# Install emojify with Homebrew, Nix

Emoji on the command-line :scream:. Version 2.2.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#emojify.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:emojify
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install emojify
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#emojify
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:emojify
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.2.0
- **Source summary:** Emoji on the command-line :scream:
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/mrowa44/emojify>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mrowa44/emojify>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- emojify (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.2.0
## Project history and usage

Emojify is a small command-line text filter that replaces GitHub-style emoji aliases with Unicode emoji characters.

### Project history

The official README frames Emojify as a shell script rather than a compiled application, emphasizing easy placement on a user's PATH and simple use in pipelines.

### Adoption history

The README documents Homebrew installation for macOS and an AUR package for Arch users, which is the main official adoption signal for this intentionally tiny tool.

### How it is used

Users pass text to `emojify` directly or pipe existing command output through it. The README highlights a terminal-culture use case: piping `git log --oneline --color` through `emojify` and `less -r`, with an optional `.gitconfig` alias.

### Why package nerds care

Emojify is package-manager candy: one shell script, one executable, and a very visible terminal effect. It represents the class of tiny Unix filters that are too small to feel like infrastructure but pleasant enough to keep packaged.

### Related projects

- The README points to `pyemojify`, a Python port, as a related implementation.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/mrowa44/emojify>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

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


## Sources

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