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Go cascadia package command-line CSS selector. Version 1.5.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27.
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Package summary
Go cascadia package command-line CSS selector
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Commands and aliases
- cascadia
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Project history and usage
Cascadia is a Go command-line wrapper around the Go Cascadia CSS selector package, aimed at testing selectors and extracting HTML/XML content without writing a Go program.
Project history
The project began publicly in 2016 under Tong Sun's GitHub account. Its README says it started as a thin wrapper around Andy Balholm's Go Cascadia package and grew into a more capable selector-testing and extraction tool.
Adoption history
The official README documents binary releases, Debian/Ubuntu installation, distro packages through the author's Cloudsmith repository, and Homebrew packaging. GitHub metadata shows a small but active open-source utility with wiki documentation and cross-platform release artifacts.
Homebrew analytics show modest niche use, with 190 installs in the last 365 days in the formula API.
How it is used
Users pass an input file or stdin, a CSS selector, and an output target. The tool supports text output, raw output, block and piece extraction, wrapped HTML output, and CSV/TSV-style table output for scraping workflows.
Why package nerds care
Cascadia is package-nerd useful because it exposes a library-grade CSS selector engine as a tiny shell tool. It fits scripts, data-cleaning one-liners, and package tests where pulling in a browser or a larger scraper would be excessive.
Timeline
- 2016: Public GitHub repository created and copyright range begins in the CLI help.
- 2025: README example shows version 1.5.0 built on 2025-11-10.
- 2026: Homebrew formula packages v1.5.1 and tracks the GitHub release tarball.
Related projects
- andybalholm/cascadia provides the Go CSS selector package wrapped by this CLI.
- andrew-d/goscrape is cited by the README as an influence for block and piece extraction concepts.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
cascadia | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.5.1
manager updated2026-07-27
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:cascadia |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.5.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/suntong/cascadia |
| Repository | https://github.com/suntong/cascadia |
| Last updated | 2026-07-27T19:20:56+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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View the package source record on GitHub.
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- Geiger risk classifier
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- curated package history
- pkg.so package database
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