# Install mdfried with Homebrew Terminal markdown viewer. Version 0.22.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-21. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mdfried ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mdfried ``` Evidence: provider-native install command ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mdfried - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.22.4 - **Source summary:** Terminal markdown viewer - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-21T18:47:21Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00 ## Executables - mdfried (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.22.4 ## Project history and usage mdfried is a Rust terminal Markdown viewer and pager focused on rich terminal graphics. Its distinctive feature is rendering Markdown headings as genuinely larger text or images when the terminal supports a graphics or text-sizing protocol. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in December 2024, and the crates.io package was first published later that month. The project iterated rapidly through 2025 and 2026, reaching the 0.22 series by June 2026. The changelog shows the tool expanding from a visual Markdown viewer into a featureful terminal document browser: tree-sitter Markdown parsing, link navigation, URL and GitHub README opening, syntax highlighting, Mermaid rendering, image opening, OSC 8 clickable links, and experimental PDF support all appear in the documented 2026 releases. ### Adoption history mdfried is newer than mdcat and mdless but already has package-manager presence. The input facts list Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and pacman-family packaging, while the README advertises Cargo installation, a Nix flake, release binaries, `.deb` files, and Mac and Windows binaries. Crates.io reported the crate's creation in December 2024 and about 15,000 total downloads by 2026. Homebrew's formula tracked stable version 0.22.4 with install analytics, evidence of early but real CLI-tool adoption. ### How it is used The basic invocation is `mdfried ./path/to.md`. It can also open URLs that serve Markdown and `github:owner/repo` targets when a README exists on the default branch. On first run, users may choose a font if automatic detection is not enough; the selection is written to `~/.config/mdfried/config.toml`. `--setup` repeats font setup and `--print-config` prints a fuller configuration example. ### Why package nerds care mdfried is notable because it pushes terminal Markdown viewing into the modern graphics-terminal era. Packaging it involves more than installing a text filter: the formula includes chafa and GTK/glib-related dependencies through Homebrew, and runtime behavior varies by terminal image protocol. For package nerds, it is also a fast-moving Rust package that crosses Cargo, Nix, Homebrew, binary releases, and Debian-style artifacts while still pre-1.0. ### Timeline - 2024: GitHub repository and crates.io package appeared in December. - 2026: Version 0.18.0 used tree-sitter/tree-sitter-md for Markdown parsing. - 2026: Version 0.20.1 added URL and GitHub README opening. - 2026: Version 0.21.0 added code syntax highlighting and Mermaid rendering. - 2026: Version 0.22.0 added OSC 8 clickable links. ### Related projects - mdfried overlaps with mdcat and mdless as a terminal Markdown viewer, but it emphasizes large rendered headings, rich image support, pager navigation, and terminal graphics protocols. - Its README references ratatui-image, chafa, arborium, mermaid rendering, Sixel, kitty, and iTerm2 protocols as important parts of its ecosystem. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mdfried. 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 - Unix: ~/.config/mdfried/config.toml ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mdfried.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mdfried.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation