# Install arttime with Homebrew Clock, timer, time manager and ASCII+ text-art viewer for the terminal. Version 2.4.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:arttime ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install arttime ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:arttime - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.4.0 - **Source summary:** Clock, timer, time manager and ASCII+ text-art viewer for the terminal - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - artprint (cli) - arttime (cli) - artprint (alias) - arttime (alias) ## Dependencies - fzf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.4.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/poetaman/arttime - Upstream latest detected: v2.4.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage arttime is a terminal clock, timer, time manager, and text-art viewer. It is intentionally small in the Unix sense: a shell-based interactive program that can be controlled from the keyboard, files, pipes, strings, or other processes. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in May 2022, and the first GitHub release, v1.0.0, was published on May 23, 2022. The README presents arttime as both a productivity tool and a platform for curated ASCII, ANSI, PETSCII, and Unicode text art. Release titles show the project growing quickly through 2022 and 2023: multiple timers and pattern-based time management arrived early, a universal Unix installer followed, v2.0.0 added history, completion, expressive timers, storyboards, and key-feeding support, and v2.1.0 added Windows WSL notification and sound support. ### Adoption history The README documents simple, manual, package-manager, and Docker installation paths. Homebrew appears in the provided package-manager facts, while the README's packaging section invites distribution maintainers to package arttime and points to release artifacts such as Debian packages. GitHub repository metadata reported over one thousand stars at research time. The README also includes a stargazer-location image and calls for artists, reflecting adoption as both a utility and a text-art collection. ### How it is used Users run `arttime` for a clock, timer, alarm, or repeating time-management pattern. The tool can associate timers with art, colors, and messages, show progress bars, switch time zones interactively, and store prompt history. A companion `artprint` script is installed for consistent art and message display from other shell workflows. The README highlights use with pipes and feeder programs for dynamic information such as system metrics, weather, and market feeds. ### Why package nerds care arttime is a package-nerd curiosity because it packages a highly interactive terminal UI as mostly shell, with a strong bias toward zero or minimal dependencies on Unix-like systems. It also treats terminal art as first-class package content rather than decoration. For Homebrew users, it is the kind of niche CLI that benefits from package-manager installability: a user can install it, get the `arttime` and `artprint` commands, and avoid chasing manual shell setup. ### Timeline - 2022: Repository created and v1.0.0 released. - 2022: v1.5.0 added multiple goals and pattern-based time management. - 2023: v2.0.0 added history, completion, expressive timers, storyboards, and key feeding. - 2025: v2.4.0 release focused on smoother operation across more systems. ### Related projects - The README acknowledges classic text artists, ascii-image-converter, and aewan as related influences or tools. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** arttime - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [fzf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fzf/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [boxes](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/boxes/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ascii-art, cli, productivity. - [countdown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/countdown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, timer. - [utimer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/utimer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, timer. - [a2ps](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/a2ps/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [abook](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abook/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [acronym](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/acronym/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [ad](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ad/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [aerc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aerc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [clock-rs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clock-rs/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, clock, productivity, terminal, time. - [page](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/page/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, productivity, terminal, text, viewer. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/arttime.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/arttime.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph