# 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. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cadubi ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cadubi ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install cadubi ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: cadubi from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cadubi - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.3.4 - **Source summary:** Creative ASCII drawing utility - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00 ## Executables - cadubi (cli) - cadubi (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-25 - Package-manager version: 1.3.4 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/statico/cadubi - Upstream latest detected: v1.3.4 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes 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. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** cadubi - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - cadubi - 1.3.4-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cadubi from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Creative ASCII Drawing Utility By Ian | https://github.com/statico/cadubi - Ubuntu apt - cadubi - 1.3.4-5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cadubi from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Creative ASCII Drawing Utility By Ian | https://github.com/statico/cadubi ## 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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [jp2a](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jp2a/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ascii-art, cli, media. - [aalib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aalib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ascii-art, cli, media, terminal. - [aview](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aview/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ascii-art, cli, media, terminal. - [durdraw](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/durdraw/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ansi-art, ascii-art, cli, media. - [libcaca](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libcaca/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ascii-art, cli, media, terminal. - [ansilove](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ansilove/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ansi-art, ascii-art, cli, media. - [bk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, terminal. - [catimg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/catimg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, terminal. - [glyph](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glyph/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: art, ascii, ascii-art, cli, media. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cadubi.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cadubi.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