# Installer lolcat avec Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de lolcat pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:lolcat
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install lolcat
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install lolcat
```

  Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/lolcat/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add lolcat
```

  Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lolcat from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install lolcat
```

  Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: lolcat from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install lolcat
```

  Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lolcat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#lolcat
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S lolcat
```

  Preuve: Arch Linux sync databases: lolcat from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:lolcat
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Page du gestionnaire de paquets:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lolcat>
- **Version:** 100.0.1
- **Résumé source:** Rainbows and unicorns in your console!
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat>
- **Docs amont:** <https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat#readme>
- **Licence:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Archive source:** <https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat.git>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-06-06T17:04:14Z
- **Généré:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## exécutables

- lolcat (cli)
- lolcat (alias)

## Dépendances

- ruby

## Comportement d'installation

- hook post-installation: non défini
- Bouteille: disponible sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-07-08
- version du gestionnaire: 100.0.1
- gestionnaire mis à jour: 2026-06-06
- données locales: OK
- dépôt amont: https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## Historique du projet et usages

lolcat is a small Ruby command-line program for coloring terminal output with rainbow ANSI colors. Its upstream description is intentionally playful: 'Rainbows and unicorns!'

### Historique du projet

The official GitHub repository was created in August 2011. The README is minimal, showing the tool's visual output and installation commands for Linux and macOS rather than presenting a large manual.

The package follows the classic Unix filter pattern: install a small executable and pipe text through it to transform output. Its implementation is Ruby-only, and the repository includes a gemspec and man page alongside the `bin` and `lib` directories.

### Historique d'adoption

lolcat has broad package-manager presence for a toy CLI. The supplied package facts list Alpine, Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, and Ubuntu packages.

The official repository's star and fork counts show unusually high recognition for such a small utility, reflecting its spread through terminal screenshots, shell demos, and dotfile culture.

### Modes d'utilisation

Users typically pipe command output through `lolcat` to add rainbow color, or call `lolcat` directly on text files. The Homebrew package exposes the `lolcat` executable.

Because lolcat is cosmetic and does not manage state, it has no official config file or credentials file location.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

lolcat is package-nerd significant because it is pure terminal whimsy that became a real cross-distro package. It is often installed not because it is necessary, but because it makes pipelines, demos, and shell prompts visibly fun.

### Chronologie

- 2011: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2010s: lolcat spreads across common Unix-like package managers.
- 2024: Official repository activity continues on GitHub.

### Related projects

- lolcat is related to ANSI terminal color filters and shell-demo utilities, and is commonly combined with ordinary Unix commands through pipes.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/busyloop/lolcat>
- <https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat#readme>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Détails de la base source

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

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Debian apt - lolcat - 100.0.1-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: lolcat from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | colorful `cat` | https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat
- Nix - lolcat: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lo/lolcat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - lolcat - 100.0.1-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lolcat from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | colorful `cat` | https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat
- apk - lolcat - 1.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lolcat from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | High-performance implementation of lolcat | https://github.com/jaseg/lolcat/
- dnf - lolcat - 1.5-5.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lolcat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | High-performance implementation of a colorful cat | https://github.com/jaseg/lolcat/
- pacman - lolcat - 100.0.1-5: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: lolcat from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Okay, no unicorns. But rainbows!! | https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat
- MacPorts - lolcat: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/lolcat/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Liens liés

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Package publisher tools](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [ruby](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/ruby/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [lolcrab](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/lolcrab/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, color, system, terminal, terminal-utilities.
- [hr](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/hr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal, terminal-utilities.
- [abduco](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/abduco/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal.
- [ansiweather](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/ansiweather/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal.
- [bashish](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/bashish/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal.
- [bottom](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/bottom/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal.
- [clifm](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/clifm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal.
- [cmatrix](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/cmatrix/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- 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