# Install kumo with Homebrew Word Clouds in Java. Version 1.28 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:kumo ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install kumo ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:kumo - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.28 - **Source summary:** Word Clouds in Java - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - kumo (cli) - kumo (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.28 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/kennycason/kumo - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Kumo is a Java word-cloud library and CLI created by Kenny Cason, with a project history centered on generating word-cloud images directly from Java rather than through browser applets or external services. ### Project history Kenny Cason introduced Kumo in a July 3, 2014 blog post as a Java word-cloud library that could directly generate an image file or return a BufferedImage. The GitHub README keeps that framing: Kumo is intended to be a powerful, user-friendly Java API for word-cloud rendering. ### Adoption history Kumo's main adoption channel is the Java ecosystem through Maven Central artifacts such as `kumo-core`, with a later Homebrew formula exposing the CLI as a standalone command. The project is niche, but it has persisted because word-cloud generation is a recurring visualization need and the Java API includes shapes, colors, tokenizers, and collision strategies. ### How it is used Library users feed text through a `FrequencyAnalyzer`, build a `WordCloud` with a chosen dimension, collision mode, background, palette, and font scaling strategy, then write the resulting image. CLI users can generate standard, polar, or layered word clouds from local files or URLs and tune inputs, output size, stop words, collision mode, colors, font scaling, and tokenization. ### Why package nerds care Kumo is package-nerd interesting as a small visualization library that crossed from Maven dependency to Homebrew CLI. It is not a broad media platform; its value is that a specific Java image-generation library became scriptable as a packaged command. ### Timeline - 2014: Kenny Cason published the Kumo Java word-cloud announcement and linked the GitHub repository. - 2010s: Kumo became available through Maven Central modules such as `kumo-core` and `kumo-tokenizers`. - 2020s: The repository documents a Homebrew-installable CLI and a dedicated CLI usage guide. - 2025: The README records maintainer intent to revisit issues and consider a Kotlin conversion. ### Related projects - Kumo is related to Java AWT image generation, Maven Central Java libraries, tokenizer libraries, word-cloud visualizers, and command-line media generation tools. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** kumo - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## 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. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libvisual](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libvisual/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, visualization. - [cava](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cava/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, visualization. - [projectm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/projectm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, visualization. - [batik](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/batik/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, java, media. - [f3d](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/f3d/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, visualization. - [open-scene-graph](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/open-scene-graph/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, visualization. - [a52dec](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/a52dec/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media. - [aalib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aalib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. 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