# mdless を Homebrew でインストール

mdless のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:mdless
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mdless
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:mdless
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 2.1.68
- **ソース概要:** Provides a formatted and highlighted view of Markdown files in Terminal
- **ホームページ:** <https://github.com/ttscoff/mdless>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/ttscoff/mdless>
- **最終更新:** 2026-06-25T15:48:53Z
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- mdless (エイリアス)

## インストール挙動

- Bottle: 利用不可

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-03
- マネージャ版: 2.1.68
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

mdless is a Ruby terminal Markdown viewer and pager by Brett Terpstra. It provides formatted, highlighted Markdown output in the terminal, with pager behavior, syntax highlighting support, table formatting, themes, images through helper tools, and TaskPaper-related features.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The GitHub repository was created in August 2015, and the README explains the original motivation: the author wanted a quick terminal way to view Markdown files without using `qlmanage -p` from an iTerm2 visor workflow.

The changelog shows a long-lived 1.x and 2.x project. Version 1.0.0 marked an early maturity point, version 2.0.0 switched to Redcarpet parsing and added the `~/.config/mdless/config.yml` file, and later 2.1.x releases added and refined TaskPaper, metadata, image, theme, table, Ruby compatibility, and terminal-copy behavior.

### 採用の歴史

mdless spread through RubyGems and Homebrew. The README documents both `gem install mdless` and `brew install mdless`, while RubyGems reported more than 360,000 downloads and Homebrew tracked stable version 2.1.68 in 2026.

Unlike some newer Rust terminal viewers, mdless is strongly tied to the Ruby CLI ecosystem and Brett Terpstra's macOS-terminal workflow, but it remains packaged as a standalone Homebrew formula.

### 使われ方

Typical use is `mdless [options] path` or piping Markdown into it with `cat path | mdless`. The pager is selected from `$PAGER`, `less`, `more`, `cat`, or `pager`.

The first run writes `~/.config/mdless/config.yml`, and customization uses `~/.config/mdless/mdless.theme` plus optional named theme files. The README documents persistent options for colors, links, images, syntax highlighting, TaskPaper behavior, width, wiki links, and related rendering choices.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

mdless is significant as an early dedicated Markdown pager for terminal users, especially before richer Rust and Go terminal Markdown renderers became common. It made Markdown viewing feel like a natural extension of `less` instead of a browser or preview-app task.

For packagers, mdless is a classic Ruby CLI with optional external helpers: Pygments for code highlighting and imgcat or chafa for image rendering. That makes it simple to install but richer when companion tools are present.

### タイムライン

- 2015: GitHub repository created and mdless introduced as a terminal Markdown viewer.
- 2015: README documents Homebrew availability and RubyGems installation.
- Version 2.0.0: Switched to Redcarpet parsing and introduced `~/.config/mdless/config.yml`.
- 2026: RubyGems and Homebrew tracked version 2.1.68.

### Related projects

- mdless overlaps with mdcat and mdfried as a terminal Markdown viewer, but it comes from the Ruby/macOS command-line ecosystem.
- It integrates with common terminal helpers and tools including less, more, cat, Pygments, imgcat, chafa, Ranger preview scripts, and TaskPaper workflows.

### ソース

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mdless>
- <https://github.com/ttscoff/mdless#readme>
- <https://github.com/ttscoff/mdless/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md>
- <https://rubygems.org/gems/mdless>
- source_facts.package-manager


## セキュリティノート

mdless に一致するローカルシークレット処理マニフェストは見つかりませんでした。将来の対応で安定したパッケージ URL を使えるよう、Nucleus パッケージメタデータはここに公開されています。



## Configuration and credential file locations

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.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.config/mdless/config.yml, ~/.config/mdless/mdless.theme

## Combined YAML source

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


## ソース

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph