# Install television with Homebrew, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, MacPorts

General purpose fuzzy finder TUI. Version 0.15.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#television.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:television
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install television
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install tv
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/tv/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#television
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S television
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/television
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/television.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id alexpasmantier.television -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: alexpasmantier.television from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:television
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.15.9
- **Source summary:** General purpose fuzzy finder TUI
- **Homepage:** <https://alexpasmantier.github.io/television/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:21:22-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- tv (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.15.9
## Project history and usage

Television is a fast, portable fuzzy finder for the terminal, exposed as the `tv` command. It belongs to the modern terminal-productivity niche: fuzzy search across files, text, Git repositories, environment variables, containers, and custom data sources.

### Project history

The alexpasmantier/television repository was created in September 2024, and GitHub releases show early packaged releases by November 2024. The project documentation describes it as a fuzzy finder that searches through many kinds of data in real time.

Television positions itself as a general-purpose, extensible terminal picker rather than only a file finder. Its docs emphasize built-in channels for common tasks and custom channels for arbitrary data sources.

### Adoption history

Television's adoption is early but visible in package-manager metadata: Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, and winget entries are present in the input facts, and the GitHub repository has thousands of stars and dozens of releases.

The tool spread through the same audience that uses fzf, skim, ripgrep, fd, and editor pickers: users who want a fast terminal UI and composable Unix workflows.

### How it is used

Users run `tv` as an interactive picker over built-in or custom channels. The official docs say it can search files, Git repositories, environment variables, Docker containers, and other sources, and that users can create custom channels.

For package nerds, Television matters because it is a new Rust-style terminal utility with prebuilt assets, a short executable name, shell integration, and config paths that package managers can normalize.

### Why package nerds care

Television is significant as part of the current wave of high-performance terminal UX tools: it packages a fuzzy matcher, preview UI, and channel system into one installable binary.

Its niche is not mature-infrastructure critical like Teleport or Telegraf, but it is package-manager interesting because rapid releases and cross-platform binaries make Brew and other managers the easiest way to keep the tool current.

### Timeline

- 2024: alexpasmantier/television repository created.
- 2024: Early GitHub release v0.4.15 published.
- 2025: Television gains package-manager and terminal-community visibility as a general-purpose fuzzy finder.
- 2026: 0.15.9 is published with release assets for macOS and Linux.

### Related projects

- fzf and skim are adjacent terminal fuzzy finders.
- Neovim Telescope is a conceptual neighbor in picker-driven workflows.
- Helix's nucleo matcher is part of the broader Rust terminal-search ecosystem referenced by related project material.

### Sources

- <https://alexpasmantier.github.io/television/>
- <https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television>
- <https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/releases/tag/0.15.9>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

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



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.config/television/config.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/television/config.toml, $TELEVISION_CONFIG/config.toml
- Windows: %LocalAppData%\television\config\config.toml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - television: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/television/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - television - 0.15.9-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: television from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A general purpose fuzzy finder for your terminal | https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television
- Scoop - extras/television: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/television.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - alexpasmantier.television: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: alexpasmantier.television from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- MacPorts - tv: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/tv/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Nix - tv: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tv/tv/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/television.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/television.yml)


## Sources

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