# Install extract_url with Homebrew, Nix Perl script to extracts URLs from emails or plain text. Version 1.6.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#extract_url. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:extract_url ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install extract_url ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#extract_url ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ex/extract_url/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:extract_url - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.6.2 - **Source summary:** Perl script to extracts URLs from emails or plain text - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-2-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - extract_url (cli) - extract_url (alias) ## Uses from macOS - ncurses - perl ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sequoia, sonoma, tahoe, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 1.6.2 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/m3m0ryh0l3/extracturl - Upstream latest detected: v1.6.2 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage extract_url.pl is a Perl utility that extracts URLs from MIME email messages or plain text, designed especially for use with the mutt email client and as a replacement or pre-parser for urlview. ### Project history The official homepage documents version 1.6.1 and says the source repository moved from Google Code to GitHub. The GitHub repository description records it as automatically exported from code.google.com/p/extracturl. ### Adoption history The supplied package metadata lists Homebrew and Nix packages. The official homepage also notes packaging-oriented changes such as a distribution-friendly package layout in the 1.5.7 release history. ### How it is used The homepage documents piping email through extract_url.pl, using it with urlview, invoking it on message files, and configuring mutt macros. It also documents options for help, man output, list mode, plain-text mode, quoted-printable decoding, config file selection, and version output. ### Why package nerds care extract_url.pl is a classic small Unix email helper: it composes through pipes, integrates with mutt, has a dotfile configuration path, and fills gaps in older URL selectors around MIME, quoted-printable, duplicate URLs, and shell-safe URL handling. ### Timeline - 2008: Official NEWS records 1.3.x and 1.4 releases. - 2009: Official NEWS records 1.5 release. - 2013: Official NEWS records distribution-friendly packaging work in 1.5.7. - 2015: GitHub repository was created from the former Google Code project. - 2017: Official NEWS records 1.6.2 with dependency-location fixes and ALTSELECT default change. ### Related projects - The official homepage compares extract_url.pl with urlview and urlscan. - The documented workflow is primarily tied to mutt, while optional Perl modules such as URI::Find and Curses::UI broaden URL detection and interface behavior. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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: ~/.extract_urlview, ~/.urlview ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** extract_url - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 4 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - extract_url: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ex/extract_url/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Productivity CLI packages](https://pkg.so/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db. - [par](https://pkg.so/brew/par/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity, text-processing. - [lbdb](https://pkg.so/brew/lbdb/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, mutt, productivity. - [mhonarc](https://pkg.so/brew/mhonarc/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, perl, productivity. - [aspell](https://pkg.so/brew/aspell/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-processing. - [neomutt](https://pkg.so/brew/neomutt/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity. - [mu](https://pkg.so/brew/mu/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity. - [aerc](https://pkg.so/brew/aerc/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity. - [offlineimap](https://pkg.so/brew/offlineimap/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity. - [urlscan](https://pkg.so/brew/urlscan/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, email, mutt, or, productivity. - [alot](https://pkg.so/brew/alot/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, email, productivity, text. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/extract_url.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/extract_url.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph