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Install speedread with Homebrew, Nix

Simple terminal-based rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) reader. Version 1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-13. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#speedread.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install speedread

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Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#speedread

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/sp/speedread/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Simple terminal-based rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) reader

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

speedread

history

Project history and usage

speedread is a small terminal RSVP reader inspired by Spritz-style rapid serial visual presentation. In package-manager terms it is a classic tiny Unix filter: pipe text in, watch words stream by at a chosen words-per-minute rate.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in March 2014. Its README describes speedread as a simple terminal-based open source Spritz-alike that displays input text one word at a time, aligned on optimal reading points, so the eye can stay fixed while reading quickly.

Adoption history

The project published a v1.0 release in January 2016 and later appeared in package managers including Homebrew and Nix according to the input package facts. Its adoption is modest but durable, centered on users who want a minimal command-line version of an RSVP reading tool.

How it is used

The documented usage is to pipe text into the program and set a reading speed, for example by sending a file through speedread at 250 words per minute or higher. It does not need credentials or a config file, which makes it fit naturally into shell pipelines.

Why package nerds care

Package nerds care because speedread is the sort of one-file-ish terminal utility package managers preserve well: no account, no service, no GUI, just a narrow interface that composes with cat, curl, pbpaste, and other text-producing commands.

Timeline

2014: pasky/speedread repository created on GitHub.
2016: v1.0 release published.
2020s: Available through Homebrew and Nix package facts in this dataset.

Related projects

The README positions speedread as an open source Spritz-alike.
It belongs to the broader family of terminal filters and RSVP reading tools.

Sources

https://api.github.com/repos/pasky/speedread
https://github.com/pasky/speedread
https://github.com/pasky/speedread/releases
source_facts.package-manager

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.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`speedread`	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 version1.0

manager updated2026-07-13

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:speedread
Version	1.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/pasky/speedread
Repository	https://github.com/pasky/speedread
Last updated	2026-07-13T17:31:47+09:00
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.

Nix95%

speedread

nix profile install nixpkgs#speedread

normalized package name match
Matched by: Speedread

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

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.

combined/speedread.yml

Used sources

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