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Install pidcat with Homebrew, apt, winget

Colored logcat script to show entries only for specified app. Version 2.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install pidcat

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install pidcat

Debian stable package indexes · pidcat · source: deb.debian.org

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id AbdElMoniemElHifnawy.PidCat -e

Windows Package Manager source index · AbdElMoniemElHifnawy.PidCat · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Colored logcat script to show entries only for specified app

Commands and aliases

  • pidcat

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 1 platform targets.

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

CommandKindExposureNote
pidcatcliglobal 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 version2.1.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected2.1.0

https://github.com/JakeWharton/pidcat

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:pidcat
Version2.1.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pidcat
Homepagehttps://github.com/JakeWharton/pidcat
Repositoryhttps://github.com/JakeWharton/pidcat
Upstream docshttps://github.com/JakeWharton/pidcat#readme
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/JakeWharton/pidcat/archive/refs/tags/2.1.0.tar.gz
Uses from macOSpython
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namepidcat
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

pidcat 2.1.0-6

Colored adb logcat that shows entries for specific apps

https://github.com/JakeWharton/pidcat

sudo apt install pidcat
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: all
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Pidcat
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: pidcat from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt95%

pidcat 2.1.0-6

Colored adb logcat that shows entries for specific apps

https://github.com/JakeWharton/pidcat

sudo apt install pidcat
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: all
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Pidcat
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pidcat from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
winget95%

AbdElMoniemElHifnawy.PidCat

winget install --id AbdElMoniemElHifnawy.PidCat -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Pidcat
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: AbdElMoniemElHifnawy.PidCat from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Same workflow

  • rogcatShares av.db curated category or tags: android, cli, debugging, developer-tools, logcat.
  • purrShares av.db curated category or tags: android, cli, developer-tools, logcat, logging.
  • adb-enhancedShares av.db curated category or tags: android, cli, developer-tools.
  • bundletoolShares av.db curated category or tags: android, cli, developer-tools.
  • dex2jarShares av.db curated category or tags: android, cli, developer-tools.
  • fdroidclShares av.db curated category or tags: android, cli, developer-tools.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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