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Install codevis with Homebrew, Nix

Turns your code into one large image. Version 0.8.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install codevis

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#codevis

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

overview

Package summary

Turns your code into one large image

Commands and aliases

  • codevis

history

Project history and usage

codevis is a Rust CLI that renders source code and UTF-8 text files in a folder into a single image, using syntax highlighting where possible.

Project history

The official repository presents codevis as a visualization utility rather than a language tool or build system. Its public GitHub metadata records the repository as created on January 17, 2022.

Adoption history

The supplied package facts list codevis in Homebrew and Nix. That is consistent with a small, self-contained developer utility whose main packaging concern is exposing the codevis executable.

How it is used

The README shows codevis being run with an input directory and optional output file, producing a PNG visualization of a repository or directory tree. It also points users to --help for the full CLI surface.

Why package nerds care

codevis matters to package nerds as a compact example of a Rust visualization CLI distributed through cargo and system package managers, with no daemon, account, or runtime service attached.

Timeline

  • 2022: The official GitHub repository metadata records repository creation on January 17.
  • README: codevis documents cargo installation and directory-to-image CLI usage.

Related projects

  • The README points to the author's related codemov video project and codevis-gui graphical interface.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:image

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 2 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
codeviscliglobal 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 version0.8.4
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.8.4

https://github.com/sloganking/codevis

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:codevis
Version0.8.4
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/codevis
Homepagehttps://github.com/sloganking/codevis
Repositoryhttps://github.com/sloganking/codevis
Upstream docshttps://github.com/sloganking/codevis#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/sloganking/codevis/archive/refs/tags/v0.8.4.tar.gz
Dependenciesoniguruma
Build dependenciespkgconf, rust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namecodevis
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
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.

Nix95%

codevis

nix profile install nixpkgs#codevis
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Codevis
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/codevis/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

  • onigurumaRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • git-graphShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust, visualization.
  • chronografShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, visualization.
  • codesnapShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, image-generation, rust, syntax-highlighting.
  • flamegraphShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, visualization.
  • git-big-pictureShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, visualization.
  • gprof2dotShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, visualization.

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