# chalk-cli mit Homebrew, Nix installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:chalk-cli
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install chalk-cli
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#chalk
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:chalk-cli
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 6.0.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Terminal string styling done right
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/chalk/chalk-cli>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- chalk (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 6.0.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

chalk-cli is the command-line wrapper for Chalk-style terminal text formatting. It lets shell users apply ANSI color and style formatting to arguments or standard input without writing a Node.js script.

### Projektgeschichte

The GitHub repository and npm package were created in July 2015. The README presents it as terminal string styling for the command line and points users to the main chalk package for supported styles.

GitHub releases show a v5 line in 2021 and 2023, followed by v6.0.0 in 2025.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The package is published on npm as chalk-cli, and the Homebrew input identifies a Homebrew formula plus a Nix package mapping. Its adoption mostly follows the larger Chalk ecosystem rather than a separate application ecosystem.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The CLI accepts one or more styles plus a string, or it can read piped input with --stdin. It also supports style templates and a demo mode for showing available Chalk styles.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

chalk-cli is a small but tidy example of a JavaScript library becoming a Unix-style command. It matters to package nerds because it turns a popular Node terminal-formatting API into a composable shell filter.

### Zeitleiste

- 2015: GitHub repository and npm package created.
- 2021: v5.0.0 release published on GitHub.
- 2023: v5.0.1 release published.
- 2025: v6.0.0 release published.

### Related projects

- chalk/chalk is the API package that chalk-cli wraps and the README links for supported styles.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/chalk/chalk-cli#readme>
- <https://github.com/chalk/chalk-cli/releases>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/chalk/chalk-cli>
- <https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk-cli>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - chalk: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ch/chalk/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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