# 使用 Homebrew 安装 fits

查看 fits 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:fits
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fits
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:fits
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 1.6.0
- **来源摘要:** File Information Tool Set
- **主页:** <https://harvard-lts.github.io/fits/>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/harvard-lts/fits>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- fits (别名)
- fits-ngserver (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 1.6.0
## 项目历史与用法

FITS, the File Information Tool Set, is a Java command-line tool from Harvard Library Technology Services for identifying, validating, and extracting technical metadata from many file formats.

### 项目历史

The official project description presents FITS as a wrapper that invokes and manages output from several open source characterization tools, converts their outputs into a common format, compares them, and consolidates the result into one XML output file.

The current GitHub repository was created in 2013. The release line visible on GitHub includes the late 0.8.x series, 1.0.x releases in 2016 and 2017, 1.2 and 1.3 in 2017-2018, 1.4 and 1.5 in 2018-2019, and 1.6.0 in January 2023.

### 采用历史

FITS adoption is strongest in digital preservation and repository operations, where repeatable file characterization matters more than a single detector's answer. Its documentation points to command-line use, a Java API, Docker workflows, and a separate FITS Web Service for deployment in application servers.

### 使用方式

Common usage runs FITS against a file or directory, optionally writing XML output to a file. Operators can use the bundled scripts, Docker image builds from release artifacts, custom FITS XML configuration, and Java API integration.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

Package maintainers care about FITS because it bundles and coordinates heavyweight external tools such as ExifTool, JHOVE, Tika, MediaInfo, file, and jpylyzer. That makes versioning, Java compatibility, native helper binaries, and reproducible output part of the package story.

### 时间线

- 2013: Current GitHub repository created.
- 2016: 1.0.2 release published.
- 2018: 1.3.0 release moved builds to Maven according to the README.
- 2019: 1.5.0 release published.
- 2023: 1.6.0 release published.

### Related projects

- Related tools include ExifTool, JHOVE, Apache Tika, MediaInfo, file, jpylyzer, the FITS Web Service, and digital preservation repository systems.

### 来源

- <https://harvard-lts.github.io/fits/>
- <https://github.com/harvard-lts/fits>
- <https://github.com/harvard-lts/fits/releases>
- <http://fitstool.org/user-manual>
- <http://fitstool.org/developer-manual>


## 安全说明

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

- **Geiger 风险:** blue / 中
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: xml/fits.xml, xml/fits_format_tree.xml, xml/fits_xml_map.xml, xml/format_map.txt, xml/mime_map.txt, xml/mime_to_format_map.txt

## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph