install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install dashing

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install dashing

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/dashing/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#dashing

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

overview

Package summary

Generate Dash documentation from HTML files

Project links

Commands and aliases

dashing

history

Project history and usage

Dashing is a Go command-line generator for Dash-compatible docsets from existing HTML documentation.

Project history

The public GitHub release record starts with version 0.0.1 in July 2015, followed by 0.2.0 and 0.3.0 later that year and a maintenance update in 2019 for Go 1.13. Its README describes the project as a maintenance-stage tool that maps HTML with CSS selectors into a complete Dash docset.

Adoption history

Dashing's official README points users first to Homebrew and MacPorts, with prebuilt macOS binaries and Go installation as alternatives. That places it in the macOS documentation-tooling niche around Dash docsets rather than in a broad language-runtime ecosystem.

How it is used

A typical workflow is to run `dashing create` in an HTML documentation directory, edit `dashing.json`, and then build a `.docset` bundle for Dash.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, Dashing is useful because it turns arbitrary upstream HTML docs into the SQLite-backed docset format used by Dash and related offline-documentation workflows.

Timeline

2015: Initial 0.0.1 public release.
2015: 0.2.0 added regular expression support.
2019: 0.4.0 maintenance release updated the build to Go 1.13.

Related projects

Dash defines the docset format Dashing targets; Homebrew and MacPorts are documented installation paths.

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
`dashing`	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 version0.4.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detected0.4.0

https://github.com/technosophos/dashing

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:dashing
Version	0.4.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dashing
Homepage	https://github.com/technosophos/dashing
Repository	https://github.com/technosophos/dashing
Upstream docs	https://github.com/technosophos/dashing#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/technosophos/dashing/archive/refs/tags/0.4.0.tar.gz
Build dependencies	go
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

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	dashing
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
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%

dashing

nix profile install nixpkgs#dashing

normalized package name match
Matched by: Dashing

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/dashing/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

MacPorts95%

dashing

sudo port install dashing

normalized package name match
Matched by: Dashing

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/dashing/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/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.

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/dashing.yml

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

Install dashing with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix