# circumflex mit Homebrew, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für circumflex in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:circumflex
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install circumflex
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#circumflex
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ci/circumflex/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:circumflex
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/circumflex>
- **Version:** 4.4
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Hacker News in your terminal
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/bensadeh/circumflex>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/bensadeh/circumflex>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://github.com/bensadeh/circumflex#readme>
- **Lizenz:** MIT
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/bensadeh/circumflex/archive/refs/tags/4.4.tar.gz>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-27T07:45:58Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- clx (cli)
- clx (Alias)

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- go

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-07-08
- Manager-Version: 4.4
- Manager aktualisiert: 2026-06-27
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/bensadeh/circumflex
- neueste erkannte Version: 4.4 (aktuell)
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

circumflex is a Go terminal user interface for browsing Hacker News through the clx binary, with article reader mode, comment navigation, favorites, read history, themes, and vim-style keybindings.

### Projektgeschichte

The official repository was created in July 2020. The README describes a read-only Hacker News client that brings stories, comments, and article reader mode into a terminal interface.

The project has continued regular tagged releases through 4.4, which Homebrew packages from the official GitHub tag.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The README documents Homebrew, Nix, AUR, Go install, and source-run installation paths. Homebrew's formula builds the Go binary as clx and installs manpages plus shell completions for bash, zsh, and fish.

Homebrew analytics show moderate ongoing use for a terminal news reader, and the GitHub repository has visible interest for a focused TUI utility.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users run clx to browse Hacker News categories such as top, best, new, ask, show, and favorites; open comments; read linked articles in reader mode; mark or track read stories; and store favorites locally. The README states that circumflex is read-only and does not support logging in, voting, or commenting.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

circumflex is a polished example of the modern Go TUI package: a single binary with manpage and shell-completion artifacts, Homebrew/Nix/AUR/Go install routes, XDG-style config/cache paths, and local JSON state files.

### Zeitleiste

- 2020-07-28: GitHub repository created.
- 2020s: README documents Homebrew, Nix, AUR, Go install, and source install paths.
- 2026-06-27: 4.4 release published and used by Homebrew as the stable formula version.
- 2026: Homebrew bottles circumflex for macOS and Linux.

### Related projects

- Hacker News is the content source and user workflow that circumflex wraps.
- Homebrew, Nix, AUR, and Go install are the distribution paths named by the README.
- The clx binary is the installed command-line entry point for circumflex.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/bensadeh/circumflex#readme>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/bensadeh/circumflex>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/bensadeh/circumflex/releases>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/circumflex.json>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/master/Formula/c/circumflex.rb>


## Sicherheitshinweise

Für circumflex wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.



## 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

- Unix: ~/.config/circumflex/theme.toml
## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** circumflex
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - circumflex: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ci/circumflex/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/circumflex.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/circumflex.yml)


## Quellen

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
