macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
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Install flavours with Homebrew, Nix
Easy to use base16 scheme manager that integrates with any workflow. Version 0.7.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#flavours.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#flavoursnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fl/flavours/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Easy to use base16 scheme manager that integrates with any workflow
Project links
Commands and aliases
- flavours
history
Project history and usage
flavours is a Rust command-line manager and builder for Base16 color schemes and templates. Its package-nerd niche is practical desktop theming: it turns the Base16 scheme/template model into a single CLI workflow for writing application config fragments and running hooks.
Project history
The project was published on GitHub in 2020 and describes itself as a manager/builder for Base16 written in Rust. Its README says it was created because existing Base16 managers and pywal did not fit the maintainer's workflow, especially the desire for a simple CLI that could integrate with desktop tools such as rofi and polybar.
flavours is intentionally tied to the Base16 ecosystem: users update published schemes and templates, configure per-application output files, and then apply a scheme across a desktop with one command.
Adoption history
The official README documents installation through Cargo, Arch's AUR, nixpkgs, and Homebrew, and it includes a Repology packaging badge. The supplied package metadata also records Homebrew and Nix packaging, placing flavours in the cross-platform CLI theming catalog rather than only in Rust's crates.io ecosystem.
How it is used
A typical workflow is to run `flavours update all`, create `~/.config/flavours/config.toml`, add one `[[items]]` section per application, and use `flavours apply` with a scheme name, glob, or random selection. The tool can rewrite color files, replace marked regions inside existing configs, run hooks, build templates directly, and generate a scheme from an image.
Why package nerds care
flavours is notable for packaging the Base16 idea as a fast Rust CLI with XDG-style configuration and data paths. For users who maintain dotfiles across terminals, window managers, launchers, and browser-adjacent tools, it is a small package that coordinates many otherwise manual config edits.
Timeline
- 2020: GitHub repository created for the Rust Base16 manager.
- 2020: v0.1 tag series appears in the upstream repository.
- 2023: v0.3 tag appears in the upstream repository.
- 2020s: README documents distribution through Cargo, AUR, nixpkgs, and Homebrew.
Related projects
- Base16 is the scheme and template specification that flavours consumes.
- nix-colors is recommended by the maintainer for similar NixOS and home-manager use cases.
- Base16 Universal Manager and pywal are named by the README as adjacent tools whose workflows influenced the project.
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.
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/flavours/config.toml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/flavours
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
flavours | 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 version0.7.1
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:flavours |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/Misterio77/flavours |
| Repository | https://github.com/Misterio77/flavours |
| 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%
flavours
nix profile install nixpkgs#flavours- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Flavours
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