# Install cutter-cli with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget Unit Testing Framework for C and C++. Version 1.2.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cutter-cli ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cutter-cli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install cutter ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/cutter/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add cutter ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cutter from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#cutter ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cu/cutter/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S cutter ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: cutter from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/cutter ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/cutter.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Rizin.Cutter -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Rizin.Cutter from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cutter-cli - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.2.9 - **Source summary:** Unit Testing Framework for C and C++ - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LGPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cut-diff (cli) - cutter (cli) - cut-diff (alias) - cutter (alias) ## Dependencies - gettext - glib ## Build dependencies - autoconf - automake - gettext - gtk-doc - intltool - libtool - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.2.9 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/clear-code/cutter - Upstream latest detected: 1.2.9 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage Cutter is an xUnit-family unit testing framework for C and C++. Its README emphasizes easy test writing, debugging-oriented output, and tests built as shared libraries. ### Project history The upstream GitHub repository was created in 2011, while the project files preserve an older SourceForge-oriented homepage reference. The README names Kouhei Sutou, Hiroyuki Ikezoe, and Yuto Hayamizu as program authors and describes Cutter as a C/C++ testing framework built around recursively loaded `test_*.so` test modules. ### Adoption history Cutter's own USERS file lists projects that used it, including groonga, mroonga, milter manager, and other C/C++ or systems projects. That usage profile places it in the older Unix library-testing ecosystem: small, native-code projects that wanted richer test output without moving to a different language runtime. ### How it is used The normal command shape is `cutter [OPTION ...] TEST_DIRECTORY`; the runner searches recursively for shared-library tests and reports progress, failures, errors, pending tests, notifications, summaries, and optional XML output. Its feature list includes fixtures, automatic test discovery, many assertions, coverage support, backtraces, and multi-process or multi-thread support. ### Why package nerds care Cutter is package-nerd relevant because it is the kind of test framework that often exists as a build-time dependency for other native packages. Its 2025 release notes also show a packaging-oriented maintenance detail: moving official source archive distribution to GitHub Releases. ### Timeline - 2011: Public GitHub repository created. - 2015: GitHub release 1.2.5 published. - 2019: GitHub release 1.2.7 published. - 2025: Release 1.2.9 published, with source archives distributed through GitHub Releases. ### Related projects - The upstream USERS file lists groonga, mroonga, milter manager, Hatohol, and several other projects as Cutter users. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** cutter-cli - **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 - MacPorts - cutter: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/cutter/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Nix - cutter: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cu/cutter/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - cutter - 1.04-r5: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cutter from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A program that allows firewall administrators to abort TCP/IP connections | http://www.digitage.co.uk/digitage/software/linux-security/cutter - pacman - cutter - 1.04-3: installed executable or alias match | Arch Linux sync databases: cutter from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | TCP/IP Connection cutting on Linux Firewalls and Routers | http://www.digitage.co.uk/digitage/software/linux-security/cutter - Scoop - extras/cutter: installed executable or alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/cutter.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - Rizin.Cutter: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: Rizin.Cutter from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## 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. - [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [autoconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [automake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gtk-doc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gtk-doc/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [check](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/check/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, testing, unit-testing. - [cppunit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cppunit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, testing, unit-testing. - [cxxtest](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cxxtest/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing, unit-testing, xunit. - [shunit2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/shunit2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing, unit-testing, xunit. - [busted](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/busted/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing, unit-testing. - [creduce](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/creduce/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, testing. - [csmith](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/csmith/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, testing. - [phpunit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/phpunit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing, unit-testing. - [lunar-date](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lunar-date/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: c, cli, developer, developer-tools, gettext. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cutter-cli.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cutter-cli.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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