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Install glow with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper

Render markdown on the CLI. Version 2.1.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-13.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install glow

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install glow

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/glow/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add glow

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · glow · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install glow

Debian stable package indexes · glow · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install glow

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · glow · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#glow

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

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S glow

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

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install glow

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · glow · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/glow

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/glow.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id charmbracelet.glow -e

Windows Package Manager source index · charmbracelet.glow · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Render markdown on the CLI

Commands and aliases

  • glow

history

Project history and usage

Glow is a Charmbracelet terminal Markdown reader that renders files, URLs, repository READMEs, and standard input through a CLI and text user interface.

Project history

Charmbracelet published Glow in 2019 as a polished terminal Markdown viewer. The project fits the company's broader terminal UI ecosystem and uses Go releases to distribute binaries and packages across desktop and server platforms.

Adoption history

Glow's adoption came from a common CLI need: reading Markdown without leaving the terminal. Its README documents installation through Homebrew, MacPorts, Arch, Nix, Chocolatey, Scoop, Winget, Charmbracelet apt/yum repositories, Snap, Termux, and release binaries.

How it is used

Practitioners run glow with a Markdown file, a GitHub or GitLab repository path, an HTTP URL, or stdin. Running the executable without arguments opens the TUI, while flags control wrapping, paging, and styles.

Why package nerds care

Glow is package-nerd friendly because it is a single-purpose Go CLI with rich cross-platform packaging, pager integration, XDG-style configuration, and useful behavior in both interactive terminals and pipelines.

Timeline

  • 2019: v0.1 was published on GitHub releases.
  • 2020: v1.0.0 appeared in the release stream.
  • 2024: v2.0.0 appeared in the release stream.

Related projects

  • Glow is related to Charmbracelet's Glamour renderer and the wider Charmbracelet terminal UI toolkit family.

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

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
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/glow/glow.yml~/.config/glow/glow.yml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
glowcliglobal 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 generated2026-07-07
manager version2.1.2
manager updated2026-06-13
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.1.2

https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:glow
Version2.1.2
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/glow
Homepagehttps://github.com/charmbracelet/glow
Repositoryhttps://github.com/charmbracelet/glow
Upstream docshttps://github.com/charmbracelet/glow#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/charmbracelet/glow/archive/refs/tags/v2.1.2.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-13T23:34:56+02:00
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo
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 Nameglow
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • 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.

Debian apt95%

glow 2.0.0-1+b5

Render Markdown on the command-line

https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

sudo apt install glow
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: glow
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glow
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: glow from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

glow

nix profile install nixpkgs#glow
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glow
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gl/glow/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

glow 2.1.2-r1

Markdown renderer on the CLI, with pizzazz

https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

sudo apk add glow
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: glow
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glow
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: glow from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

glow-bash-completion 2.1.2-r1

Bash completions for glow

https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

sudo apk add glow-bash-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: glow
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glow
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: glow-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

glow-doc 2.1.2-r1

Markdown renderer on the CLI, with pizzazz (documentation)

https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

sudo apk add glow-doc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: glow
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glow
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: glow-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

glow-fish-completion 2.1.2-r1

Fish completions for glow

https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

sudo apk add glow-fish-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: glow
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glow
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: glow-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

glow-zsh-completion 2.1.2-r1

Zsh completions for glow

https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

sudo apk add glow-zsh-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: glow
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glow
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: glow-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

glow 2.1.2-1.fc45

Terminal based markdown reader

https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

sudo dnf install glow
  • License: Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT AND OFL-1.1
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: glow
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glow
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: glow from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

glow 2.1.2-1

Command-line markdown renderer

https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

sudo pacman -S glow
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glow
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: glow from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

glow 2.1.2-1.2

Render markdown on the CLI

https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

sudo zypper install glow
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: glow
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glow
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: glow from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

glow-bash-completion 2.1.2-1.2

Bash Completion for glow

https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

sudo zypper install glow-bash-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: glow
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glow
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: glow-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

glow-fish-completion 2.1.2-1.2

Fish Completion for glow

https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

sudo zypper install glow-fish-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: glow
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glow
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: glow-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

glow-zsh-completion 2.1.2-1.2

Zsh Completion for glow

https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

sudo zypper install glow-zsh-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: glow
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glow
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: glow-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

glow

sudo port install glow
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glow
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/glow/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/glow

scoop install main/glow
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glow
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/glow.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

charmbracelet.glow

winget install --id charmbracelet.glow -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glow
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: charmbracelet.glow from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

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

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  • gripShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown.
  • hoedownShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown.

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