# Install hexapoda with Homebrew Colorful modal hex editor. Version 0.2.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-08. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:hexapoda ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install hexapoda ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:hexapoda - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.2.4 - **Source summary:** Colorful modal hex editor - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-08T21:43:08Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - hexapoda (cli) - hexapoda (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## 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: 0.2.4 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-08 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/simonomi/hexapoda - Upstream latest detected: v0.2.4 (current) ## Project history and usage hexapoda is a colorful modal hex editor written in Rust and documented through its project website. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in March 2026 and describes hexapoda as a colorful modal hex editor. The README explains that the name comes from the Hexapoda subphylum and points to the website for fuller documentation. ### Adoption history The install page recommends Homebrew and also documents Cargo, cargo-binstall, and manually downloaded release binaries. The Homebrew formula packages GitHub release archives, while the input package metadata records Homebrew as the package-manager entry for this batch. ### How it is used hexapoda is a full-screen modal editor for binary files. Its documentation emphasizes color-coding bytes by value and a TOML config file that can remap modal commands, including movement, selection, repeat, goto, replace, and delete actions. ### Why package nerds care hexapoda is a compact example of the newer Rust terminal-editor wave: modal editing ideas applied to binary data, shipped with a project website, generated schema-backed configuration, release binaries, and Homebrew/Cargo installation routes. ### Timeline - 2026-03: GitHub repository created. - 2026-05: 0.2.x releases published on GitHub. - 2026-06: v0.2.4 release published and packaged by Homebrew. ### Related projects - hexapoda sits closer to interactive hex editors such as hexedit and hexcurse than to one-shot dumpers such as hexdump, xxd, hx, or hexd. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for hexapoda. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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 - Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hexapoda.toml, ~/.config/hexapoda.toml - Windows: %APPDATA%\hexapoda.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** hexapoda - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [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. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [hexcurse](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hexcurse/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary, cli, developer-tools, hex-editor. - [hexedit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hexedit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary, cli, developer-tools, hex-editor. - [bvi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bvi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, hex-editor. - [dhex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dhex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, hex-editor. - [ghex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ghex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, hex-editor. - [hyx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hyx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, hex-editor. - [ired](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ired/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, hex-editor. - [tweak](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tweak/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, hex-editor. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/hexapoda.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/hexapoda.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph