# Install crates-tui with Homebrew, Nix TUI for exploring crates.io using Ratatui. Version 0.1.25 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:crates-tui ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install crates-tui ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#crates-tui ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cr/crates-tui/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:crates-tui - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.1.25 - **Source summary:** TUI for exploring crates.io using Ratatui - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - crates-tui (cli) - crates-tui (alias) ## Build dependencies - pkgconf - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.1.25 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ratatui/crates-tui - Upstream latest detected: v0.1.25 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage crates-tui is a Ratatui-based terminal interface for exploring crates.io. It combines Rust package discovery with a reference implementation for small to medium Ratatui applications. ### Project history The ratatui/crates-tui repository was created in February 2024. Its README describes a simple crates.io explorer with clipboard support for cargo add commands, browser links for documentation and crates.io pages, configurable key chords, custom widgets, and async crate metadata fetching. ### Adoption history Official installation documentation is oriented first around cargo install, with an Arch Linux AUR example. Homebrew and Nix packaging in the supplied package facts indicate that it also moved into general-purpose package-manager distribution. ### How it is used Users run crates-tui to search crates.io from the terminal, inspect crate summaries, copy cargo add commands, and open documentation or crates.io pages in a browser. ### Why package nerds care crates-tui is package-nerd software in two senses: it is a package browser for the Rust ecosystem, and its upstream README explicitly frames the repository as an opinionated reference for organizing Ratatui TUI applications. ### Timeline - 2024: ratatui/crates-tui repository created. - 2024: v0.1.3 release published. - 2024: v0.1.7 release published. ### Related projects - The project is built on Ratatui and targets crates.io workflows; its README points readers to ratatui.rs for related tutorial material. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: $CRATES_TUI_CONFIG_HOME/config.toml, $CRATES_TUI_CONFIG_HOME/color.yaml, ./.config/config.toml, ./.config/color.yaml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** crates-tui - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - crates-tui: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cr/crates-tui/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cargo-binstall](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-binstall/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, rust. - [orogene](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/orogene/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, rust. - [rattler-index](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rattler-index/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, rust. - [uv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/uv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, rust. - [wally](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/wally/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, rust. - [akku](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/akku/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management. - [bower](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bower/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management. - [brew-gem](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/brew-gem/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management. - [cargo-features-manager](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-features-manager/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, management, rust. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/crates-tui.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/crates-tui.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph