# 使用 Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop 安装 mdcat

查看 mdcat 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:mdcat
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mdcat
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install mdcat
```

  证据: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/mdcat/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#mdcat
```

  证据: nixpkgs package indexes: mdcat from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/mdcat
```

  证据: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mdcat.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:mdcat
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 2.14.0
- **来源摘要:** Show markdown documents on text terminals
- **主页:** <https://github.com/BIRSAx2/mdcat>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/BIRSAx2/mdcat>
- **最后更新:** 2026-07-27T13:02:59Z
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- mdcat (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 2.14.0
## 项目历史与用法

mdcat is a Rust command-line renderer for Markdown/CommonMark documents in text terminals. It sits in the same user niche as cat, less, glow, and mdless, but emphasizes modern terminal features such as OSC 8 links, syntax highlighting, inline image protocols, math rendering, and terminal-specific navigation marks.

### 项目历史

The mdcat crate was first published on crates.io in January 2018. Its current README credits Sebastian Wiesner and Mouhieddine Sabir in the copyright notice and says the project is now maintained by BIRSAx2.

The upstream changelog shows an active 2.x line through 2024 and 2026: version 2.4.0 added limited table support in September 2024, version 2.7.0 moved remote resource handling to curl in November 2024, version 2.8.0 transferred maintenance to BIRSAx2 in June 2026, and version 2.9.0 added footnote and math rendering shortly afterward.

### 采用历史

mdcat moved from a Rust crate into mainstream package-manager culture. The input facts list packages in Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Scoop, while the Homebrew formula reported stable version 2.9.1 and installation analytics in 2026.

Crates.io reported about 190,000 total downloads and a 2026 newest version of 2.9.1, which makes mdcat one of the better-known Rust terminal Markdown viewers rather than a one-off sample program.

### 使用方式

Typical use is direct terminal viewing, for example `mdcat README.md`, with optional use as `mdless` when installed or linked that way for paging. Packagers are expected to consider shell completions and a man page built from `mdcat.1.adoc`.

The README documents best results in terminals with modern graphics and link protocols, including iTerm2, kitty, WezTerm, Ghostty, foot, and Sixel-capable xterm setups. It also documents a troubleshooting path through the `MDCAT_LOG` environment variable rather than a persistent configuration file.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

mdcat is interesting to package maintainers because it is a terminal UI tool whose quality depends on optional terminal capabilities and native libraries, especially libcurl and image-rendering support. That gives formulas and distro packages more surface area than a plain text filter.

It is also a useful marker for the Rust CLI wave: a small binary distributed through Cargo, Homebrew, Nix-style systems, and other package managers, with release artifacts and generated shell completions as package extras.

### 时间线

- 2018: mdcat crate first published on crates.io.
- 2024: The 2.x series added table support, shell completion generation, Ghostty image support, and curl-backed remote resources.
- 2026: Version 2.8.0 moved maintenance to BIRSAx2.
- 2026: Version 2.9.0 added footnote and math rendering.

### Related projects

- The README positions mdcat near terminal pagers and Markdown viewers, and documents `mdless` compatibility by allowing the binary to be linked or copied as `mdless` for automatic pagination.
- Its implementation relies on terminal ecosystem pieces such as syntect for code highlighting, resvg for SVG rendering, OSC 8 hyperlinks, and iTerm2, kitty, WezTerm, and Sixel graphics protocols.

### 来源

- <https://crates.io/crates/mdcat>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mdcat>
- <https://github.com/BIRSAx2/mdcat#readme>
- <https://github.com/BIRSAx2/mdcat/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md>
- source_facts.package-manager


## 安全说明

没有找到 mdcat 的匹配本地密钥处理 manifest。Nucleus 软件包元数据仍在此发布，以便未来覆盖拥有稳定的软件包 URL。


## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Nix - mdcat: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: mdcat from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- MacPorts - mdcat: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/mdcat/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/mdcat: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mdcat.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph