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Install hexd with Homebrew, Nix, zypper

Colourful, human-friendly hexdump tool. Version 1.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#hexd.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install hexd

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#hexd

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/he/hexd/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install hexd

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · hexd · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Colourful, human-friendly hexdump tool

Commands and aliases

  • hexd

history

Project history and usage

hexd is a small C hexdump tool that uses color to make byte-value patterns easier to see in terminal output.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in December 2013 and describes hexd as a colorful, human-friendly hexdump tool. Its man page, dated February 2022, documents the stable CLI shape: file or stdin input, optional plaintext or pretty output, grouping, ranges, width control, and repeated-line collapsing.

Adoption history

The project is packaged by Homebrew from the GitHub tag archive, and the input package metadata also records Nix and zypper package names. Its small C codebase and manpage-style interface make it a straightforward Unix package.

How it is used

hexd prints a human-readable dump of files or standard input. It classifies byte ranges with terminal colors, honors an HEXD_COLORS environment variable for SGR formatting, and includes range selection examples for inspecting embedded file regions or comparing binary headers.

Why package nerds care

hexd is the kind of tiny single-purpose CLI package that package managers collect well: it does not replace hexdump, od, or xxd, but offers a visual inspection trick that is useful enough to ship as a separate executable.

Timeline

  • 2013: GitHub repository created.
  • 2022: man page documents hexd's colorized dump interface and HEXD_COLORS environment variable.
  • 2026: Homebrew formula packages the v1.1.0 GitHub tag archive.

Related projects

  • The man page lists hexdump, od, and xxd as related tools. The README also points to pixd, by the same author, as a related visualization tool for binary data.

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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
hexdexecutableindexed executableDiscovered 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 version1.1.0
manager updated2026-08-02
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:hexd
Version1.1.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/FireyFly/hexd
Repositoryhttps://github.com/FireyFly/hexd
Last updated2026-08-02T00:19:39+09:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone 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%

hexd

nix profile install nixpkgs#hexd
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Hexd
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/he/hexd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
zypper95%

hexd 1.1.0-1.15

Colourful, human-friendly hexdump tool

https://github.com/FireyFly/hexd.git

sudo zypper install hexd
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Development/Tools/Debuggers
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: hexd
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Hexd
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: hexd from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

package graph

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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.

Used sources

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