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Install chalk-cli with Homebrew, Nix

Terminal string styling done right. Version 6.0.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install chalk-cli

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#chalk

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

overview

Package summary

Terminal string styling done right

Commands and aliases

  • chalk

history

Project history and usage

chalk-cli is the command-line wrapper for Chalk-style terminal text formatting. It lets shell users apply ANSI color and style formatting to arguments or standard input without writing a Node.js script.

Project history

The GitHub repository and npm package were created in July 2015. The README presents it as terminal string styling for the command line and points users to the main chalk package for supported styles.

GitHub releases show a v5 line in 2021 and 2023, followed by v6.0.0 in 2025.

Adoption history

The package is published on npm as chalk-cli, and the Homebrew input identifies a Homebrew formula plus a Nix package mapping. Its adoption mostly follows the larger Chalk ecosystem rather than a separate application ecosystem.

How it is used

The CLI accepts one or more styles plus a string, or it can read piped input with --stdin. It also supports style templates and a demo mode for showing available Chalk styles.

Why package nerds care

chalk-cli is a small but tidy example of a JavaScript library becoming a Unix-style command. It matters to package nerds because it turns a popular Node terminal-formatting API into a composable shell filter.

Timeline

  • 2015: GitHub repository and npm package created.
  • 2021: v5.0.0 release published on GitHub.
  • 2023: v5.0.1 release published.
  • 2025: v6.0.0 release published.

Related projects

  • chalk/chalk is the API package that chalk-cli wraps and the README links for supported styles.

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 1 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime 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
chalkcliglobal 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 version6.0.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/chalk/chalk-cli

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/chalk/chalk-clinone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:chalk-cli
Version6.0.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/chalk-cli
Homepagehttps://github.com/chalk/chalk-cli
Repositoryhttps://github.com/chalk/chalk-cli
Upstream docshttps://github.com/chalk/chalk-cli#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://registry.npmjs.org/chalk-cli/-/chalk-cli-6.0.0.tgz
Dependenciesnode
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namechalk-cli
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.

Nix92%

chalk

nix profile install nixpkgs#chalk
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Chalk
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ch/chalk/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/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

  • nodeRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

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  • fzfShares 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