# Install ov with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget

Feature-rich terminal-based text viewer. Version 0.53.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ov
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ov
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ov
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/ov/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install ov
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ov from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ov
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ov/ov/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/ov
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ov.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id noborus.ov -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: noborus.ov from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ov
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ov>
- **Version:** 0.53.0
- **Source summary:** Feature-rich terminal-based text viewer
- **Homepage:** <https://noborus.github.io/ov/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/noborus/ov>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/noborus/ov#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/noborus/ov/archive/refs/tags/v0.53.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-25T11:49:54Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- ov (cli)
- ov (alias)

## Build dependencies

- go

## 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: 0.53.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-25
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/noborus/ov
- Upstream latest detected: v0.53.0 (current)

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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/ov/config.yaml, ~/.config/ov/config.yaml, ~/.ov.yaml
- Windows: %USERPROFILE%/.config/ov/config.yaml, %USERPROFILE%/.ov.yaml
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** ov
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - ov: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ov/ov/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - ov - 0.52.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ov from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Feature-rich terminal-based text viewer | https://github.com/noborus/ov
- MacPorts - ov: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/ov/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/ov: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ov.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - noborus.ov: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: noborus.ov from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## 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.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [less](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/less/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, pager, system, terminal, text-viewer.
- [mtm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mtm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal, tui.
- [abduco](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abduco/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal.
- [cmatrix](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmatrix/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal.
- [cocot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cocot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal.
- [colortail](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/colortail/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal.
- [dtach](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dtach/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal.
- [gtop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gtop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ov.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ov.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
