macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
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Install wthrr with Homebrew, Nix
Weather Companion for the Terminal. Version 1.2.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#wthrr.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#wthrrnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/wt/wthrr/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Weather Companion for the Terminal
Project links
Commands and aliases
- wthrr
history
Project history and usage
wthrr, branded upstream as wthrr-the-weathercrab, is a Rust terminal weather companion. It displays current weather, forecasts, historical weather requests, units, language settings, and styled terminal output while using Open-Meteo as its weather data source.
Project history
The project appeared on crates.io in 2022-08-13, with the crate description `Weather companion for the terminal`. Its README presents the tool as a TUI-first weather companion that can run with no arguments, accept an address, auto-detect a nearby weather station, or save defaults to a RON config file.
The 1.0.0 release arrived on crates.io on 2023-03-18 after release-candidate builds in March 2023. Later 1.x releases added and refined features around forecasts, display, localization, config handling, and packaging; the GitHub release page for 1.2.1 notes dependency updates, Homebrew installation support, and a Unicode-width border fix.
Adoption history
wthrr's adoption is modest but visible in the Rust CLI niche. The crates.io API reported more than 40,000 total downloads as of this enrichment run, and the README points users to crates.io, git source installation, and platform-specific installation instructions.
The tool appeals to terminal users who want richer weather output than a minimal curl-to-weather service but do not want a full desktop or browser app. Its screenshots and README emphasize terminal colors, Nerd Font symbols, hourly and weekly forecasts, and saved per-user defaults.
How it is used
The simplest command is `wthrr`, which uses saved defaults or tries to find a nearby station; users can pass an address such as `wthrr melbourne`, specify units like Fahrenheit and mph, request forecasts, or ask for historical weather dates with `-F`.
Configuration is saved in `wthrr.ron` under platform-specific app config directories. The README documents defaults for address, language, forecast display, units, border style, graph style, color mode, and greeting behavior.
Why package nerds care
wthrr is a small but polished example of the Rust terminal-app ecosystem: a single-purpose CLI with a themed identity, structured config, Unicode-heavy TUI presentation, and an external open-data weather API rather than a bundled data source.
Timeline
- 2022-08-13: The wthrr crate was created on crates.io.
- 2023-03-12: crates.io recorded the 1.0.0 release-candidate line.
- 2023-03-18: crates.io recorded wthrr 1.0.0.
- 2024-06-13: crates.io recorded wthrr 1.2.0.
- 2024-10-04: crates.io recorded wthrr 1.2.1.
Related projects
- Open-Meteo is credited by the README as the weather API used by the app.
- The Rust crates.io package is the primary language-registry distribution surface for the project.
Sources
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.
- Linux
~/.config/weathercrab/wthrr.ron- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/weathercrab/wthrr.ron- Windows
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\weathercrab\wthrr.ron
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
wthrr | 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 version1.2.1
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:wthrr |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/ttytm/wthrr-the-weathercrab |
| Repository | https://github.com/ttytm/wthrr-the-weathercrab |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
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Nix95%
wthrr
nix profile install nixpkgs#wthrr- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Wthrr
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