macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install wtfutillocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install wtfutilMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/wtfutil/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 2060
Install wtfutil with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix
Personal information dashboard for your terminal. Version 0.50.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#wtfutil.
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Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add wtfutilAlpine Linux edge package indexes · wtfutil · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#wtfutilnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/wt/wtfutil/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Personal information dashboard for your terminal
Project links
Commands and aliases
- wtfutil
history
Project history and usage
WTFUtil, whose executable is `wtfutil` and whose upstream project name is WTF, is a terminal dashboard for aggregating personal, operational, and developer information into configurable TUI widgets. Its documentation describes it as a dashboard for monitoring systems, services, and important information such as calendars, Git and GitHub repositories, deployments, Jira tickets, time zones, and dozens of modules.
Project history
The project was created by Chris Cummer and published as a Go terminal dashboard in 2018; the Go module proxy records v0.0.1 on 2018-05-17. The README credits Monica Dinculescu's tiny-care-terminal as inspiration and tcell/tview as the terminal UI foundation.
WTFUtil grew into a module-driven dashboard: the docs split configuration, module documentation, and development guidance, and the README notes that documentation later moved to a separate wtfdocs repository. The project also developed a contributor culture around adding modules, with docs for generating new widgets and many service-specific integrations.
After a quiet period, maintainer Ricardo N. Feliciano wrote in 2025 that Chris Cummer had added him as lead maintainer to revive the project, repair tooling and CI, update dependencies, fix major bugs, and ship the first release in roughly two years. The current README also announces preparation for v1.0 and a planned rename from WTF to Tessera.
Adoption history
The upstream README says WTF is used by thousands of developers and tech people, and a 2021 Airbrake interview described it as having more than 13,000 GitHub stars and more than 150 contributors at that time. Those figures are secondary but consistent with a widely used developer productivity tool rather than a one-person script.
Its adoption is tied to the terminal-dashboard niche: users who live in terminals can replace scattered browser tabs or service pages with a single grid of modules. Official docs and the README list modules for GitHub, Google Calendar, Hacker News, Have I Been Pwned, New Relic, OpsGenie, Trello, Transmission, and many more.
How it is used
Users run `wtfutil` to launch the dashboard, then configure modules in a YAML file. Modules are positioned and configured in `config.yml`, and command-line flags can select a config file, show module help, print version information, or show global help.
The tool is most useful as an at-a-glance status surface: a developer might combine GitHub review requests, calendar events, incident schedules, deployment status, news feeds, time zones, and service health into one terminal screen. Its significance is less about deep workflow automation and more about reducing the need to keep many low-frequency information sources open.
Why package nerds care
WTFUtil is one of the better-known Go TUIs from the late 2010s terminal-productivity wave. For package nerds, it is interesting because it turned a configurable dashboard into a single cross-platform binary with a large catalog of optional service modules, then later faced the common open-source maintenance question of reviving a popular but dormant tool.
Timeline
- 2018-05-17: Go module tag v0.0.1 was published.
- 2019: The official docs blog records a run of v0.14.0 through v0.19.1 releases and a Homebrew installation note.
- 2021: Airbrake interviewed creator Chris Cummer about WTFUtil's popularity among Go and DevOps users.
- 2025-06-16: Ricardo N. Feliciano announced he had become lead maintainer and planned a revival release cycle.
- 2026-04-17: Go module tag v0.49.1 was published.
- 2026-06-30: Go module tag v0.50.0 was published.
Related projects
- tiny-care-terminal inspired WTFUtil's original dashboard idea.
- tcell and tview provide the terminal UI foundations named in the README.
- wtfdocs is the separate documentation repository linked by the README.
Sources
- https://dev.to/airbrake/an-interview-with-chris-cummer-wtfutil-134g
- https://github.com/wtfutil/wtf#readme
- https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/wtfutil/wtf/@v/v0.0.1.info
- https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/wtfutil/wtf/@v/v0.49.1.info
- https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/wtfutil/wtf/@v/v0.50.0.info
- https://wtfutil.com/
- https://wtfutil.com/blog/home/
- https://wtfutil.com/development/creating_new_modules/
- https://wtfutil.com/modules/
- https://wtfutil.com/quick_start/
- https://www.feliciano.tech/blog/wtf-just-happened-a-new-maintainer-appears/
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
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.
local files
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
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.config/wtf/config.yml${WTF_CONFIG}
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
wtfutil | 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 version0.50.0
manager updated2026-07-25
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:wtfutil |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.50.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://wtfutil.com |
| Repository | https://github.com/wtfutil/wtf |
| Last updated | 2026-07-25T22:40:22+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
wtfutil
nix profile install nixpkgs#wtfutil- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wtfutil
apk95%
wtfutil 0.43.0-r24
personal information dashboard
sudo apk add wtfutil- License: MPL-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wtfutil
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wtfutil
MacPorts95%
wtfutil
sudo port install wtfutil- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wtfutil
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation