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Install pixlet with Homebrew

App runtime and UX toolkit for pixel-based apps. Version 0.54.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-09-13.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install pixlet

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

App runtime and UX toolkit for pixel-based apps

Commands and aliases

  • pixlet

history

Project history and usage

Pixlet is a command-line runtime and user-interface toolkit for developing applications for pixel-based displays.

Project history

Pixlet was created as the application runtime and developer toolkit for small pixel displays in the Tidbyt ecosystem. Maintenance now continues under Tronbyt, whose community application repository identifies itself as the former Tidbyt community repository.

Adoption history

Pixlet serves the Tidbyt-derived pixel-display application ecosystem and is distributed through Homebrew in the supplied package data. The current official documentation and repository are maintained by Tronbyt.

How it is used

Developers write applets in Starlark, preview them locally with pixlet serve, and render them as WebP or GIF animations. After account login, the CLI can list Tronbyt devices and push rendered output to a selected display.

Why package nerds care

Pixlet is notable for treating display applications as Starlark programs that render to portable WebP or GIF animations. Its CLI combines a language runtime, local browser preview, renderer, profiler, device login, and publishing workflow.

Timeline

  • Pixlet originated in the Tidbyt display ecosystem.
  • The project subsequently continued under the Tronbyt organization.

Related projects

  • Tronbyt
  • Tidbyt
  • Starlark
  • WebP

security posture

Risk level: yellow

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

  • generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

  • text:runtime

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
pixletcliglobal executable

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 generated2026-09-19
manager version0.54.0
manager updated2026-09-13
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.53.1

https://github.com/tronbyt/pixlet

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:pixlet
Version0.54.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pixlet
Homepagehttps://github.com/tronbyt/pixlet
Repositoryhttps://github.com/tronbyt/pixlet
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/tronbyt/pixlet/archive/refs/tags/v0.53.1.tar.gz
Last updated2026-09-13T06:51:03Z
Pulseupdated
Dependencieswebp
Build dependenciesgo, node
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namepixlet
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • webpRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • nodeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

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  • t1libShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, graphics.
  • buildifierShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, starlark.
  • starlark-rustShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, starlark.

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.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment
  • pkg.so package database
  • pkgdb category and tag curation