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nix profile install nixpkgs#planus

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overview

Package summary

Alternative compiler for flatbuffers

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planus

history

Project history and usage

Planus is a Rust-based alternative compiler and developer-tool suite for FlatBuffers schemas. It generates Rust bindings and also provides schema checking, formatting, visualization, and binary inspection commands.

Project history

Planus was established as an alternative FlatBuffers compiler implemented in Rust. The project prioritizes clear errors, idiomatic generated code, safety, modular compiler stages, and binary-format compatibility while explicitly declining full feature and API parity.

Adoption history

Planus remains a focused alternative implementation rather than a full replacement for every FlatBuffers workflow. Its official documentation describes support for most of the base schema language while explicitly listing unsupported features and limiting generated bindings to Rust.

How it is used

Run `planus rust -o <output.rs> <schema.fbs>` to generate Rust bindings. Additional commands format or validate schemas, produce DOT graphs, and inspect serialized buffers through a terminal UI.

Planus aims for FlatBuffers binary compatibility but not API compatibility, so generated Planus code is not a drop-in replacement for APIs produced by the official compiler.

Why package nerds care

Planus is notable to serialization-tooling users because it treats FlatBuffers compatibility as an opportunity to improve diagnostics, generated Rust APIs, safety, and developer tooling rather than reproducing the official API exactly.

Timeline

Project origin: Planus began as a Rust implementation of a FlatBuffers compiler with an emphasis on safety and developer experience.
Current documented scope: Rust is the supported code-generation target, with most of the base schema language implemented.

Related projects

Planus consumes FlatBuffers `.fbs` schemas and targets binary compatibility with the official FlatBuffers format. Its `dot` command can also export schema relationships for Graphviz-compatible tooling.

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 7 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`planus`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

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page generated2026-11-04

manager version1.3.0

manager updated2026-10-04

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.3.0

https://github.com/planus-org/planus

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:planus
Version	1.3.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/planus
Homepage	https://github.com/planus-org/planus
Repository	https://github.com/planus-org/planus
License	Apache-2.0 OR MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/planus-org/planus/archive/refs/tags/v1.3.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-10-04T17:51:23-04:00
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_golden_gate, 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	planus
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

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Combined YAML source

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combined/planus.yml

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