macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install circumflexlocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install circumflex with Homebrew, Nix
Hacker News in your terminal. Version 5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-30. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#circumflex.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#circumflexnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ci/circumflex/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Hacker News in your terminal
Project links
Commands and aliases
- clx
history
Project history and usage
circumflex is a Go terminal user interface for browsing Hacker News through the clx binary, with article reader mode, comment navigation, favorites, read history, themes, and vim-style keybindings.
Project history
The official repository was created in July 2020. The README describes a read-only Hacker News client that brings stories, comments, and article reader mode into a terminal interface.
The project has continued regular tagged releases through 4.4, which Homebrew packages from the official GitHub tag.
Adoption history
The README documents Homebrew, Nix, AUR, Go install, and source-run installation paths. Homebrew's formula builds the Go binary as clx and installs manpages plus shell completions for bash, zsh, and fish.
Homebrew analytics show moderate ongoing use for a terminal news reader, and the GitHub repository has visible interest for a focused TUI utility.
How it is used
Users run clx to browse Hacker News categories such as top, best, new, ask, show, and favorites; open comments; read linked articles in reader mode; mark or track read stories; and store favorites locally. The README states that circumflex is read-only and does not support logging in, voting, or commenting.
Why package nerds care
circumflex is a polished example of the modern Go TUI package: a single binary with manpage and shell-completion artifacts, Homebrew/Nix/AUR/Go install routes, XDG-style config/cache paths, and local JSON state files.
Timeline
- 2020-07-28: GitHub repository created.
- 2020s: README documents Homebrew, Nix, AUR, Go install, and source install paths.
- 2026-06-27: 4.4 release published and used by Homebrew as the stable formula version.
- 2026: Homebrew bottles circumflex for macOS and Linux.
Related projects
- Hacker News is the content source and user workflow that circumflex wraps.
- Homebrew, Nix, AUR, and Go install are the distribution paths named by the README.
- The clx binary is the installed command-line entry point for circumflex.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for circumflex. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
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.
local files
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
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.config/circumflex/theme.toml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
clx | 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 version5.0
manager updated2026-07-30
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:circumflex |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/bensadeh/circumflex |
| Repository | https://github.com/bensadeh/circumflex |
| Last updated | 2026-07-30T01:27:08Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
circumflex
nix profile install nixpkgs#circumflex- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Circumflex
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation