macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mhonarclocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / rank 8865
Install mhonarc with Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix
Mail-to-HTML converter. Version 2.6.24 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install mhonarc.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install mhonarcDebian stable package indexes · mhonarc · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install mhonarcFedora Rawhide package metadata · mhonarc · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mhonarcnixpkgs package indexes · mhonarc · source: raw.githubusercontent.com
overview
Package summary
Mail-to-HTML converter
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mha-dbedit
- mha-dbrecover
- mha-decode
- mhonarc
history
Project history and usage
MHonArc is Earl Hood's Perl mail-to-HTML converter for turning mail and news messages into web archives. The project's contact page identifies Hood as creator and developer, and an archived W3C announcement for MHonArc 1.1 shows the tool already being distributed in April 1995 as a Perl 4 program for RFC 822 and MIME email conversion.
Project history
Its historical role is tied to the early web's mailing-list archives. MHonArc generates HTML indexes, message pages, and thread links, with MIME support and extensive resource-file customization. The 1995 announcement already listed features that became central to mailing-list archive maintenance: thread indexes, removing messages, archive size limits, detection of already archived messages, and customization variables.
How it is used
In practice, administrators run `mhonarc` over mailbox files, MH folders, or incoming mail/news messages to produce static HTML archives; companion tools such as `mha-dbedit`, `mha-dbrecover`, and `mha-decode` support archive database and decoding tasks. Its presence in Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, Nix, and Ubuntu reflects a mature Perl utility niche: less a general email client than a durable static-site generator for list archives and message collections.
Sources
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.
local files
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
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.mhonarc.mrc- Windows
<user-home-path>\mhonarc.mrc
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
mha-dbedit | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mha-dbrecover | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mha-decode | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mhonarc | executable | indexed executable | Discovered 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 version2.6.24
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mhonarc |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.6.24 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://www.mhonarc.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/sympa-community/mhonarc |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22T14:05:28-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none 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.
Debian apt95%
mhonarc 2.6.24-1
Mail to HTML converter
https://metacpan.org/dist/MHonArc/view/mhonarc
sudo apt install mhonarc- Section: mail
- Architecture: all
- 1 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mhonarc
Nix95%
mhonarc
nix profile install nixpkgs#mhonarc- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mhonarc
Ubuntu apt95%
mhonarc 2.6.19-2.2
Mail to HTML converter
sudo apt install mhonarc- Section: universe/mail
- Architecture: all
- 1 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mhonarc
dnf95%
mhonarc 2.6.24-18.fc45
Perl mail-to-HTML converter
https://metacpan.org/release/MHonArc
sudo dnf install mhonarc- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: mhonarc
- 2 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mhonarc
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation