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Install cconv with Homebrew, apt, Nix

Iconv based simplified-traditional Chinese conversion tool. Version 0.6.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cconv

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install cconv

Debian stable package indexes · cconv · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#cconv

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/cc/cconv/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Iconv based simplified-traditional Chinese conversion tool

Commands and aliases

  • cconv

history

Project history and usage

cconv is an iconv-based command-line tool for converting Chinese text between Simplified and Traditional forms. In package-manager terms it is a small, old-school Unix text filter: narrow purpose, autotools build, and useful in pipelines where users need script conversion rather than a larger localization framework.

Project history

The official README calls cconv a simplified-traditional Chinese conversion tool based on iconv and notes that the GitHub repository is the project's new address. The GitHub repository was created in 2015, but the ChangeLog shows earlier 0.5 and 0.6 series development before the current v0.6.3 release line.

Adoption history

The input package facts list cconv packages in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, and Nix, which is typical for a compact C text-processing utility that remains useful even with a quiet upstream.

How it is used

The README presents cconv with iconv-style -f and -t encoding options and an example converting UTF-8 Simplified Chinese text to utf8-tw Traditional Chinese output.

Why package nerds care

cconv is the kind of utility package that survives because it does one culturally specific text transformation from the shell. Its interest is mostly practical: it exposes Chinese script conversion through familiar iconv-like flags and can be installed without a larger runtime.

Timeline

  • 0.5 series: Early cconv releases recorded in the official ChangeLog.
  • 0.6.0: Cross-handling logic rewritten and conversion conditions expanded.
  • 0.6.1-0.6.3: Tables and bug fixes updated.
  • 2015: Official GitHub repository created.

Related projects

  • GNU libiconv is referenced by the README as the model and underlying text-conversion context.
  • OpenCC is a related package-space neighbor for Chinese script conversion, although cconv is its own smaller iconv-like tool.

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 3 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
cconvcliglobal 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 version0.6.3
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.6.3

https://github.com/xiaoyjy/cconv

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:cconv
Version0.6.3
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cconv
Homepagehttps://github.com/xiaoyjy/cconv
Repositoryhttps://github.com/xiaoyjy/cconv
Upstream docshttps://github.com/xiaoyjy/cconv#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/xiaoyjy/cconv/archive/refs/tags/v0.6.3.tar.gz
Build dependenciesautoconf, automake, libtool
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 Namecconv
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • 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.

Debian apt95%

cconv 0.6.2-1.3

Simplified/Traditional Chinese conversion tool

http://code.google.com/p/cconv/

sudo apt install cconv
  • Section: text
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cconv
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: cconv from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libcconv-dev 0.6.2-1.3

development libraries for CCONV

http://code.google.com/p/cconv/

sudo apt install libcconv-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: cconv
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cconv
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libcconv-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libcconv0 0.6.2-1.3

library for cconv

http://code.google.com/p/cconv/

sudo apt install libcconv0
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: cconv
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cconv
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libcconv0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

cconv

nix profile install nixpkgs#cconv
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cconv
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cc/cconv/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

cconv 0.6.2-1.3build1

Simplified/Traditional Chinese conversion tool

http://code.google.com/p/cconv/

sudo apt install cconv
  • Section: universe/text
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cconv
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cconv from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libcconv-dev 0.6.2-1.3build1

development libraries for CCONV

http://code.google.com/p/cconv/

sudo apt install libcconv-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: cconv
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cconv
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcconv-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libcconv0 0.6.2-1.3build1

library for cconv

http://code.google.com/p/cconv/

sudo apt install libcconv0
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: cconv
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cconv
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcconv0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

package graph

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

Related tools

  • autoconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • automakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libtoolBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • libunicodeShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing, unicode.
  • scwsShares av.db curated category or tags: chinese, cli, developer-tools, text-processing.
  • unacShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing, unicode.
  • uniShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing, unicode.
  • uni2asciiShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing, unicode.
  • alignShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing.

source trail

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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