# 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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-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
- **Version:** 2.8.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Insanely fast image printing in your terminal
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/posva/catimg>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/posva/catimg>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- catimg (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.8.0
## 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

## 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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-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


## 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
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph