# 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.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:speedread
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install speedread
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#speedread
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:speedread
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Source summary:** Simple terminal-based rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) reader
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/pasky/speedread>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pasky/speedread>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-13T17:31:47+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- speedread (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.0
## 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 Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

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


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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