# 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.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:circumflex
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install circumflex
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#circumflex
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:circumflex
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 5.0
- **Source summary:** Hacker News in your terminal
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/bensadeh/circumflex>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/bensadeh/circumflex>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-30T01:27:08Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- clx (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 5.0
## 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

- <https://github.com/bensadeh/circumflex#readme>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/bensadeh/circumflex>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/bensadeh/circumflex/releases>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/circumflex.json>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/master/Formula/c/circumflex.rb>


## Security Notes

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.



## 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/circumflex/theme.toml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - circumflex: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ci/circumflex/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/circumflex.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/circumflex.yml)


## Sources

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