# Install gucharmap with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper GNOME Character Map, based on the Unicode Character Database. Version 17.0.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-07. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gucharmap ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gucharmap ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install gucharmap ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: gnome/gucharmap/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add gucharmap ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gucharmap from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install gir1.2-gucharmap-2.90 ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: gir1.2-gucharmap-2.90 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install gucharmap ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gucharmap 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#gucharmap ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gu/gucharmap/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S gucharmap ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: gucharmap from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install gucharmap ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gucharmap from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gucharmap - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 17.0.2 - **Source summary:** GNOME Character Map, based on the Unicode Character Database - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-07T08:38:39Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - gucharmap (cli) - gucharmap (alias) ## Dependencies - at-spi2-core - cairo - gettext - glib - gtk+3 - pango - pcre2 ## Build dependencies - desktop-file-utils - gobject-introspection - gtk-doc - itstool - meson - ninja - pkgconf - vala ## 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: 17.0.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-07 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Gucharmap is the GNOME Character Map, a GTK application and library based on the Unicode Character Database. Its niche is simple but enduring: browse Unicode by block or script, inspect character metadata, find glyphs in fonts, and copy characters or strings into other applications. ### Project history The GNOME wiki describes gucharmap as the GNOME Character Map based on the Unicode Character Database. Its DOAP metadata gives the project name as Character Map, describes it as based on the Unicode Character Database, and records it as a GNOME core-category project maintained by Christian Persch. The release archive shows a long lineage beginning with 0.4-era tarballs and continuing through GNOME 1.x, 2.x, 3.x, and Unicode-version-numbered series such as 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, and 17.0. The source tree's Meson build documents an exact coupling between each gucharmap major/minor version and a specific Unicode data version. The modern source layout ships the Unicode data files needed for builds, while also allowing builders to point Meson at an external absolute Unicode Character Database path. That evolution reflects gucharmap's role as a desktop application that must track Unicode itself, not just GNOME release conventions. ### Adoption history Gucharmap became a standard desktop utility because character maps are basic infrastructure for multilingual text entry, font inspection, and Unicode lookup. The archived GNOME page lists features oriented to both end users and developers, including a reusable GTK+ widget. Package-manager adoption is broad because it is both a desktop application and a small library/API surface. The input metadata records packages across Alpine, Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora-family, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, and openSUSE ecosystems. ### How it is used Users browse characters by Unicode block or script, search by name or metadata, jump by code point, inspect encodings such as UTF-8 and UTF-16 representations, view glyphs in selected fonts, identify clipboard characters, and copy or drag selected characters into other programs. Developers and maintainers care about the Unicode data pipeline: the README says gucharmap ships the Unicode data files it needs, and the Meson build warns that a released gucharmap version is designed to work with its corresponding Unicode version rather than accepting an arbitrary Unicode data bump. ### Why package nerds care Gucharmap is a classic desktop utility package with unusually concrete data-version constraints. A distribution update is not just a rebuild: package maintainers must line up GTK, GLib, PCRE2, FreeType, gobject-introspection, and the expected Unicode Character Database version. For users, it is one of the fastest ways to answer practical Unicode questions from the desktop: what code point is this, what is its name, what font renders it, and how do I paste it elsewhere? ### Timeline - 2000s: GNOME release archive includes 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, and later 1.x gucharmap tarballs. - 2011-04-04: GNOME release changes include version 3.0.0. - 2010s: Release series tracks GNOME 3-era numbering and later Unicode-numbered series. - 2019: Meson build copyright header appears in the source tree, reflecting the Meson-based build system. - 2020s: Build metadata records exact Unicode version coupling, including the 17.0 series designed for Unicode 17.0 data. ### Related projects - The GNOME wiki places gucharmap alongside GTK, GNOME, Unicode Character Database files, KCharSelect, Unibook, Microsoft Character Map, UnicodeChecker, UniView, and older/deprecated GNOME and KDE character-map tools. The reusable GTK widget also connects it to other GTK applications that need character browsing. ### 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:** gucharmap - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - gir1.2-gucharmap-2.90 - 1:15.1.5-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gir1.2-gucharmap-2.90 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GObject introspection data for the Unicode browser widget library | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap - Debian apt - gucharmap - 1:15.1.5-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gucharmap from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Unicode character picker and font browser | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap - Debian apt - libgucharmap-2-90-7 - 1:15.1.5-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgucharmap-2-90-7 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Unicode browser widget library (shared library) | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap - Debian apt - libgucharmap-2-90-dev - 1:15.1.5-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgucharmap-2-90-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Unicode browser widget library (development headers) | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap - Nix - gucharmap: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gu/gucharmap/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - gir1.2-gucharmap-2.90 - 1:15.1.3-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gir1.2-gucharmap-2.90 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GObject introspection data for the Unicode browser widget library | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap - Ubuntu apt - gucharmap - 1:15.1.3-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gucharmap from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Unicode character picker and font browser | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap - Ubuntu apt - libgucharmap-2-90-7 - 1:15.1.3-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgucharmap-2-90-7 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Unicode browser widget library (shared library) | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap - Ubuntu apt - libgucharmap-2-90-dev - 1:15.1.3-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgucharmap-2-90-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Unicode browser widget library (development headers) | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap - apk - gucharmap - 17.0.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gucharmap from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | GNOME Unicode Charmap | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gucharmap - apk - gucharmap-dev - 17.0.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gucharmap-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | GNOME Unicode Charmap (development files) | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gucharmap - apk - gucharmap-lang - 17.0.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gucharmap-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Languages for package gucharmap | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gucharmap - dnf - gucharmap - 17.0.2-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gucharmap from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Unicode character picker and font browser | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap - dnf - gucharmap-devel - 17.0.2-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gucharmap-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Libraries and headers for libgucharmap | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap - dnf - gucharmap-libs - 17.0.2-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gucharmap-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | libgucharmap library | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap - pacman - gucharmap - 17.0.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: gucharmap from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Unicode Character Map | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap ## Related links - [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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - 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