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Install gitlogue with Homebrew, Nix, pacman

Cinematic Git commit replay tool. Version 0.9.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-20.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gitlogue

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gitlogue

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

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S gitlogue

Arch Linux sync databases · gitlogue · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Cinematic Git commit replay tool

Commands and aliases

  • gitlogue

history

Project history and usage

gitlogue is a Rust terminal application that replays Git commit history as an animated, cinematic view of code changes. It belongs to the family of terminal visualization tools rather than build or release automation.

Project history

The repository was created in November 2025 by unhappychoice. Its README presents the project as a cinematic Git commit replay tool with typing animation, syntax highlighting, file tree transitions, themes, and a screensaver mode.

Early releases quickly added practical visualization features, including a diff subcommand, theme additions, file-specific speed rules, date filtering, and more language support through tree-sitter.

Adoption history

Because gitlogue is young, its adoption history is thinner than long-lived Git tools. Its early visibility comes from GitHub interest, crates.io distribution, Homebrew packaging, Arch and Nix entries, and terminal-tool showcases referenced by the README.

How it is used

Practitioners use gitlogue for demos, teaching, presentations, content creation, ambient terminal displays, and exploring how a repository changed over time. Common options select a commit, range, author, date window, theme, typing speed, or ignore file.

Why package nerds care

gitlogue is package-nerd interesting as a modern Rust TUI shipped through Cargo, Homebrew, Nix, Arch, and an install script soon after its initial repository creation. It shows how fast small terminal tools can become multi-channel packages when the binary is self-contained.

Timeline

  • 2025: The unhappychoice/gitlogue repository was created.
  • 2025: v0.5.0 added date filtering and additional language support.
  • 2026: v0.7.0 added a diff subcommand for working tree changes.
  • 2026: v0.9.0 added more syntax-highlighting support and language injection handling.

Related projects

  • GitType, from the same author, is listed as a related Git visualization and coding project.
  • Terminal screensaver projects such as cbonsai, cmatrix, and pipes.sh are named in the README as neighboring terminal-display tools.

security posture

Risk level: yellow

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

  • generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

  • text:repl

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 2 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.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.config/gitlogue/config.toml.gitlogue-ignore

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
gitloguecliglobal 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 version0.9.0
manager updated2026-04-20
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.9.0

https://github.com/unhappychoice/gitlogue

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gitlogue
Version0.9.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gitlogue
Homepagehttps://github.com/unhappychoice/gitlogue
Repositoryhttps://github.com/unhappychoice/gitlogue
Upstream docshttps://github.com/unhappychoice/gitlogue#readme
LicenseISC
Source archivehttps://github.com/unhappychoice/gitlogue/archive/refs/tags/v0.9.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-04-20T20:58:22Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesopenssl@3
Build dependenciespkgconf, rust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegitlogue
Version Scheme0
Revision0
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.

Nix95%

gitlogue

nix profile install nixpkgs#gitlogue
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gitlogue
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gitlogue/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
pacman95%

gitlogue 0.9.0-1

A cinematic Git commit replay tool for the terminal

https://github.com/unhappychoice/gitlogue

sudo pacman -S gitlogue
  • License: ISC
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gitlogue
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: gitlogue from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • openssl@3Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • gituShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, terminal, tui.
  • gituiShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, terminal, tui.
  • serieShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, terminal, tui.
  • diff-so-fancyShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, terminal.
  • diffnavShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, tui.
  • diffrShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, terminal.

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 configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment