# Install ponysay with Homebrew, Nix, pacman

Cowsay but with ponies. Version 3.0.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-11. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#ponysay.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ponysay
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ponysay
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ponysay
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/po/ponysay/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S ponysay
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: ponysay from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ponysay
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.0.3
- **Source summary:** Cowsay but with ponies
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/erkin/ponysay/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/erkin/ponysay>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-11T16:46:51+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ponysay (alias)
- ponysay-tool (alias)
- ponythink (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.0.3

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - ponysay: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/po/ponysay/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - ponysay - 3.0.3-7: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: ponysay from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | cowsay reimplemention for ponies | https://github.com/erkin/ponysay


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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