macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install git-big-picturelocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install git-big-picture with Homebrew, apt, Nix
Visualization tool for Git repositories. Version 1.3.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install git-big-pictureDebian stable package indexes · git-big-picture · source: deb.debian.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-big-picturenixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/git-big-picture/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Visualization tool for Git repositories
Project links
Commands and aliases
- git-big-picture
history
Project history and usage
git-big-picture is a Python and Graphviz-based visualization tool that reduces a Git repository's commit DAG to the commits and refs that explain the repository's branch and tag structure.
Project history
The repository opened in 2011 and developed as a Git history visualizer rather than a general Git UI. Its README describes the tool as a filter: it removes uninteresting commits from the DAG and renders the remaining relationships with Graphviz.
The project later gained generated manual-page documentation, PyPI packaging, test automation, and examples showing reduced graphs for toy and real repositories. A 2026 maintainer notice placed the project in maintenance mode, with bug fixes and dependency updates accepted but feature expansion paused.
Adoption history
git-big-picture occupies a small but recognizable Git-tool niche: it helps developers explain topology in repositories where git log --graph is too noisy. Packaging in Homebrew, Debian-family systems, Nix, and PyPI made it easy to install alongside Graphviz.
How it is used
Practitioners run git-big-picture against a repository to produce SVG, PNG, PDF, Graphviz dot, or viewer output. Options select tags, branches, roots, merges, bifurcation commits, commit messages, simplification, history direction, output files, and viewers.
Why package nerds care
Package maintainers care because the executable is a classic Unix-style Git helper: small, scriptable, dependent on Graphviz, installable as git big-picture through PATH lookup, and useful for documentation screenshots or release notes.
Timeline
- 2011: Repository created.
- 2024: The generated man page documented git-big-picture 1.3.0.
- 2026: Maintainer notice marked the project as maintenance mode.
Related projects
- Related tools include Git's log graph output, Graphviz dot, PyPI packaging, and Git helper command integration through PATH lookup or aliases.
Sources
- https://api.github.com/repos/git-big-picture/git-big-picture
- https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-big-picture
- https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture
- https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture/blob/main/README.md
- https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture/blob/main/git-big-picture.1
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 1 platform targets.
- Installs with 2 runtime 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
git-big-picture | 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 version1.3.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picturenone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:git-big-picture |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.3.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-big-picture |
| Homepage | https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture |
| Repository | https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture#readme |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bb/df/15392f049576f9b3989ffe9d5ec12135f8d9618c089a6259c5a2c16556c9/git-big-picture-1.3.0.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | graphviz, python@3.14 |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | git-big-picture |
| 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 database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
git-big-picture 1.3.0-1
Visualization tool for Git repositories (executable)
https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture
sudo apt install git-big-picture- Section: vcs
- Architecture: all
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Big Picture
Debian apt95%
python3-git-big-picture 1.3.0-1
Visualization tool for Git repositories (module)
https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture
sudo apt install python3-git-big-picture- Section: python
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: git-big-picture
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Big Picture
Nix95%
git-big-picture
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-big-picture- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Big Picture
Ubuntu apt95%
git-big-picture 1.2.2-1
Visualization tool for Git repositories (executable)
https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture
sudo apt install git-big-picture- Section: universe/vcs
- Architecture: all
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Big Picture
Ubuntu apt95%
python3-git-big-picture 1.2.2-1
Visualization tool for Git repositories (module)
https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture
sudo apt install python3-git-big-picture- Section: universe/python
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: git-big-picture
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Big Picture
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.
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