# Install defuddle with Homebrew, Nix Extract article content and metadata from web pages. Version 0.19.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:defuddle ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install defuddle ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#defuddle ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/de/defuddle/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:defuddle - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.19.1 - **Source summary:** Extract article content and metadata from web pages - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T15:24:06Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - defuddle (cli) - defuddle (alias) ## Dependencies - node ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.19.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://defuddle.md - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Defuddle is a web-page content extraction library and CLI for turning cluttered pages into readable HTML, Markdown, JSON, and metadata. ### Project history The official README says Defuddle was created for the Obsidian Web Clipper browser extension but designed to run in any environment. It positions the project as a replacement-style alternative to Mozilla Readability, with different tradeoffs around preserving uncertain content, metadata extraction, math, code blocks, and page standardization. The release stream shows a young, active project: a 0.1.1 release in March 2025 and frequent 0.x releases through 0.19.1 in June 2026. ### Adoption history Defuddle is distributed through npm for JavaScript and Node.js users, includes a global CLI, and is packaged by Homebrew. Its official site also exposes the core value proposition directly: getting the main content of a page as Markdown. ### How it is used Developers use Defuddle in browser code, Node.js code with a DOM implementation such as linkedom or JSDOM, or through the CLI. The README documents parsing local files, URLs, and stdin, with options for Markdown, JSON, frontmatter, property extraction, custom user agents, and debug output. ### Why package nerds care Defuddle is package-nerd-relevant because it packages article extraction as both a JavaScript library and a terminal command. It lives in the lineage of readability tools, but with modern Markdown, metadata, and Obsidian-oriented workflows baked into the distribution. ### Timeline - 2025: 0.1.1 is published. - 2026: 0.12.0 is published in March. - 2026: 0.19.1 is published in June. ### Related projects - The README names Obsidian Web Clipper as the original motivating application and Mozilla Readability as the closest conceptual comparison. ### 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:** defuddle - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - defuddle: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/de/defuddle/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [discount](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/discount/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markdown. - [html2markdown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/html2markdown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markdown. - [lowdown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lowdown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markdown. - [markdown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/markdown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markdown. - [mlc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mlc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markdown. - [pandoc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pandoc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markdown. - [action-docs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/action-docs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown. - [adr-viewer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adr-viewer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html. - [defuddle](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/defuddle/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: article, content, content-extraction, defuddle, extract. - [eleventy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/eleventy/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, markdown, node. - [js-beautify](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/js-beautify/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, html, node. - [defuddle](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/defuddle/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/defuddle.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/defuddle.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