# Install gource with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Version Control Visualization Tool. Version 0.56 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gource ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gource ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install gource ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/gource/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add gource ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gource from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install gource ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: gource from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install gource ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gource from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#gource ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/gource/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S gource ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: gource from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install gource ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gource from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/gource ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gource.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id acaudwell.Gource -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: acaudwell.Gource from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gource - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.56 - **Source summary:** Version Control Visualization Tool - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:38-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - gource (cli) - gource (alias) ## Dependencies - boost - freetype - glew - libpng - pcre2 - sdl2-compat - sdl2_image ## Build dependencies - glm - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.56 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/acaudwell/Gource - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Gource is Andrew Caudwell's software version-control visualization tool: it turns a repository log into an animated tree where directories become branches, files become leaves, and contributors move through the history as they modify files. It became a durable package-manager favorite because it is both a serious source-history visualizer and a visually memorable demo of what a repository has been doing over time. ### Project history Gource appeared publicly in 2009 on the author's Alpha Blenders site as a visualization for source-control history. The project emphasized Git first, but its official documentation grew to include built-in log generation for Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, and SVN, plus a custom pipe-delimited log format for other systems. The official README and site describe the same core metaphor across releases: an OpenGL-rendered animated tree, with contributors and files moving according to repository events. The project moved through a long sequence of small releases rather than one large platform shift. Its ChangeLog records the early 0.1 first release, later additions such as video-oriented PPM output, Mercurial and Bazaar support, SVN support, custom logs, configuration files, screenshots, and many display controls. The official site notes that downloads moved to GitHub in 2014 after Google Code stopped accepting new downloads, which also marks Gource's migration from its older hosting era into the GitHub-centered packaging era. Later releases kept the tool relevant to changing desktops and toolchains: SDL2 support and date-range filtering in 2014, 64-bit Windows builds and direct stdout streaming for ffmpeg workflows in 2017, font and display controls in the 0.50 line, Retina/HiDPI work and ISO 8601 timestamp support in 2022, experimental Wayland support in 2023, and additional author-time/build updates in 2026. ### Adoption history Gource spread as much through demos and conference/project videos as through ordinary CLI usage. Its official site links a videos page and documents video capture through raw PPM streams, making it easy to turn repository history into shareable media. The input package-manager metadata lists it across many packaging ecosystems, including Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Nix, MacPorts, Scoop, winget, and zypper, which matches its cross-platform positioning in the official releases and README. The tool also became a useful cultural artifact for open-source projects: a maintainer can point Gource at a repository and produce a compact visual narrative of contributors, churn, directory growth, and long-running maintenance. That made it common in release retrospectives, project anniversary videos, dashboards, and presentation interludes where a normal `git log` would be too dry. ### How it is used Basic usage is intentionally small: run `gource` in a supported repository, pass a path to a repository or pre-generated log, or feed custom logs on stdin. The README documents command-line controls for viewports, fullscreen/windowed mode, date filtering, user and file display, logos, screenshots, PPM output, custom logs, and other visualization parameters. For package users, the important operational details are graphical rather than configuration-driven: Gource needs OpenGL/3D acceleration, can generate logs from supported VCS formats, and can pipe frames to encoders such as ffmpeg. It does not require a persistent config file for ordinary package-manager installation. ### Why package nerds care Gource is package-nerd catnip because it makes package history itself visible. It turns the normally invisible work of maintainers, translators, vendors, and drive-by contributors into a watchable artifact, so it often shows up wherever people want to celebrate or explain an open-source repository's life. It is also a packaging stress test in miniature: OpenGL, SDL, Boost/GLM, fonts, image loading, Windows builds, ffmpeg piping, and VCS detection all cross paths in one CLI. That gives downstream packagers plenty to care about even though the user-facing command is simple. ### Timeline - 2009: Gource was publicly introduced by Andrew Caudwell as a source-control visualization tool. - 0.1: The ChangeLog records the first release. - 2014: Gource 0.41 added SDL2-related multi-monitor support and moved downloads to GitHub after Google Code download hosting changed. - 2014: Gource was nominated for the New Zealand Open Source Awards people's choice category. - 2017: Gource 0.47 added new filtering/display options, 64-bit Windows builds, and stdout streaming for ffmpeg-style workflows on Windows. - 2019: Gource 0.50 added multiple display/font/user options and included community-contributed fixes. - 2022: Gource 0.52 and 0.53 added Retina/HiDPI-oriented rendering improvements and ISO 8601/custom timestamp handling. - 2023: Gource 0.54 added experimental Wayland support. - 2026: Gource 0.56 added an `--author-time` option and build compatibility updates. ### Related projects - Logstalgia, another visualization tool by Andrew Caudwell, is linked from the official Gource site as related software for web server access logs. - Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, SVN, and CVS-style logs are the version-control ecosystems documented by Gource's official site, README, and custom log support. - ffmpeg is commonly paired with Gource through raw PPM output when users want to render repository visualizations as video. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** gource - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - gource - 0.54-1+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gource from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | graphical source control visualisation | http://gource.io - Nix - gource: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/gource/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - gource - 0.54-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gource from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | graphical source control visualisation | http://gource.io - apk - gource - 0.56-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gource from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Software version control visualization | https://gource.io/ - apk - gource-doc - 0.56-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gource-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Software version control visualization (documentation) | https://gource.io/ - dnf - gource - 0.56-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gource from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Software version control visualization | http://gource.io/ - pacman - gource - 0.56-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: gource from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | software version control visualization | https://gource.io/ - zypper - gource - 0.56-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gource from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Software version control visualization tool | https://gource.io/ - MacPorts - gource: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/gource/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/gource: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gource.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - acaudwell.Gource: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: acaudwell.Gource from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [freetype](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/freetype/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [glew](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glew/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libpng](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libpng/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pcre2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pcre2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [sdl2-compat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sdl2-compat/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [git-svn](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-svn/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, svn, version-control. - [ugit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ugit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tool, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [braid](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/braid/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [codeberg-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/codeberg-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [dura](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dura/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [gcli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gcli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [git-big-picture](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-big-picture/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control, visualization. - [git-branchless](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-branchless/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [logstalgia](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/logstalgia/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: boost, cli, compat, developer, developer-tools. - [tig](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tig/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, control, developer, developer-tools, git. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gource.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gource.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph