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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install wthrr

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#wthrr

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

overview

Package summary

Weather Companion for the Terminal

Project links

Commands and aliases

wthrr

history

Project history and usage

wthrr, branded upstream as wthrr-the-weathercrab, is a Rust terminal weather companion. It displays current weather, forecasts, historical weather requests, units, language settings, and styled terminal output while using Open-Meteo as its weather data source.

Project history

The project appeared on crates.io in 2022-08-13, with the crate description `Weather companion for the terminal`. Its README presents the tool as a TUI-first weather companion that can run with no arguments, accept an address, auto-detect a nearby weather station, or save defaults to a RON config file.

The 1.0.0 release arrived on crates.io on 2023-03-18 after release-candidate builds in March 2023. Later 1.x releases added and refined features around forecasts, display, localization, config handling, and packaging; the GitHub release page for 1.2.1 notes dependency updates, Homebrew installation support, and a Unicode-width border fix.

Adoption history

wthrr's adoption is modest but visible in the Rust CLI niche. The crates.io API reported more than 40,000 total downloads as of this enrichment run, and the README points users to crates.io, git source installation, and platform-specific installation instructions.

The tool appeals to terminal users who want richer weather output than a minimal curl-to-weather service but do not want a full desktop or browser app. Its screenshots and README emphasize terminal colors, Nerd Font symbols, hourly and weekly forecasts, and saved per-user defaults.

How it is used

The simplest command is `wthrr`, which uses saved defaults or tries to find a nearby station; users can pass an address such as `wthrr melbourne`, specify units like Fahrenheit and mph, request forecasts, or ask for historical weather dates with `-F`.

Configuration is saved in `wthrr.ron` under platform-specific app config directories. The README documents defaults for address, language, forecast display, units, border style, graph style, color mode, and greeting behavior.

Why package nerds care

wthrr is a small but polished example of the Rust terminal-app ecosystem: a single-purpose CLI with a themed identity, structured config, Unicode-heavy TUI presentation, and an external open-data weather API rather than a bundled data source.

Timeline

2022-08-13: The wthrr crate was created on crates.io.
2023-03-12: crates.io recorded the 1.0.0 release-candidate line.
2023-03-18: crates.io recorded wthrr 1.0.0.
2024-06-13: crates.io recorded wthrr 1.2.0.
2024-10-04: crates.io recorded wthrr 1.2.1.

Related projects

Open-Meteo is credited by the README as the weather API used by the app.
The Rust crates.io package is the primary language-registry distribution surface for the project.

Sources

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 8 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

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.

Linux: ~/.config/weathercrab/wthrr.ron
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/weathercrab/wthrr.ron
Windows: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\weathercrab\wthrr.ron

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`wthrr`	cli	global 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 version1.2.1

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.2.1

https://github.com/ttytm/wthrr-the-weathercrab

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:wthrr
Version	1.2.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/wthrr
Homepage	https://github.com/ttytm/wthrr-the-weathercrab
Repository	https://github.com/ttytm/wthrr-the-weathercrab
Upstream docs	https://github.com/ttytm/wthrr-the-weathercrab#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/ttytm/wthrr-the-weathercrab/archive/refs/tags/v1.2.1.tar.gz
Build dependencies	pkgconf, rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	wthrr
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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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Nix95%

wthrr

nix profile install nixpkgs#wthrr

normalized package name match
Matched by: Wthrr

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package graph

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

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/wthrr.yml

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

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