# Install macos-term-size with Homebrew

Get the terminal window size on macOS. Version 1.0.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:macos-term-size
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install macos-term-size
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:macos-term-size
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/macos-term-size>
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Source summary:** Get the terminal window size on macOS
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/sindresorhus/macos-terminal-size>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sindresorhus/macos-terminal-size>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/sindresorhus/macos-terminal-size#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/sindresorhus/macos-terminal-size/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- term-size (cli)
- term-size (alias)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.0.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/macos-terminal-size
- Upstream latest detected: v1.0.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Project history and usage

macos-term-size is a small C command-line utility that prints the current terminal window size on macOS.

### Project history

The official repository was created in May 2017. Its README describes a focused macOS utility that works even when run non-interactively, such as from a child process or with output redirected.

### Adoption history

The batch input records Homebrew packaging, and the README points users to downloadable release binaries. Repository metadata captured during this run showed modest GitHub adoption, which fits the project's role as a tiny single-purpose helper rather than a broad framework.

### How it is used

The command is installed as `terminal-size` and prints columns followed by rows. The README contrasts this with `tput cols`, showing that `terminal-size` keeps reporting the actual terminal size in situations where `tput` may fall back to a default.

### Why package nerds care

The package is useful because terminal dimensions are a small but annoying portability edge case for scripts. Packaging it in Homebrew gives macOS shell users a dependable native helper without pulling in a larger cross-platform stack.

### Timeline

- 2017: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2023: Repository activity continued through commits pushed to the default branch.

### Related projects

- The README points to the author's cross-platform `terminal-size` project and the Windows-specific `windows-terminal-size` companion.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/sindresorhus/macos-terminal-size>
- <https://github.com/sindresorhus/macos-terminal-size>
- <https://github.com/sindresorhus/macos-terminal-size#readme>
- source_facts.package-manager


## 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:** macos-term-size
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Requirements:** macos
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable


## Related links

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- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/macos-term-size.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/macos-term-size.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
- cross-ecosystem install command graph