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Install tdf with Homebrew, Nix, pacman

TUI-based PDF viewer. Version 0.5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-31. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#tdf.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install tdf

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#tdf

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

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S tdf

Arch Linux sync databases · tdf · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

TUI-based PDF viewer

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

for_profiling
tdf

history

Project history and usage

tdf is a terminal-based PDF viewer designed for responsive use with large documents. It renders documents inside terminal environments and provides asynchronous rendering, search, hot reload, and reactive layouts.

Project history

The public Rust project began in 2024. Version 0.3.0, released in March 2025, rewrote the viewer around MuPDF for better rendering quality and performance; the 0.4 series improved the Kitty image backend and zoom behavior, and version 0.5.0 continued usability and stability work. The current changelog also records forthcoming Windows support.

Adoption history

The official README documents Cargo installation from Git and a Radicle clone identity. The supplied package metadata records Homebrew and Nix packages, widening installation beyond manual Rust builds.

How it is used

Users launch tdf with a document and navigate within a terminal UI. Optional Cargo features add EPUB and CBZ support, while the viewer provides search, hot reload, zooming, panning, color inversion, right-to-left display, and terminal-specific image rendering.

Why package nerds care

tdf is notable because it brings graphical document rendering into a terminal-native Rust workflow. Its MuPDF, fontconfig, Clang, Ratatui, and terminal image-protocol dependencies make it an interesting cross-section of systems packaging and modern TUI design.

Timeline

2024: The public tdf repository was created.
2025-03: Version 0.3.0 rewrote rendering around MuPDF.
2025-08: Version 0.4.0 introduced a new Kitty-oriented image backend.
2025-12: Version 0.5.0 was released.
Unreleased: The changelog records Windows support.

Related projects

Ratatui supplies the terminal UI framework, MuPDF supplies document rendering, and the optional feature set extends the PDF viewer to EPUB and CBZ documents. Radicle provides an alternative source-distribution route.

Sources

https://github.com/itsjunetime/tdf#readme
https://github.com/itsjunetime/tdf/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/itsjunetime/tdf/releases
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security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for tdf. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

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
`for_profiling`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`tdf`	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 version0.5.0

manager updated2026-05-31

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:tdf
Version	0.5.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/itsjunetime/tdf
Repository	https://github.com/itsjunetime/tdf
Last updated	2026-05-31T09:10:00Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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Nix95%

tdf

nix profile install nixpkgs#tdf

normalized package name match
Matched by: Tdf

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

pacman95%

tdf 0.5.0-3

A TUI-based PDF viewer

https://github.com/itsjunetime/tdf

sudo pacman -S tdf

License: MPL-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
7 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Tdf

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

source trail

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Combined YAML source

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combined/tdf.yml

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