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Install cocot with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts

Code converter on tty. Version 1.2-20171118 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with dnf: sudo dnf install cocot.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cocot

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install cocot

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/cocot/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Code converter on tty

Commands and aliases

  • cocot

history

Project history and usage

cocot is a terminal code-conversion utility whose name expands to COde COnverter on Tty. It sits in a terminal workflow to translate character encodings for programs and remote sessions.

Project history

The upstream ChangeLog records a first release in 2002, early work around EUC-JP, Shift_JIS/CP932, ISO-2022-JP decoding, and later Unicode and East Asian Width updates. The project source moved to GitHub in 2009.

Adoption history

The package appears in Unix package-manager culture as a small compatibility tool for terminals that still need Japanese legacy encoding conversion. The input records Homebrew, Fedora/dnf, and MacPorts package names.

How it is used

Users run cocot around tty programs when the process encoding and terminal encoding differ, especially in CJK terminal environments.

Why package nerds care

cocot is interesting as a compact example of terminal-era encoding glue: small C code, iconv-oriented behavior, and long-tail packaging value for workflows that modern UTF-8 defaults did not fully erase.

Timeline

  • 2002: First release recorded in the upstream ChangeLog.
  • 2004: Unicode support and patch merging appear in NEWS and ChangeLog.
  • 2008: East Asian Width table update and --help/--version options appear in NEWS.
  • 2009: ChangeLog records the source being pushed to github.com/vmi/cocot.
  • 2017: Build scripts and warning fixes are recorded in the ChangeLog.

Related projects

  • iconv and terminal emulators occupy the same problem space for character-set conversion and display behavior.

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

CommandKindExposureNote
cocotexecutableindexed executableDiscovered 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 version1.2-20171118
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:cocot
Version1.2-20171118
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://vmi.jp/software/cygwin/cocot.html
Repositoryhttps://github.com/vmi/cocot
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone 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.

dnf95%

cocot 20080315-37.fc45

COde COnverter on Tty

http://vmi.jp/software/cygwin/cocot.html

sudo dnf install cocot
  • License: LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: cocot
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cocot
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cocot from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

cocot

sudo port install cocot
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cocot
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/cocot/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • pkg.so package database
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