# Install hexhog with Homebrew

Hex viewer/editor. Version 0.1.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:hexhog
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install hexhog
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:hexhog
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.1.3
- **Source summary:** Hex viewer/editor
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/DVDTSB/hexhog>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/DVDTSB/hexhog>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- hexhog (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.1.3
## Project history and usage

hexhog is a Rust command-line hex viewer/editor focused on interactive file editing with configurable coloring.

### Project history

The GitHub repository metadata places the project in 2025, and the README describes an early, focused feature set: opening a file, editing/deleting/inserting bytes, selecting and copy/pasting bytes, and a non-modal interface.

### Adoption history

The README documents installation through cargo, AUR, and Homebrew. The batch metadata lists Homebrew packaging, and crates.io metadata records a published Rust crate.

### How it is used

hexhog is used as an interactive terminal tool for inspecting and editing bytes in a file. Its README frames the workflow as direct file editing rather than as a dump converter.

### Why package nerds care

The project is package-relevant as a young Rust entrant in the crowded hex-viewer/editor niche, with cargo as the natural upstream channel and Homebrew/AUR packaging giving it a wider install surface.

### Timeline

- 2025: GitHub repository metadata and the README copyright line place the project's public packaging era in 2025.
- 2025: crates.io records the hexhog crate.
- 2025-2026: README-documented packaging includes cargo, AUR, and Homebrew.

### Related projects

- Related projects include terminal hex tools such as hexyl, hexer, bvi, xxd, and graphical editors used for binary inspection.

### Sources

- GitHub README provides usage, feature, packaging, and configuration notes.
- Homebrew formula metadata supports the Homebrew package identity.
- crates.io metadata supports the Rust crate identity.


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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