# Install wik with Homebrew

View Wikipedia pages from your terminal. Version 2.0.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-10.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:wik
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install wik
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:wik
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.0.1
- **Source summary:** View Wikipedia pages from your terminal
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/yashsinghcodes/wik>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/yashsinghcodes/wik>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-10T11:32:02Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- wik (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.0.1
## Project history and usage

WIK is Yash Singh's Python command-line tool for reading and searching Wikipedia from a terminal. It is intentionally small: the README describes search, full information, quick summaries, language selection, random pages, and an on-disk cache for repeated or offline-ish lookups.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created on June 16, 2021. Public package history on PyPI shows early 1.x releases in February 2022, a 1.4.0 release in March 2023, and a 2.0.1 release on January 21, 2026.

### Adoption history

WIK's adoption is modest but visible for a niche terminal Wikipedia client: the GitHub repository showed about 678 stars and 20 forks in July 2026, and PyPI listed the project as production/stable with Yash Singh as maintainer.

### How it is used

Users call `wik -s` to search, `wik -i` to get information, `wik -q` for a quick summary, `wik -l` for another language, or `wik -x` for a random article. The cache feature makes repeated page access faster and gives the tool a simple terminal-notes feel without turning it into a full browser.

### Why package nerds care

WIK is part of a long tail of CLI wrappers around Wikipedia and MediaWiki content. Its package interest is its minimal Python implementation and the familiar pattern of turning a web knowledge source into a terminal-native lookup command.

### Timeline

- 2021-06-16: GitHub repository created.
- 2022-02-26: PyPI release history lists version 1.1.0.
- 2023-03-15: PyPI release history lists version 1.4.0.
- 2026-01-21: PyPI lists version 2.0.1 as the latest release.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/yashsinghcodes/wik - GitHub repository creation and adoption counters>
- <https://github.com/yashsinghcodes/wik - upstream README and repository overview>
- <https://pypi.org/project/wik/ - PyPI project description and release history>


## Security Notes

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



## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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