macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
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Install gowall with Homebrew, Nix
Tool to convert a Wallpaper's color scheme / palette. Version 0.2.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#gowall.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gowallnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/go/gowall/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Tool to convert a Wallpaper's color scheme / palette
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gowall
history
Project history and usage
Gowall is a Go-based image and wallpaper processing CLI centered on converting wallpaper palettes into named color schemes, with later features extending into compression, OCR, upscaling, format conversion, effects, and terminal image preview.
Project history
The public repository history begins in July 2024. The README describes the original focus as converting an image, especially a wallpaper, to a selected color scheme or palette, and then broadening into a general image-processing command line tool.
Adoption history
Its package-manager footprint is mostly desktop and theming oriented: the README documents Homebrew, Arch AUR, Fedora COPR, NixOS, and Void Linux installation paths, and the Homebrew formula packages the CLI as `gowall`.
How it is used
Users run `gowall` to recolor wallpapers or icons for theme families such as Catppuccin, Dracula, Gruvbox, Nord, Solarized, and Tokyo Night, and can list built-in plus user-created themes from `~/.config/gowall/config.yml`.
Why package nerds care
Gowall is notable as a small example of the modern desktop-theming package ecosystem: a Go CLI, hosted on GitHub, packaged quickly across Homebrew and Linux community channels, and connected to projects such as tinted-theming for Base16/Base24 palette workflows.
Timeline
- 2024: Public repository history begins with the initial commit.
- 2024: v0.1.0 tag appears shortly after early wallpaper and theme work.
- 2025: v0.2.0 tag appears in the repository history.
- 2026: v0.2.4 tag appears in the repository history.
Related projects
- tinted-gowall connects Gowall to the tinted-theming Base16/Base24 ecosystem.
- pywal is a related wallpaper-color extraction tool referenced by Gowall's palette-extraction feature.
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/gowall/config.yml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gowall | 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 version0.2.4
manager updated2026-07-31
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gowall |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://achno.github.io/gowall-docs/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/Achno/gowall |
| Last updated | 2026-07-31T12:44:48Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| 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%
gowall
nix profile install nixpkgs#gowall- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gowall
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