macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cadubilocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install cadubi with Homebrew, apt
Creative ASCII drawing utility. Version 1.3.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install cadubi.
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Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install cadubiDebian stable package indexes · cadubi · source: deb.debian.org
overview
Package summary
Creative ASCII drawing utility
Project links
Commands and aliases
- cadubi
history
Project history and usage
CADUBI is a Perl terminal drawing program for creating ANSI/ASCII art in Unix-style consoles. Its name expands to Creative ASCII Drawing Utility By Ian, and its README dates the original program to around 1997.
Project history
The official README says CADUBI was written around 1997, before the author knew much about Perl or Unix, and that the code has not changed much since. The GitHub repository preserves the script, man page, help text, screenshots, and packaging-oriented README.
CADUBI belongs to the older terminal-art lineage where color, bold, inverse, and blink attributes are part of the drawing medium. Rather than being a bitmap editor, it edits text that can be displayed directly by cat, BBSes, email, login prompts, and terminal emulators.
Adoption history
The README says CADUBI became widely adopted and available as a package on most Linux distributions. The Homebrew input records packages in Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu, matching the project's own install notes.
How it is used
CADUBI provides a movable cursor, a current pen character, foreground and background colors, bold, inverse, blink, text mode, file read/write commands, and a size option for fixed-width workspaces. Its command-line form is cadubi [OPTIONS] [FILE].
Why package nerds care
CADUBI is package-nerd charming because it is a tiny historical Perl art tool that still packages cleanly: one script, a man page, a dependency on Term::ReadKey, and a workflow rooted in terminal capabilities rather than modern graphics stacks.
Timeline
- 1997: CADUBI is written, according to the official README.
- 2010s: Project is preserved on GitHub with README, screenshots, script, and man page.
- 2016: GitHub releases show cadubi-1.3.3 as the latest release.
- 2020s: CADUBI remains available through Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu packaging.
Related projects
- Related tools and traditions include ANSI art editors, ASCII art utilities, terminal BBS art, Perl console programs using Term::ReadKey, and classic text editors such as pico and joe whose key-driven feel the README references.
Sources
- https://github.com/statico/cadubi#readme
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/statico/cadubi/master/README.md
- source_facts.package-manager
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cadubi. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
cadubi | 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 generated2026-07-25
manager version1.3.4
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.3.4
https://github.com/statico/cadubi
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:cadubi |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.3.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cadubi |
| Homepage | https://github.com/statico/cadubi/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/statico/cadubi |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/statico/cadubi#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/statico/cadubi/archive/refs/tags/v1.3.4.tar.gz |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | cadubi |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
cadubi 1.3.4-7
Creative ASCII Drawing Utility By Ian
https://github.com/statico/cadubi
sudo apt install cadubi- Section: graphics
- Architecture: all
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cadubi
Ubuntu apt95%
cadubi 1.3.4-5
Creative ASCII Drawing Utility By Ian
https://github.com/statico/cadubi
sudo apt install cadubi- Section: universe/graphics
- Architecture: all
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cadubi
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.
Used sources
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment