# Installer mcat avec Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget

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

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:mcat
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mcat
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#mcat
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/mcat
```

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

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id skardyy.mcat -e
```

  Preuve: Windows Package Manager source index: skardyy.mcat from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:mcat
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Page du gestionnaire de paquets:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mcat>
- **Version:** 0.6.3
- **Résumé source:** Terminal image, video, directory, and Markdown viewer
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://github.com/Skardyy/mcat>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/Skardyy/mcat>
- **Docs amont:** <https://github.com/Skardyy/mcat#readme>
- **Licence:** MIT
- **Archive source:** <https://github.com/Skardyy/mcat/archive/refs/tags/v0.6.3.tar.gz>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-07-21T19:00:20Z
- **Généré:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00

## exécutables

- mcat (cli)
- mcat (alias)

## Dépendances de compilation

- rust

## 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: 2026-07-25
- version du gestionnaire: 0.6.3
- gestionnaire mis à jour: 2026-07-21
- données locales: OK
- dépôt amont: https://github.com/Skardyy/mcat
- dernière version détectée: v0.6.3 (à jour)
## Historique du projet et usages

mcat is a Rust command-line viewer for rendering images, videos, directories, and Markdown in a terminal workflow. It sits in the same practical niche as tools such as catimg, viu, chafa, and terminal Markdown previewers, but its README presents it as one small command for multiple rich media types.

### Historique du projet

The official GitHub repository was created in April 2025 and published early tagged releases the same month, with v0.1.3 appearing on GitHub releases on 2025-04-23. The project continued to ship frequent 0.x releases through 2026, including v0.6.2 in June 2026.

The README documents installation through Cargo, prebuilt GitHub releases, Homebrew, Nix, Scoop, and WinGet, which is typical for a modern Rust CLI that wants to be easy to try across macOS, Linux, and Windows.

### Historique d'adoption

The package-manager facts supplied for this run list mcat in Homebrew, Nix, Scoop, and WinGet. That breadth suggests adoption beyond a single ecosystem even though the project is still young.

GitHub repository metadata from July 2026 showed active recent maintenance and more than a thousand stars, indicating visible interest among terminal-tool users.

### Modes d'utilisation

mcat is used as a terminal-first preview command for images, video, Markdown, and directories. The README documents examples and optional fetching of Chromium and FFmpeg support when needed for richer rendering paths.

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

For package-history purposes, mcat is notable as part of the current wave of Rust CLIs that make terminals media-capable without asking users to leave the shell. Its value to package managers is straightforward: one small binary, cross-platform install paths, and obvious demo value.

### Chronologie

- 2025-04: GitHub repository created.
- 2025-04: v0.1.3 published on GitHub releases.
- 2026-06: v0.6.2 published on GitHub releases.

### Related projects

- Related terminal media viewers include chafa, viu, catimg, and terminal Markdown preview tools; mcat's official README positions it as a combined image, video, directory, and Markdown viewer rather than a single-format utility.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/Skardyy/mcat>
- <https://github.com/Skardyy/mcat#readme>
- <https://github.com/Skardyy/mcat/releases>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Notes de sécurité

Aucun manifest local de gestion des secrets correspondant n'a été trouvé pour mcat. Les métadonnées de paquet Nucleus restent publiées ici afin que la couverture future dispose d'une URL stable.


## Détails de la base source

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

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Nix - mcat: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mc/mcat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/mcat: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mcat.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - skardyy.mcat: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: skardyy.mcat from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Liens liés

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [aview](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/aview/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal.
- [catimg](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/catimg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal.
- [lsix](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/lsix/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal.
- [terminalimageviewer](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/terminalimageviewer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal.
- [timg](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/timg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal.
- [tpix](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/tpix/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal.
- [viu](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/viu/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal.
- [aalib](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/aalib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, terminal.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- 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