# 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. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:wthrr ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install wthrr ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#wthrr ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/wt/wthrr/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:wthrr - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.2.1 - **Source summary:** Weather Companion for the Terminal - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - wthrr (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.2.1 ## 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 Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Linux: ~/.config/weathercrab/wthrr.ron - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/weathercrab/wthrr.ron - Windows: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\weathercrab\wthrr.ron ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - wthrr: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/wt/wthrr/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/wthrr.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/wthrr.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