install

Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install bookloupe

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

List common formatting errors in a Project Gutenberg candidate file

Project links

Commands and aliases

bookloupe
loupe-test

history

Project history and usage

bookloupe is a small proofreading helper for Project Gutenberg and Distributed Proofreaders workflows. It scans candidate text files for common formatting mistakes rather than acting as a general prose linter.

Project history

The supplied official homepage and documentation identify bookloupe with Project Gutenberg candidate-file checking. Its Mercurial repository URL in the current curation points to the author's project host, which fits the older small-tool pattern of a personal website plus lightweight source-control browser.

Adoption history

Adoption appears narrow and community-specific. The input package metadata lists Homebrew as the only package manager, suggesting that bookloupe is packaged mainly for users who already know the Project Gutenberg proofreading workflow and want the CLI available on macOS.

How it is used

Users run bookloupe on a candidate text file to list likely formatting errors. The current curation records an ini-file search path that starts in the working directory and program directory, then falls back to XDG-style Unix config paths or a Windows local application-data file.

Why package nerds care

bookloupe is interesting as a preservation-workflow package: a tiny, domain-specific CLI that exists because a volunteer text-production process needed repeatable local checks. Its package-manager footprint is small, but that is exactly the kind of niche tool package indexes keep discoverable.

Timeline

Unknown: Project originated as a Project Gutenberg or Distributed Proofreaders formatting checker.
Unknown: Official documentation and Mercurial repository hosted under juiblex.co.uk.
Current input: Homebrew packages bookloupe with the `bookloupe` and `loupe-test` executables.

Related projects

Project Gutenberg is the target publication ecosystem named in the package description.
Distributed Proofreaders is implied by the official pgdp homepage path and the candidate-file proofreading workflow.

Sources

current_curation.config-file-location
current_curation.repo
source_facts.description
source_facts.executables
source_facts.homepage
source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: bookloupe.ini in the current working directorybookloupe.ini in the directory containing the bookloupe program$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bookloupe.ini~/.config/bookloupe.ini
Windows: bookloupe.ini in the current working directorybookloupe.ini in the directory containing the bookloupe program%LOCALAPPDATA%\bookloupe.ini

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`bookloupe`	cli	global executable
`loupe-test`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version2.0

manager updated2026-05-19

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

http://www.juiblex.co.uk/pgdp/bookloupe/

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.http://www.juiblex.co.uk/pgdp/bookloupe/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:bookloupe
Version	2.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bookloupe
Homepage	http://www.juiblex.co.uk/pgdp/bookloupe/
Repository	http://project.juiblex.co.uk/hg/bookloupe
Upstream docs	http://project.juiblex.co.uk/hg/bookloupe/raw-file/tip/doc/bookloupe.txt
License	GPL-2.0-only
Source archive	http://www.juiblex.co.uk/pgdp/bookloupe/bookloupe-2.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-05-19T13:03:28-04:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	gettext, glib
Build dependencies	pkgconf
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	bookloupe
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	yes
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/bookloupe.yml

Used sources

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

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