# Install utftex with Homebrew

Pretty print math in monospace fonts, using a TeX-like syntax. Version 1.31 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-28.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:utftex
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install utftex
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:utftex
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.31
- **Source summary:** Pretty print math in monospace fonts, using a TeX-like syntax
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/bartp5/libtexprintf>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/bartp5/libtexprintf>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-28T14:21:42+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- utfstringinfo (alias)
- utftex (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.31
## Project history and usage

utftex is the command-line program shipped with libtexprintf for pretty-printing TeX-like mathematical notation as UTF-8 text in monospace fonts. The official README presents it as a way to unlock Unicode math in terminal and other monospace text applications.

### Project history

The official README says utftex was inspired by asciiTeX and an improved asciiTeX fork, but supports more TeX syntax and includes extensive Unicode tables mapping LaTeX commands to Unicode symbols. GitHub releases show the project publishing tagged releases by 2022 and continuing through v1.31 in 2026.

### Adoption history

The input package metadata lists utftex in Homebrew. The upstream README also names downstream users and integrations, including a Julia wrapper, kramdown-rfc, a GUI, a Telegram bot, a Neovim Markdown renderer, and euporie.

### How it is used

The typical CLI use is to pass a TeX-like expression such as a fraction, vector, array, bracketed expression, or styled math symbol to `utftex` and receive aligned UTF-8 text. The companion `utfstringinfo` utility analyzes UTF-8 strings and reports byte sequences, code points, and matching utftex commands when available.

### Why package nerds care

utftex is package-nerd interesting because it is a tiny terminal-formatting utility at the intersection of TeX, Unicode, monospace fonts, Markdown, RFC tooling, and notebook-style terminal interfaces.

### Timeline

- 2022-07-06: GitHub release v1.11 published.
- 2026-03-13: GitHub release v1.31 published.

### Related projects

- The official README names asciiTeX, the larseggert asciiTeX fork, JuliaStrings/LibTeXPrintf.jl, kramdown-rfc, utftex-gui, utftexbot, render-markdown.nvim, and euporie.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/bartp5/libtexprintf>
- <https://github.com/bartp5/libtexprintf/releases>
- 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


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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