# Install precomp with Homebrew

Command-line precompressor to achieve better compression. Version 0.4.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:precomp
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install precomp
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:precomp
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.4.7
- **Source summary:** Command-line precompressor to achieve better compression
- **Homepage:** <http://schnaader.info/precomp.php>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/schnaader/precomp-cpp>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T15:14:27+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- precomp (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.4.7

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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