Is bumblebee still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change 7 days ago. Latest release v0.1.2, 5 months ago.

Can I trust bumblebee?

Some track record. 5.1k stars, 6 months old, by an organization. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

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How to set up bumblebee (perplexityai/bumblebee) · gitmanual

Assembly instructions

perplexityai/bumblebee

Read-only developer endpoint scanner for on-disk package, extension, and developer-tool metadata, built to check exposure to known software supply-chain compromises.

Go#golang#package-inventory#supply-chain-security

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 5,143
Activity: Updated this month

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (Apache-2.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change 7 days ago. Latest release v0.1.2, 5 months ago.
Can I trust it?: Some track record5.1k stars, 6 months old, by an organization. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

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Will it work on macOS?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

A ready-made macOS download is in the latest release.

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Download for macOS

v0.1.2 · 6/18/2026 ↗

bumblebee_0.1.2_darwin_arm64.tar.gz

tar.gz · Apple Silicon · 2.8 MB · 208,033 downloads · best match

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin). If macOS blocks it: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <binary>

curl -LO "https://github.com/perplexityai/bumblebee/releases/download/v0.1.2/bumblebee_0.1.2_darwin_arm64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "bumblebee_0.1.2_darwin_arm64.tar.gz"

Other macOS downloads (1)

bumblebee_0.1.2_darwin_amd64.tar.gz

tar.gz · Intel · 3.0 MB · 163 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin). If macOS blocks it: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <binary>

curl -LO "https://github.com/perplexityai/bumblebee/releases/download/v0.1.2/bumblebee_0.1.2_darwin_amd64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "bumblebee_0.1.2_darwin_amd64.tar.gz"

Install with a package manager

go install github.com/perplexityai/bumblebee/cmd/bumblebee@latest

go install github.com/perplexityai/bumblebee/cmd/bumblebee@v0.1.1

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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