# Install kotofetch with Homebrew, Nix Small, configurable CLI that displays Japanese quotes in the terminal. Version 0.2.23 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-01. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#kotofetch. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:kotofetch ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install kotofetch ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#kotofetch ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ko/kotofetch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:kotofetch - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.2.23 - **Source summary:** Small, configurable CLI that displays Japanese quotes in the terminal - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T12:34:14Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - kotofetch (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.2.23 ## Project history and usage kotofetch is a Rust command-line tool that displays Japanese quotes in the terminal with configurable layout, translations, colors, quote sources, and animations. ### Project history The official README describes kotofetch as a small, configurable CLI with built-in quotes and user customization for padding, width, translation display, and text styles. The project is implemented primarily in Rust, uses Cargo, and publishes Linux, Windows, and macOS release artifacts from the GitHub repository. The latest official release at research time was v0.2.22, published on 2026-05-05, adding animations and shell autocompletion and fixing help comments. ### Adoption history The README documents installation through Arch AUR, Nix or NixOS builds, prebuilt binaries, and source builds, which points to adoption among terminal customization and Japanese-learning users. The project README includes a community showcase and GitHub topics around fetch tools, terminal, command-line, Japanese, and desktop rice communities. ### How it is used Users run kotofetch to display a quote using configuration defaults or override translation modes, furigana position, padding, selected quote modes, animation type, and animation duration from the command line. Users can add custom quote TOML files, import Anki decks through AnkiConnect, and generate shell completion scripts. ### Why package nerds care kotofetch belongs to the terminal-fetch and desktop-customization package family: small, aesthetic CLIs that are easy to package and often spread through screenshots and dotfiles. Its packaging surface is more involved than the tool's simple output suggests because it ships release artifacts for several platforms and supports config files, custom quote files, Nix builds, and AUR installation. ### Timeline - 2026: v0.2.19 added Anki deck import, furigana display, and new built-in quotes. - 2026: v0.2.21 added multiple translation display and a furigana position option. - 2026: v0.2.22 added animations and shell autocompletion. ### Related projects - Anki and AnkiConnect are optional integrations for importing decks. - Other fetch-style terminal tools are adjacent in usage culture, though kotofetch focuses on Japanese quotes rather than system information. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for kotofetch. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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 - Linux: ~/.config/kotofetch/config.toml - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/kotofetch/config.toml - Windows: %APPDATA%\kotofetch\config.toml ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - kotofetch: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ko/kotofetch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/kotofetch.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/kotofetch.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph