 0.40-7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pipebench from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | measure the speed of stdin/stdout communication | https://www.habets.pp.se/synscan/programs.php?prog=pipebench
- dnf - pipebench - 0.40-37.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pipebench from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Measures the speed of STDIN/STDOUT communication | http://www.habets.pp.se/synscan/programs.php?prog=pipebench
- MacPorts - pipebench: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: benchmarks/pipebench/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pipebench.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/pipebench.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph