macOS
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Migemo is a tool that supports Japanese incremental search with Romaji. Version 20110227 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install cmigemoDebian stable package indexes · cmigemo · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install cmigemoFedora Rawhide package metadata · cmigemo · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#cmigemonixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/cm/cmigemo/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Migemo is a tool that supports Japanese incremental search with Romaji
Project links
Commands and aliases
- cmigemo
history
Project history and usage
C/Migemo is a C implementation of Migemo, a Japanese incremental-search tool that lets users type romanized text and search Japanese text without first converting the query to kana or kanji.
Project history
The official Japanese README dates C/Migemo to 2001-08-15, identifies MURAOKA Taro (KoRoN) as author, and describes it as a C reimplementation of Ruby/Migemo.
The KaoriYa project page explains that Ruby/Migemo generates regular expressions for searching Japanese from romanized input, and that C/Migemo was published as a C library so it could be embedded in Vim.
Adoption history
C/Migemo's adoption is concentrated in Japanese text-editing workflows, especially Vim and related incremental search integrations. The input package facts list it in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/dnf, and Nix, showing that it escaped a single editor bundle into Unix package repositories.
How it is used
The official documentation describes building the library, generating or obtaining the dictionary, and using the `cmigemo` program with a Migemo dictionary. Its practical use is as a library or command that converts romanized Japanese search terms into regular expressions suitable for incremental search.
Why package nerds care
C/Migemo is package-nerd interesting because it packages an editor-adjacent Japanese input/search workflow as a reusable C library and CLI. It also has dictionary-generation and encoding concerns, which are exactly the kind of locale-specific details that package maintainers have to make reproducible across Unix systems.
Timeline
- 2001-08-15: C/Migemo documented as starting date in the official README.
- 2013-01: GitHub repository created.
- 2022: GitHub repository shows recent source updates in the current metadata.
- 2025: KaoriYa site still lists C/Migemo and points to the GitHub source repository.
Related projects
- C/Migemo is explicitly related to Ruby/Migemo, Vim, SKK dictionaries, and Japanese incremental search tooling.
Sources
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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
cmigemo | 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 generated2026-07-08
manager version20110227
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://www.kaoriya.net/software/cmigemo
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.kaoriya.net/software/cmigemonone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:cmigemo |
|---|---|
| Version | 20110227 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cmigemo |
| Homepage | https://www.kaoriya.net/software/cmigemo |
| Repository | https://github.com/koron/cmigemo |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/koron/cmigemo#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/cmigemo/cmigemo-default-src-20110227.zip |
| Build dependencies | nkf |
| Bottle | available (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-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
| Caveats | See also https://github.com/emacs-jp/migemo to use cmigemo with Emacs. You will have to save as migemo.el and put it in your load-path. |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | cmigemo |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| 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%
cmigemo 1:1.2+gh0.20220623-1+b2
Japanese incremental search tool written in C - binary
http://www.kaoriya.net/software/cmigemo/
sudo apt install cmigemo- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: cmigemo
- 3 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cmigemo
Debian apt95%
cmigemo-common 1:1.2+gh0.20220623-1
Japanese incremental search tool written in C - common files
http://www.kaoriya.net/software/cmigemo/
sudo apt install cmigemo-common- Section: utils
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: cmigemo
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cmigemo
Debian apt95%
libmigemo-dev 1:1.2+gh0.20220623-1+b2
Japanese incremental search tool written in C - development binaries
http://www.kaoriya.net/software/cmigemo/
sudo apt install libmigemo-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: cmigemo
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cmigemo
Debian apt95%
libmigemo1 1:1.2+gh0.20220623-1+b2
Japanese incremental search tool written in C - library
http://www.kaoriya.net/software/cmigemo/
sudo apt install libmigemo1- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: cmigemo
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cmigemo
Debian apt95%
vim-migemo 1:1.2+gh0.20220623-1
VIM plugin for C/Migemo
http://www.kaoriya.net/software/cmigemo/
sudo apt install vim-migemo- Section: utils
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: cmigemo
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cmigemo
Nix95%
cmigemo
nix profile install nixpkgs#cmigemo- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cmigemo
Ubuntu apt95%
cmigemo 1:1.2+gh0.20220623-1build1
Japanese incremental search tool written in C - binary
http://www.kaoriya.net/software/cmigemo/
sudo apt install cmigemo- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: amd64
- 3 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cmigemo
Ubuntu apt95%
cmigemo-common 1:1.2+gh0.20220623-1build1
Japanese incremental search tool written in C - common files
http://www.kaoriya.net/software/cmigemo/
sudo apt install cmigemo-common- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: cmigemo
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cmigemo
Ubuntu apt95%
libmigemo-dev 1:1.2+gh0.20220623-1build1
Japanese incremental search tool written in C - development binaries
http://www.kaoriya.net/software/cmigemo/
sudo apt install libmigemo-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: cmigemo
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cmigemo
Ubuntu apt95%
libmigemo1 1:1.2+gh0.20220623-1build1
Japanese incremental search tool written in C - library
http://www.kaoriya.net/software/cmigemo/
sudo apt install libmigemo1- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: cmigemo
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cmigemo
Ubuntu apt95%
vim-migemo 1:1.2+gh0.20220623-1build1
VIM plugin for C/Migemo
http://www.kaoriya.net/software/cmigemo/
sudo apt install vim-migemo- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: cmigemo
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cmigemo
dnf95%
cmigemo 1.3-0.22.date20110227.fc44
C interface of Ruby/Migemo Japanese incremental search tool
http://www.kaoriya.net/software/cmigemo
sudo dnf install cmigemo- License: MIT AND GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: cmigemo
- 2 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cmigemo
dnf95%
cmigemo-devel 1.3-0.22.date20110227.fc44
Development files for cmigemo
http://www.kaoriya.net/software/cmigemo
sudo dnf install cmigemo-devel- License: MIT AND GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: cmigemo
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cmigemo
source trail
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