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Install wego with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix

Weather app for the terminal. Version 2.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-12.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install wego

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add wego

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · wego · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install wego

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

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#wego

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/we/wego/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Weather app for the terminal

Commands and aliases

  • wego

history

Project history and usage

wego is a Go terminal weather client by Markus Teich. It renders current and forecast weather in terminal-friendly formats, including ASCII-art tables, emoji, Markdown, and JSON, using configurable weather-data backends.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in November 2014. In January 2015, Teich announced wego on the wmii/suckless development mailing list, explaining that he wrote it because he was tired of fetching large web pages, scripts, and images just to get a weather forecast.

The project stayed close to that origin: a small command-line weather report for people already living in the terminal. Later README features show a broadened backend and frontend model, with OpenWeatherMap, WeatherAPI, Open-Meteo, SMHI, Caiyun, WorldWeatherOnline, Pirate Weather, JSON input, cache TTL, multilingual forecasts, unit systems, and built-in man-page support.

Adoption history

wego became known in the terminal-productivity niche rather than as a general weather app. A 2020 Opensource.com article presented it as a way to quickly fetch local weather from the command line and noted JSON and emoji output as useful alternatives to the default display.

Its adoption also leaked into adjacent tools: Opensource.com noted wttr.in as a web-based wrapper around wego, showing how a small CLI weather renderer became part of a broader command-line weather culture.

How it is used

Users configure a backend, location, units, language, frontend, days, and API key where required, then run `wego` to print a forecast. The README describes forecasts from one to seven days and notes that Open-Meteo and SMHI are keyless backends while most other services require credentials.

In package-manager contexts, wego is typically installed for shell startup, status scripts, quick terminal checks, or JSON weather data in small automations. Its value is the terminal presentation and backend abstraction, not heavy meteorological analysis.

Why package nerds care

wego is significant as a classic terminal lifestyle package: tiny, scriptable, configurable, and friendly to people who want useful daily information without leaving the shell.

Timeline

  • 2014-11: GitHub repository created.
  • 2015-01: Author announced wego on the wmii/suckless development mailing list.
  • 2016-03: Version 2.0 release published.
  • 2020-01: Opensource.com covered wego as a terminal productivity tool.
  • 2026-04: Version 2.4 release published.

Related projects

  • wego is related to terminal weather tools such as wttr.in and older shell scripts around weather APIs. Its distinguishing feature is packaged Go distribution with multiple backends and multiple output frontends.

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 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

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local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
$WEGORC$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wego/wegorc~/.wegorc

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
$WEGORC$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wego/wegorc~/.wegorc

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
wegocliglobal 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 version2.4
manager updated2026-04-12
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected2.4

https://github.com/schachmat/wego

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:wego
Version2.4
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/wego
Homepagehttps://github.com/schachmat/wego
Repositoryhttps://github.com/schachmat/wego
Upstream docshttps://github.com/schachmat/wego#readme
LicenseISC
Source archivehttps://github.com/schachmat/wego/archive/refs/tags/2.4.tar.gz
Last updated2026-04-12T00:06:27Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namewego
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%

wego 2.3-2+b6

weather client for the terminal

https://github.com/schachmat/wego

sudo apt install wego
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: wego
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Wego
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: wego from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

wego

nix profile install nixpkgs#wego
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Wego
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/we/wego/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

wego 2.4-r1

A weather app for the terminal

https://github.com/schachmat/wego

sudo apk add wego
  • License: ISC
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: wego
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Wego
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: wego from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

wego-doc 2.4-r1

A weather app for the terminal (documentation)

https://github.com/schachmat/wego

sudo apk add wego-doc
  • License: ISC
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: wego
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Wego
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: wego-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

package graph

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

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • stormyShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal, weather.
  • wthrrShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal, weather.
  • byobuShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
  • cbonsaiShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
  • elessShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
  • nvimpagerShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.

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
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment