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macOS Big Sur Adaptive Icon Generator. Version 1.7.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
macOS Big Sur Adaptive Icon Generator
Project links
Commands and aliases
- iconsur
history
Project history and usage
IconSur is a macOS command-line tool for generating Big Sur-style adaptive app icons for third-party applications.
Project history
IconSur appeared during the macOS Big Sur design transition, when app icons moved toward rounded-square, depth-styled iconography. Its README describes a CLI that can search for a related iOS App Store icon or generate an icon locally from the original app icon with configurable background color and scaling.
The npm package record shows the iconsur package created on 2020-06-27, matching the Big Sur-era demand for replacing or normalizing third-party macOS app icons.
Adoption history
The project distributed through npm first and later became available through Homebrew. Its README documents both brew install iconsur and npm install -g iconsur as installation paths.
Homebrew packages iconsur as a macOS-only formula with Node and Python-related support, reflecting the tool's hybrid shell, JavaScript, and macOS automation surface.
How it is used
The documented workflow is to run iconsur set against a .app bundle, refresh the icon cache with iconsur cache, and optionally use flags for App Store region, local generation, input icon, scale, and color.
The README also documents an unset command, making the tool reversible for users experimenting with app icon theming.
Why package nerds care
IconSur is a small but very package-manager-shaped tool: it packages a platform-specific aesthetic tweak as a repeatable CLI command. It matters less as a general image converter and more as a snapshot of the Big Sur icon-customization moment in Mac tooling.
Timeline
- 2020: iconsur package is created on npm.
- 2020: README describes Big Sur-style adaptive icon generation using related iOS App Store icons or local source icons.
- 2020s: Homebrew formula packages iconsur for macOS users.
Related projects
- The README credits LiteIcon as inspiration and fileicon by mklement0 for icon-customization scripting. It is also adjacent to macOS Big Sur replacement icon sets and other app-icon generators.
Sources
- Homebrew metadata documents the brew formula, macOS-only packaging, dependencies, and source tarball.
- The project README documents purpose, installation, command examples, options, and credits.
- npm registry metadata provides package creation and repository information.
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 4 platform targets.
- Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
iconsur | cli | global 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 generated2026-07-08
manager version1.7.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/rikumi/iconsur
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/rikumi/iconsurnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:iconsur |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.7.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/iconsur |
| Homepage | https://github.com/rikumi/iconsur |
| Repository | https://github.com/rikumi/iconsur |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/rikumi/iconsur#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://registry.npmjs.org/iconsur/-/iconsur-1.7.0.tgz |
| Dependencies | node, python@3.14 |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | iconsur |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Requirements |
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| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
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source trail
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Combined YAML source
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