# Install hevi with Homebrew, Nix, winget

Hex viewer. Version 1.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-16. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#hevi.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:hevi
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install hevi
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#hevi
```

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

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Arnau478.hevi -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Arnau478.hevi from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:hevi
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Source summary:** Hex viewer
- **Homepage:** <https://codeberg.org/arnauc/hevi>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-16T12:50:32Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- hevi (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.1.0
## Project history and usage

hevi is a Zig hex viewer that presents itself as a simpler, more colorful alternative to tools such as xxd and hexdump.

### Project history

The project describes hevi as a hex viewer written in Zig in an attempt to simplify hex viewers. Its release stream on Codeberg shows early 0.x releases in 2023 and 1.x releases in 2024, while the repository metadata records the Codeberg project page as the official source-control home.

### Adoption history

hevi's own README points users to packaged builds where available and to Codeberg releases or zig build otherwise. The Homebrew formula packages the Codeberg release archive, and the input package metadata also records Nix and winget package names.

### How it is used

The tool is used as hevi <file> with flags controlling color, offset display, ASCII display, skipped repeated lines, raw output, parser selection, and palette output. It supports NO_COLOR and a Ziggy config file for defaults and palettes.

### Why package nerds care

hevi is interesting to package collectors as a small Zig entrant in the long-running hex-viewer space: it keeps the familiar terminal hexdump shape, adds parser-aware highlighting for formats such as ELF and PE, and uses XDG/AppData configuration rather than only command-line flags.

### Timeline

- 2023: v0.1.0 release published on the Codeberg release feed.
- 2024: v1.0.0 and v1.1.0 releases published on Codeberg.
- 2026: Homebrew formula packages the v1.1.0 Codeberg archive.

### Related projects

- The README explicitly compares hevi with xxd and hexdump. Its parser-aware highlighting places it near modern hex viewers rather than full-screen hex editors.

### Sources

- <https://codeberg.org/api/v1/repos/arnauc/hevi/releases>
- <https://codeberg.org/arnauc/hevi>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/hevi>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## 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

- Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hevi/config.ziggy, ~/.config/hevi/config.ziggy
- Windows: %APPDATA%/hevi/config.ziggy
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - hevi: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/he/hevi/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Arnau478.hevi: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Arnau478.hevi from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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