macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install zfindlocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install zfind with Homebrew, Nix
Search for files (even inside tar/zip/7z/rar) using a SQL-WHERE filter. Version 0.4.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#zfind.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#zfindnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/zf/zfind/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Search for files (even inside tar/zip/7z/rar) using a SQL-WHERE filter
Project links
Commands and aliases
- zfind
history
Project history and usage
zfind is a Go command-line file search tool that applies an SQL-WHERE-like filter language to filesystem metadata and can search inside archive formats such as tar, zip, 7z, and rar.
Project history
Public source material is thin and mostly current-facing: the README identifies GitHub and Codeberg mirrors and documents the SQL-like query model rather than a detailed origin story. That is enough to characterize the tool, but not enough for a deep adoption history.
How it is used
The basic command shape is zfind <where> [<path>...]. Example filters include size comparisons, date comparisons, archive type checks, SQL LIKE-style name filters, regex-like name filters, extension membership tests, and output modes such as long listing and CSV.
Why package nerds care
zfind is interesting because it packages file discovery as a query-language problem. For users who already think in SQL predicates, it replaces a pile of find flags and archive-specific commands with one compact filter syntax.
Related projects
- fselect is a related SQL-like filesystem query tool.
- fd and find cover adjacent file-search territory but do not focus on archive traversal plus SQL-WHERE-style predicates in the same way.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:sql
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
zfind | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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 generated2026-08-03
manager version0.4.7
manager updated2026-07-25
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:zfind |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.7 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/laktak/zfind |
| Repository | https://github.com/laktak/zfind |
| Last updated | 2026-07-25T21:32:29+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
zfind
nix profile install nixpkgs#zfind- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Zfind
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 package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation