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Install ccat with Homebrew, scoop

Like cat but displays content with syntax highlighting. Version 1.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install ccat

local Homebrew formula metadata

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/ccat

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/ccat.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Like cat but displays content with syntax highlighting

Commands and aliases

  • ccat

history

Project history and usage

ccat is a small Go command-line utility that reimagines cat as a syntax-highlighting terminal viewer. Its official README describes it as a colorizing cat that works like cat while displaying source files with syntax highlighting.

Project history

The upstream GitHub repository was created in May 2015 and published MIT-licensed Go code. The README positions ccat as a native-speed, single-binary alternative to syntax highlighters such as Pygments and GNU source-highlight.

Adoption history

The README documents Homebrew installation on macOS, Arch Linux/AUR installation, standalone binaries, and source installation with Go. The supplied package facts also show distribution through Homebrew and Scoop.

How it is used

Typical usage is the cat-like form ccat FILE1 FILE2, reading from standard input, producing HTML output, selecting dark-background colors, changing token colors, or aliasing cat=ccat for interactive terminal use.

Why package nerds care

ccat matters as an example of the mid-2010s wave of single-purpose Go CLIs shipped as static-ish binaries and immediately wrapped by package managers. It is also a predecessor-in-spirit to later terminal viewers that made syntax-highlighted source display feel routine.

Timeline

  • 2015: GitHub repository created.
  • 2015: README documented Homebrew, AUR, standalone binary, and go get installation paths.
  • 2022: Repository metadata shows later maintenance activity.

Related projects

  • The README credits Sourcegraph's syntaxhighlight package and names Pygments and GNU source-highlight as alternatives.

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.
  • 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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
ccatcliglobal 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 version1.1.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.1.0

https://github.com/owenthereal/ccat

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:ccat
Version1.1.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ccat
Homepagehttps://github.com/owenthereal/ccat
Repositoryhttps://github.com/owenthereal/ccat
Upstream docshttps://github.com/owenthereal/ccat#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/owenthereal/ccat/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.0.tar.gz
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (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-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameccat
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Conflicts With
  • ccrypt
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Scoop95%

main/ccat

scoop install main/ccat
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ccat
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ccat.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

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

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • gatShares av.db curated category or tags: cat, cli, developer-tools, go, syntax-highlighting.
  • chromaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, syntax-highlighting.
  • nyanShares av.db curated category or tags: cat, cli, developer-tools, go, syntax-highlighting.
  • tmlShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, terminal.
  • ahaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal.
  • amttermShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal.

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.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • 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