# catimg mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für catimg in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:catimg
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install catimg
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add catimg
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: catimg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install catimg
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: catimg from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install catimg
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: catimg from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#catimg
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S catimg
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install catimg
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: catimg from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:catimg
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/catimg>
- **Version:** 2.8.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Insanely fast image printing in your terminal
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/posva/catimg>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/posva/catimg>
- **Lizenz:** MIT
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/posva/catimg/archive/refs/tags/v2.8.0.tar.gz>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- catimg (cli)
- catimg (Alias)

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- cmake

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 2.8.0
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/posva/catimg
- neueste erkannte Version: v2.8.0 (aktuell)
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Catimg is a terminal image renderer. Its README describes a small C program with no dependencies that prints JPEG, PNG, and GIF images in the terminal.

### Projektgeschichte

The README says catimg was originally a script that used ImageMagick convert before becoming a C implementation. It keeps script-era documentation for the older dependency path while presenting the C version as the fast default.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The README documents Homebrew, Arch Linux, and Fedora installation examples, and the supplied package facts add Alpine, Debian, Nix, Ubuntu, and openSUSE packaging. That spread reflects the appeal of a tiny visual CLI utility across Unix package sets.

### Wie es verwendet wird

catimg is used directly from the terminal to render image files using ANSI colors and optional Unicode high-resolution output. The README highlights the tradeoff between the older script's color accuracy and the C version's speed.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

catimg is the kind of package that makes terminal environments feel playful without bringing in a GUI stack. It is also easy to package because the current C tool is small, MIT-licensed, and largely self-contained.

### Zeitleiste

- 2013: The repository links to the author's original catimg article from May 27.
- 2026: Homebrew formula packages v2.8.0 from the official release archive.
- 2026: The README continues to document package-manager installation examples.

### Related projects

- Related tools include ImageMagick convert, which powered the original script version, and terminal graphics/image viewers that render media through ANSI colors or Unicode cells.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/posva/catimg>
- <https://github.com/posva/catimg>
- <https://github.com/posva/catimg#readme>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/catimg.json>
- <https://github.com/posva/catimg/releases>


## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** blue / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** catimg
- **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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - catimg - 2.7.0-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: catimg from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | fast image printing in to your terminal | https://github.com/posva/catimg
- Nix - catimg: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/catimg/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - catimg - 2.7.0-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: catimg from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | fast image printing in to your terminal | https://github.com/posva/catimg
- apk - catimg - 2.8.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: catimg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | terminal image renderer | https://github.com/posva/catimg
- apk - catimg-doc - 2.8.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: catimg-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | terminal image renderer (documentation) | https://github.com/posva/catimg
- dnf - catimg - 2.8.0-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: catimg from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Print images in a terminal with 256 colors support | https://github.com/posva/catimg
- pacman - catimg - 2.8.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: catimg from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Print images in a terminal with 256 colors support | https://github.com/posva/catimg
- zypper - catimg - 2.8.0-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: catimg from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Insanely fast image printing in your terminal | https://posva.net/shell/retro/bash/2013/05/27/catimg
- zypper - catimg-zsh-completion - 2.8.0-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: catimg-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | ZSH Completion for catimg | https://posva.net/shell/retro/bash/2013/05/27/catimg


## Verwandte Links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/de/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://pkg.so/de/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/de/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [cmake](https://pkg.so/de/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [feh](https://pkg.so/de/brew/feh/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media.
- [geeqie](https://pkg.so/de/brew/geeqie/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media.
- [pqiv](https://pkg.so/de/brew/pqiv/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media.
- [viu](https://pkg.so/de/brew/viu/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal.
- [timg](https://pkg.so/de/brew/timg/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal.
- [lsix](https://pkg.so/de/brew/lsix/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal.
- [terminalimageviewer](https://pkg.so/de/brew/terminalimageviewer/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal.
- [tpix](https://pkg.so/de/brew/tpix/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/catimg.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/catimg.yml)


## Quellen

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