install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install lorem

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#lorem

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/lo/lorem/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S lorem

Arch Linux sync databases · lorem · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Python generator for the console

Project links

Commands and aliases

lorem

history

Project history and usage

`lorem` is a small Python command-line generator for lorem ipsum and other sample text. Its package-manager value is straightforward: install one executable and get predictable placeholder text from the shell.

Project history

The official README describes `lorem` as a Python lorem ipsum generator for the console. The GitHub repository was created in 2014 and exposes a compact CLI rather than a framework or service.

Adoption history

The batch input records availability through Homebrew, Nix, and Arch/pacman, and Homebrew also notes the alias `ipsum`. That spread is modest but useful for a single-purpose text-generation CLI.

How it is used

By default the command prints a short lorem ipsum phrase. The README documents switches for words, sentences, lines, and characters; quote sources such as lorem, Decamerone, Faust, Fleurs du mal, Strindberg, Poe, Strandberg, and Bible text; case changes; randomization; version display; and built-in self-tests.

Why package nerds care

`lorem` is the sort of tiny Unix-style utility package that survives because it solves one boring developer need: generating dummy text in scripts, demos, tests, and terminals without opening a browser.

Timeline

2014: `per9000/lorem` repository created on GitHub.
2024: Repository metadata shows activity through February 2024.
2024: v0.8.0 tag present in the official repository.

Related projects

Other lorem ipsum generators fill the same niche, but this package is specifically the `per9000/lorem` console tool packaged by Homebrew.

Sources

https://api.github.com/repos/per9000/lorem
https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lorem
https://github.com/per9000/lorem#readme
source_facts.package-manager-url

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`lorem`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-04

manager version0.8.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.8.0

https://github.com/per9000/lorem

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:lorem
Version	0.8.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lorem
Homepage	https://github.com/per9000/lorem
Repository	https://github.com/per9000/lorem
License	GPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://github.com/per9000/lorem/archive/refs/tags/v0.8.0.tar.gz
Uses from macOS	python
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	lorem
Aliases	ipsum
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

lorem

nix profile install nixpkgs#lorem

normalized package name match
Matched by: Lorem

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lo/lorem/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

pacman95%

lorem 1.6-2

Simple app to generate the Lorem Ipsum placeholder text

https://apps.gnome.org/Lorem/

sudo pacman -S lorem

License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
7 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Lorem

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: lorem from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/lorem.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

Install lorem with Homebrew, Nix, pacman