# Install hexd with Homebrew, Nix, zypper Colourful, human-friendly hexdump tool. Version 1.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#hexd. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:hexd ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install hexd ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#hexd ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/he/hexd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install hexd ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: hexd from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:hexd - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.1.0 - **Source summary:** Colourful, human-friendly hexdump tool - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-26T07:20:29+00:00 ## Executables - hexd (cli) - hexd (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-26 - Package-manager version: 1.1.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/FireyFly/hexd - Upstream latest detected: v1.1.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage hexd is a small C hexdump tool that uses color to make byte-value patterns easier to see in terminal output. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in December 2013 and describes hexd as a colorful, human-friendly hexdump tool. Its man page, dated February 2022, documents the stable CLI shape: file or stdin input, optional plaintext or pretty output, grouping, ranges, width control, and repeated-line collapsing. ### Adoption history The project is packaged by Homebrew from the GitHub tag archive, and the input package metadata also records Nix and zypper package names. Its small C codebase and manpage-style interface make it a straightforward Unix package. ### How it is used hexd prints a human-readable dump of files or standard input. It classifies byte ranges with terminal colors, honors an HEXD_COLORS environment variable for SGR formatting, and includes range selection examples for inspecting embedded file regions or comparing binary headers. ### Why package nerds care hexd is the kind of tiny single-purpose CLI package that package managers collect well: it does not replace hexdump, od, or xxd, but offers a visual inspection trick that is useful enough to ship as a separate executable. ### Timeline - 2013: GitHub repository created. - 2022: man page documents hexd's colorized dump interface and HEXD_COLORS environment variable. - 2026: Homebrew formula packages the v1.1.0 GitHub tag archive. ### Related projects - The man page lists hexdump, od, and xxd as related tools. The README also points to pixd, by the same author, as a related visualization tool for binary data. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** hexd - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - hexd: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/he/hexd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - hexd - 1.1.0-1.13: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: hexd from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Colourful, human-friendly hexdump tool | https://github.com/FireyFly/hexd.git ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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. - [ascii2binary](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ascii2binary/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary, c, cli, developer-tools. - [clpbar](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clpbar/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [fzy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fzy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [hexcurse](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hexcurse/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary, c, cli, developer-tools. - [hexedit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hexedit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary, cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [hyx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hyx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [mle](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mle/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [notcurses](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/notcurses/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [hgrep](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hgrep/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, friendly, human. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/hexd.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/hexd.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