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Install git-cal with Homebrew, MacPorts

GitHub-like contributions calendar but on the command-line. Version 0.9.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install git-cal

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install git-cal

MacPorts ports tree · devel/git-cal/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

GitHub-like contributions calendar but on the command-line

Commands and aliases

  • git-cal

history

Project history and usage

git-cal is a small Perl command-line tool that renders a GitHub-style contributions calendar from local Git history. It reflects a developer-tools pattern of borrowing familiar forge visualizations and making them available inside the terminal.

Project history

The project is distributed from Karthik's GitHub repository and packaged as a single executable Perl script. Its repository exposes v0.9 and v0.9.1 tags, and the Homebrew formula packages v0.9.1 from the official GitHub archive.

Adoption history

The adoption evidence is modest: the project appears in Homebrew and MacPorts package records, with the official README documenting Homebrew installation. That points to a niche utility used by command-line Git users rather than a broad ecosystem project.

How it is used

Practitioners run git-cal inside or against a repository to inspect commit activity over roughly a year. Options support ANSI color, ASCII, Unicode output, author filtering, all-branch history, and path-limited history, making it useful for quick local activity summaries without opening a hosted forge.

Why package nerds care

For package catalogs, git-cal is notable mostly as a tiny Unix-style Git companion: one executable, no CPAN dependencies declared in Makefile.PL, and behavior driven by Git log output.

Related projects

  • git-cal relates to contribution graphs in hosted Git forges, especially GitHub's contribution calendar.

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.

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

CommandKindExposureNote
git-calcliglobal 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 version0.9.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.9.1

https://github.com/k4rthik/git-cal

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:git-cal
Version0.9.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-cal
Homepagehttps://github.com/k4rthik/git-cal
Repositoryhttps://github.com/k4rthik/git-cal
Upstream docshttps://github.com/k4rthik/git-cal#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/k4rthik/git-cal/archive/refs/tags/v0.9.1.tar.gz
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegit-cal
Version Scheme0
Revision1
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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.

MacPorts95%

git-cal

sudo port install git-cal
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Cal
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/git-cal/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.

Related tools

  • git-delete-merged-branchesPackage names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, command-line, control, developer, developer-tools.
  • git-graphPackage names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, command-line, control, developer, developer-tools.
  • git-openPackage names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, control, developer, developer-tools, git.

Same workflow

  • aicommitShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
  • aicommit2Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
  • aicommitsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
  • braidShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
  • cigShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
  • codeberg-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.

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.

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