# Install svgbob with Homebrew, apk, Nix

Convert your ascii diagram scribbles into happy little SVG. Version 0.7.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#svgbob.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:svgbob
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install svgbob
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add svgbob
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: svgbob from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#svgbob
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:svgbob
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.7.6
- **Source summary:** Convert your ascii diagram scribbles into happy little SVG
- **Homepage:** <https://ivanceras.github.io/svgbob-editor/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ivanceras/svgbob>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- svgbob (alias)
- svgbob_cli (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.7.6
## Project history and usage

svgbob converts ASCII diagram text into SVG. It belongs to the documentation-tooling side of CLI culture: plain-text diagrams stay editable in source files, while packaged renderers turn them into web-friendly graphics.

### Project history

The GitHub repository records an initial public commit on October 9, 2016. The README describes svgbob as a tool that creates graphical representations of text diagrams and provides a CLI that takes text input and creates SVG output.

The changelog shows a Rust project that evolved through rendering and geometry changes: the 0.5.0 alpha series rewrote core architecture around shape tagging and styling, later 0.6 releases added a server package and reorganized settings, and the 0.7 series namespaced generated SVG styles under `.svgbob` to avoid clashes in larger documents.

### Adoption history

The official README lists downstream use by documentation and publishing tools or communities including google/comprehensive-rust via markdown-svgbob, Asciidoctor, Discourse, Typst's bob-draw, Zola, and Kroki. The input package facts list packages in Homebrew, Alpine, and Nix, showing packaging beyond Rust's crate ecosystem.

### How it is used

svgbob is used by feeding text diagrams to the CLI and receiving SVG output. Its demo and specification document the visual language, while downstream integrations use it to render source-controlled diagrams in Markdown, AsciiDoc, static sites, forums, and diagram services.

### Why package nerds care

svgbob matters to package nerds because it keeps diagrams text-first and diffable while still producing polished SVG. A packaged CLI makes that workflow available in docs builds, static site generators, CI, and editor integrations without requiring a browser-only drawing tool.

### Timeline

- 2016: Initial public GitHub commit.
- 2021: 0.5.4 and 0.5.5 releases are published on GitHub.
- 2021: 0.5.x changelog records compressed SVG output and issue fixes.
- 2023: 0.7.0 changelog records namespaced SVG styles and shape improvements.
- 2024: README screenshot and demo links show the project continuing as an interactive editor and CLI renderer.

### Related projects

- svgbob is related to markdown-svgbob, Asciidoctor Diagram, Kroki, Typst bob-draw, Zola documentation workflows, and other text-to-diagram tools.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/ivanceras/svgbob/commits?per_page=1&page=620>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/ivanceras/svgbob/releases?per_page=100>
- <https://github.com/ivanceras/svgbob#readme>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ivanceras/svgbob/master/Changelog.md>
- input 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 - svgbob: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sv/svgbob/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - svgbob - 0.7.6-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: svgbob from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Convert your ascii diagram scribbles into happy little SVG | https://github.com/ivanceras/svgbob


## Combined YAML source

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