# Install pidcat with Homebrew, apt, winget

Colored logcat script to show entries only for specified app. Version 2.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install pidcat.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pidcat
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pidcat
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install pidcat
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: pidcat from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id AbdElMoniemElHifnawy.PidCat -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: AbdElMoniemElHifnawy.PidCat from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pidcat
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.1.0
- **Source summary:** Colored logcat script to show entries only for specified app
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/JakeWharton/pidcat>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/JakeWharton/pidcat>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pidcat (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.1.0

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - pidcat - 2.1.0-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pidcat from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Colored adb logcat that shows entries for specific apps | https://github.com/JakeWharton/pidcat
- Ubuntu apt - pidcat - 2.1.0-6: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pidcat from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Colored adb logcat that shows entries for specific apps | https://github.com/JakeWharton/pidcat
- winget - AbdElMoniemElHifnawy.PidCat: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: AbdElMoniemElHifnawy.PidCat from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph