# Install py7zr with Homebrew, Nix, apt

7-zip in Python. Version 1.1.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-20. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install python3-py7zr.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:py7zr
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install py7zr
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#py7zr
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: py7zr from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install python3-py7zr
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: python3-py7zr from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:py7zr
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1.3
- **Source summary:** 7-zip in Python
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/miurahr/py7zr>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/miurahr/py7zr>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-20T12:34:57Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- py7zr (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.1.3

## 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 - python3-py7zr - 0.22.0+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-py7zr from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | pure Python 7-zip library | https://github.com/miurahr/py7zr
- Nix - py7zr: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: py7zr from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- Ubuntu apt - python3-py7zr - 0.11.3+dfsg-8build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-py7zr from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | pure Python 7-zip library | https://github.com/miurahr/py7zr


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/py7zr.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/py7zr.yml)


## Sources

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