# Install macos-term-size with Homebrew

Get the terminal window size on macOS. Version 1.0.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:macos-term-size
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install macos-term-size
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:macos-term-size
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Source summary:** Get the terminal window size on macOS
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/sindresorhus/macos-terminal-size>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sindresorhus/macos-terminal-size>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- term-size (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.0.0
## Project history and usage

macos-term-size is a small C command-line utility that prints the current terminal window size on macOS.

### Project history

The official repository was created in May 2017. Its README describes a focused macOS utility that works even when run non-interactively, such as from a child process or with output redirected.

### Adoption history

The batch input records Homebrew packaging, and the README points users to downloadable release binaries. Repository metadata captured during this run showed modest GitHub adoption, which fits the project's role as a tiny single-purpose helper rather than a broad framework.

### How it is used

The command is installed as `terminal-size` and prints columns followed by rows. The README contrasts this with `tput cols`, showing that `terminal-size` keeps reporting the actual terminal size in situations where `tput` may fall back to a default.

### Why package nerds care

The package is useful because terminal dimensions are a small but annoying portability edge case for scripts. Packaging it in Homebrew gives macOS shell users a dependable native helper without pulling in a larger cross-platform stack.

### Timeline

- 2017: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2023: Repository activity continued through commits pushed to the default branch.

### Related projects

- The README points to the author's cross-platform `terminal-size` project and the Windows-specific `windows-terminal-size` companion.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/sindresorhus/macos-terminal-size>
- <https://github.com/sindresorhus/macos-terminal-size>
- <https://github.com/sindresorhus/macos-terminal-size#readme>
- source_facts.package-manager


## 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/macos-term-size.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/macos-term-size.yml)


## Sources

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