Command-line tool

yara-x

brew/yara-x

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Tool to do pattern matching for malware research

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id VirusTotal.YARA-X -e
scoop install yara-x

macOS

brew install yara-x

Linux

brew install yara-x

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