# Install tut with Homebrew, apk, Nix, zypper TUI for Mastodon with vim inspired keys. Version 2.0.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#tut. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:tut ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install tut ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add tut ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tut from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#tut ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tu/tut/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install tut ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: tut from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:tut - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.0.1 - **Source summary:** TUI for Mastodon with vim inspired keys - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-26T07:20:29+00:00 ## Executables - tut (cli) - tut (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-26 - Package-manager version: 2.0.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/RasmusLindroth/tut - Upstream latest detected: 2.0.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage tut is a terminal user interface for Mastodon, built around vim-inspired navigation and a command-oriented social-client workflow. ### Project history The official GitHub repository was created in March 2020. Its README describes tut as a Mastodon TUI with most features of the web client, including timelines, notifications, composing, bookmarks, lists, hashtags, profile actions, multiple accounts, templates, configuration, and optional mouse support. The 2.0 release line appeared in January 2023 in the official GitHub release feed. Around the same period, the README documented a widened packaging footprint across Linux and BSD systems plus Homebrew for macOS. ### Adoption history tut's adoption follows the terminal-social-client niche: users who live in shells but still want Mastodon timelines, notifications, and composition without a browser. The README lists AUR packages maintained by the author, Alpine, Debian, BSD ports, pkgsrc, Homebrew, and openSUSE availability; the supplied package metadata also lists apk, Homebrew, Nix, and zypper. ### How it is used Users run `tut` to open Mastodon timelines, press keys such as `c`, `j`, `k`, `h`, `l`, and `?`, and use colon commands such as `:timeline`, `:compose`, `:login`, `:bookmarks`, and `:tag`. Configuration lives under `XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tut/config.toml` on Linux, with accounts stored separately. For package-manager users, the tool is a familiar TUI install: add it from Homebrew or a distribution repo, then configure accounts and key-driven timeline behavior. ### Why package nerds care tut is significant as a packaged Fediverse-era terminal client. It turns Mastodon from a web or mobile app into an installable Unix-style command, complete with config files, man-page-friendly documentation, distro packages, and vim-like controls. ### Timeline - 2020: Official GitHub repository created. - 2023: 2.0.0 and 2.0.1 releases published. - 2023: README documented OpenBSD 7.3 package availability and Homebrew installation. - 2026: Repository metadata still shows the project available and package metadata records Homebrew, apk, Nix, and zypper entries. ### Related projects - Mastodon - Fediverse - terminal user interfaces - vim keybindings ### Sources - GitHub API for RasmusLindroth/tut: repository created 2020-03-17 and releases in January 2023. - - - source_facts.package-manager: apk, Homebrew, Nix, and zypper package-manager presence. ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for tut. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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 - Linux: ~/.config/tut/config.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tut/config.toml ## Credential files - Linux: ~/.config/tut/accounts.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** tut - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - tut: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tu/tut/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - tut - 2.0.1-r29: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tut from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | TUI for Mastodon | https://github.com/RasmusLindroth/tut - apk - tut-doc - 2.0.1-r29: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tut-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | TUI for Mastodon (documentation) | https://github.com/RasmusLindroth/tut - zypper - tut - 2.0.1-1.12: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: tut from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A TUI for Mastodon with vim inspired keys | https://tut.anv.nu ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Productivity CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [tuisky](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tuisky/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, social-client, tui. - [tuxedo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tuxedo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, tui, vim-keybindings. - [bagels](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bagels/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, tui. - [bookokrat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bookokrat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, tui. - [bulletty](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bulletty/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, tui. - [circumflex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/circumflex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, tui. - [clock-rs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clock-rs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, tui. - [concord](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/concord/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, tui. - [iamb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/iamb/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, client, keybindings, productivity, vim. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tut.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/tut.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph