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Install vtclock with Homebrew
Text-mode fullscreen digital clock. Version 0.99.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Text-mode fullscreen digital clock
Project links
Commands and aliases
- vtclock
history
Project history and usage
vtclock is a text-terminal program that displays a large fullscreen digital clock. It is a tiny terminal utility in the tradition of making otherwise idle character-cell terminals visibly useful.
Project history
The project page says vtclock began when students in the ACM Lab and Student Chapter Office at the University of Louisville wanted to make use of a spare DEC VT220 terminal. Rob Hoeft is credited as the original author, with dse later maintaining the GitHub version and adding improvements.
How it is used
The practical use case is simple: run it in a terminal and leave the terminal acting as a clock. The upstream page shows a VT220 being used as a wall clock, and the README notes display options plus future ideas such as figlet fonts, transitions, custom date formats, analog mode, and multi-terminal mode.
Why package nerds care
vtclock is package-nerd charming because it preserves a very specific terminal-era utility: a fullscreen clock for real or emulated text terminals. Its value is less broad adoption than the continuity of small ncurses-like tools that make Unix terminals do one visible job.
Timeline
- 2004-02: Early news entries added new fonts, blinking colons, and display-refresh behavior.
- 2005-02-20: vtclock gained the ability to display one line at a time from a file or command.
- 2016-12-28: A later release added resize handling, figlet support, option fixes, and build fixes.
Sources
- GitHub README: https://github.com/dse/vtclock
- Project history page: https://webonastick.com/vtclock/
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 10 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
vtclock | 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 version0.99.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.99.1
https://github.com/dse/vtclock
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:vtclock |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.99.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vtclock |
| Homepage | https://github.com/dse/vtclock |
| Repository | https://github.com/dse/vtclock |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/dse/vtclock/archive/refs/tags/v0.99.1.tar.gz |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf |
| Uses from macOS | ncurses |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | vtclock |
| Version Scheme | 1 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment
- pkg.so package database
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