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Encodes (and decodes) data as emojis. Version 2.0.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15.
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Package summary
Encodes (and decodes) data as emojis
Project links
Commands and aliases
- ecoji
history
Project history and usage
Ecoji is a deliberately playful binary-to-text encoding tool that represents data with emoji rather than Base64-style alphabets. The official README calls the Go repository the canonical implementation of the Ecoji standard.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in March 2018 and the first GitHub release, v1.0.0, was published the same month. The README describes Ecoji as encoding data with 1024 emojis and documents a command-line tool plus a Go library implementation.
Version 2 of the Ecoji standard was released in 2022 with an improved emoji set. The README keeps compatibility with version 1 as the default behavior unless the newer encode flag is used.
Adoption history
Ecoji's adoption is niche but visible across language communities. The official README lists implementations or library packages for D, Gleam, Java, JavaScript, .NET, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Swift, Zig, and Go, with the Go repository serving as the canonical implementation.
Homebrew packages the `ecoji` CLI, while the README also supports installation through `go install`, giving both package-manager and Go-toolchain paths.
How it is used
Typical use is command-line encoding or decoding of stdin or a file. The README examples show data encoded as emoji text, decoded back to the original bytes, and used as a more visually distinctive representation of hashes or short identifiers.
The README also warns that using emoji encodings for hashes or identifiers has practical risks on systems with poor UTF-8 emoji support, font differences, or similar-looking emoji.
Why package nerds care
Ecoji is package-nerd candy: it is a serious base-1024 encoding wrapped in a memorable CLI, complete with a canonical standard, compatibility behavior, cross-language implementations, and a Homebrew formula.
It also marks a small era of developer tools that used Unicode and emoji as data transport or display surfaces, testing the assumptions of terminals, fonts, shells, and package metadata.
Timeline
- 2018-03: GitHub repository created.
- 2018-03: Ecoji v1.0.0 released.
- 2022: Version 2 of the Ecoji standard released with an improved emoji set.
- 2025-10: GitHub release v2.0.2 published.
Related projects
- Base64 is the conventional binary-to-text encoding Ecoji implicitly contrasts with in its examples.
- The official README lists third-party Ecoji implementations across several programming languages.
- The Unicode emoji standard is the character repertoire Ecoji depends on.
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 6 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
ecoji | 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 version2.0.2
manager updated2026-06-15
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.0.2
https://github.com/keith-turner/ecoji
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:ecoji |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ecoji |
| Homepage | https://ecoji.io |
| Repository | https://github.com/keith-turner/ecoji |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/keith-turner/ecoji#readme |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://github.com/keith-turner/ecoji/archive/refs/tags/v2.0.2.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-15T10:20:15-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build dependencies | go |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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 | ecoji |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source trail
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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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment