# Install folderify with Homebrew, MacPorts

Generate pixel-perfect macOS folder icons in the native style. Version 4.1.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with macports: sudo port install folderify.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:folderify
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install folderify
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install folderify
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/folderify/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:folderify
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.1.3
- **Source summary:** Generate pixel-perfect macOS folder icons in the native style
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/lgarron/folderify>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/lgarron/folderify>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- folderify (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.1.3
## Project history and usage

folderify is a CLI for generating native-style macOS folder icons from image masks. Its official README describes pixel-perfect macOS folder icon generation, including support for macOS 26 Tahoe, icon sizes from 16x16 through 512x512@2x, and light or dark color schemes.

### Project history

The project focuses on automating a visual workflow that macOS users often perform manually: making folder icons that match the system folder style. The README notes that version 3 dropped support for older OS X and macOS 10 folder styles and directs users needing Leopard through Catalina styles to folderify v2.

### Adoption history

The supplied package metadata lists Homebrew and MacPorts packages. The official README recommends Homebrew installation and notes that Homebrew automatically installs shell completions, while also documenting Rust/Cargo and source installation.

### How it is used

Users pass a PNG mask and optionally a target folder. folderify can apply the icon to a target, generate `.icns` and `.iconset` outputs, reveal results in Finder, choose light or dark mode, and generate shell completions for Bash, Elvish, Fish, PowerShell, and Zsh.

### Why package nerds care

folderify is package-nerd-interesting because it turns a macOS Finder customization task into a reproducible CLI with native shell completions and package-manager installation. It also bridges Rust packaging with macOS-specific tools such as `iconutil`, optional `fileicon`, and image processing through ImageMagick.

### Timeline

- Current: Official README recommends Homebrew installation and documents Cargo/source installation.
- Current: Official README documents v3 behavior and directs older OS X/macOS 10 styles to folderify v2.
- Current: Supplied package metadata lists Homebrew and MacPorts packages.

### Related projects

- folderify is related to macOS Finder icons, ImageMagick, `iconutil`, optional `fileicon`, and shell-completion ecosystems for Bash, Elvish, Fish, PowerShell, and Zsh.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula.json>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/folderify>
- <https://github.com/lgarron/folderify>
- <https://github.com/lgarron/folderify#readme>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - folderify: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/folderify/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/folderify.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/folderify.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