yara
Install command:
brew install yaraMalware identification and classification tool
https://virustotal.github.io/yara/
License: BSD-3-Clause
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/yara.json
Formula code: yara.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 4.6.0 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| jansson | 2.15.1 | C library for encoding, decoding, and manipulating JSON |
| libmagic | 5.48 | Implementation of the file(1) command |
| openssl@4 | 4.1.0 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
| protobuf-c | 1.5.2 | Protocol buffers library |
Depends on when building from source:
| autoconf | 2.73 | Automatic configure script builder |
| automake | 1.20 | Tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles |
| libtool | 2.6.2 | Generic library support script |
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Binaries:
yara,
yarac
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 31,142 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 651,960 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 3,535 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 8.8× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-11T00:52:23Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-12 to 2026-11-11. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 3,534 | 5,990 | 13,489 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Installs on Request | 1,560 | 2,412 | 5,396 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Build Errors | 6 |