macOS
brew install mdfriedlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install mdfriedMacPorts ports tree · textproc/mdfried/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew / Rang 2886
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für mdfried in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install mdfriedlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install mdfriedMacPorts ports tree · textproc/mdfried/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
nix profile install nixpkgs#mdfriednixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/md/mdfried/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo pacman -S mdfriedArch Linux sync databases · mdfried · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
Überblick
Terminal markdown viewer
Verlauf
mdfried is a Rust terminal Markdown viewer and pager focused on rich terminal graphics. Its distinctive feature is rendering Markdown headings as genuinely larger text or images when the terminal supports a graphics or text-sizing protocol.
The GitHub repository was created in December 2024, and the crates.io package was first published later that month. The project iterated rapidly through 2025 and 2026, reaching the 0.22 series by June 2026.
The changelog shows the tool expanding from a visual Markdown viewer into a featureful terminal document browser: tree-sitter Markdown parsing, link navigation, URL and GitHub README opening, syntax highlighting, Mermaid rendering, image opening, OSC 8 clickable links, and experimental PDF support all appear in the documented 2026 releases.
mdfried is newer than mdcat and mdless but already has package-manager presence. The input facts list Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and pacman-family packaging, while the README advertises Cargo installation, a Nix flake, release binaries, `.deb` files, and Mac and Windows binaries.
Crates.io reported the crate's creation in December 2024 and about 15,000 total downloads by 2026. Homebrew's formula tracked stable version 0.22.4 with install analytics, evidence of early but real CLI-tool adoption.
The basic invocation is `mdfried ./path/to.md`. It can also open URLs that serve Markdown and `github:owner/repo` targets when a README exists on the default branch.
On first run, users may choose a font if automatic detection is not enough; the selection is written to `~/.config/mdfried/config.toml`. `--setup` repeats font setup and `--print-config` prints a fuller configuration example.
mdfried is notable because it pushes terminal Markdown viewing into the modern graphics-terminal era. Packaging it involves more than installing a text filter: the formula includes chafa and GTK/glib-related dependencies through Homebrew, and runtime behavior varies by terminal image protocol.
For package nerds, it is also a fast-moving Rust package that crosses Cargo, Nix, Homebrew, binary releases, and Debian-style artifacts while still pre-1.0.
Sicherheitslage
Für mdfried wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
local files
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
~/.config/mdfried/config.tomlExecutables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
mdfried | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
Aktualität
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Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:mdfried |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.22.4 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/benjajaja/mdfried |
| Repository | https://github.com/benjajaja/mdfried |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-06-21T18:47:21Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | nicht erfasst |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
mdfried
nix profile install nixpkgs#mdfriedmdfried 0.22.4-1
A markdown viewer for the terminal that renders images and big headers
https://github.com/benjajaja/mdfried
sudo pacman -S mdfriedmdfried
sudo port install mdfriedQuellspur
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