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使用 Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop 安装 cowsay

查看 cowsay 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

安装命令安全说明

安装

其他安装命令

macOS

Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install cowsay

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install cowsay

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/cowsay/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apk已验证 · 92%
sudo apk add cowsay

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · cowsay · 来源: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian apt已验证 · 92%
sudo apt install cowsay

Debian stable package indexes · cowsay · 来源: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnf已验证 · 92%
sudo dnf install cowsay

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · cowsay · 来源: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#cowsay

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/co/cowsay/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacman已验证 · 92%
sudo pacman -S cowsay

Arch Linux sync databases · cowsay · 来源: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypper已验证 · 92%
sudo zypper install cowsay

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · cowsay · 来源: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoop已验证 · 92%
scoop install main/cowsay

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/cowsay.json · 来源: api.github.com

概览

软件包摘要

Apjanke's fork of the classic cowsay project

命令和别名

  • cowsay
  • cowthink

历史

项目历史与用法

Cowsay is a Perl terminal novelty program that prints a message in a speech balloon next to an ASCII cow. Its official maintained fork describes it as a small, deliberately silly Unix-style program in the spirit of figlet.

项目历史

The current cowsay-org project preserves Tony Monroe's original Cowsay. The project README says Monroe first released Cowsay in 1999, after using it privately for some time. Early versions evolved from one cow and a fixed message template into arbitrary messages, multiple cowfiles, figlet support, and a Perl 5 rewrite.

In 2016, Monroe published a final 3.04 version on GitHub and indicated that he was no longer interested in maintaining it. Andrew Janke later created the cowsay-org fork to provide maintenance, hosting, deployment support, random cow selection, and pluggable third-party cow collections.

采用历史

Cowsay became a familiar package-manager fixture because it is tiny, scriptable, harmless, and visually distinctive. The Homebrew formula data in this batch lists it across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, Scoop, and openSUSE-style packaging, reflecting its broad life as a demonstration, shell-customization, and terminal-joke package.

使用方式

Typical use is as a command-line filter or generator: users run cowsay or cowthink with a message, often in login banners, demos, shell pipelines, CI jokes, or examples that need recognizable terminal output without real domain complexity.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

For package maintainers, Cowsay is a classic low-risk novelty package: it exercises Perl script installation, data-file handling for cowfiles, manpage-style documentation, and cross-platform packaging while remaining easy to test by invoking a single executable.

时间线

  • 1999: Tony Monroe first released Cowsay publicly.
  • 2016: Monroe published a final 3.04 version on GitHub for others to use.
  • 2016 onward: Andrew Janke's cowsay-org fork provided ongoing maintenance and modern hosting.

Related projects

  • The README explicitly compares Cowsay's spirit to figlet, and points to third-party cowfile collections plus cowsay-org's cows-offensive collection for historical cowfiles kept outside the main distribution.

安全态势

风险级别：绿色

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

风险分类器

绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance

原因

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

信号

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

安装行为

  • formula 元数据中未记录 Homebrew post-install 钩子。
  • Homebrew bottle 元数据适用于 1 个平台目标。

建议审查

在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。

可执行文件

已安装的可执行文件

命令类型暴露范围备注
cowsaycli全局可执行文件
cowthinkcli全局可执行文件

新鲜度

版本和新鲜度

这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。

页面生成时间2026-07-25
管理器版本3.8.4
管理器更新时间
本地数据OK
上游当前
检测到的最新版本v3.8.4

https://github.com/cowsay-org/cowsay

  • 信息No package-manager update timestamp was available.低 置信度

安装元数据

软件包元数据

软件包键brew:cowsay
版本3.8.4
软件包管理器Homebrew
软件包管理器页面https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cowsay
主页https://cowsay.diamonds
仓库https://github.com/cowsay-org/cowsay
上游文档https://github.com/cowsay-org/cowsay#readme
许可证GPL-3.0-only
源码归档https://github.com/cowsay-org/cowsay/archive/refs/tags/v3.8.4.tar.gz
Bottle可用 (于 all)
Homebrew post-install未定义
服务未声明

注册表事实

源数据库详情

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

源数据库匹配

其他软件包管理器记录

匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。

Nix95%

cowsay

nix profile install nixpkgs#cowsay
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cowsay
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/cowsay/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

cowsay 3.04-r2

Configurable talking cow (and a few other creatures)

https://github.com/tnalpgge/rank-amateur-cowsay

sudo apk add cowsay
  • License: Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: cowsay
  • 1 依赖
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cowsay
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cowsay from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

cowsay-doc 3.04-r2

Configurable talking cow (and a few other creatures) (documentation)

https://github.com/tnalpgge/rank-amateur-cowsay

sudo apk add cowsay-doc
  • License: Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: cowsay
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cowsay
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cowsay-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

cowsay 3.8.4-5.fc44

Configurable speaking/thinking cow

https://github.com/cowsay-org/cowsay

sudo dnf install cowsay
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: cowsay
  • 5 依赖
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cowsay
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cowsay from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

cowsay 3.8.4-1

Configurable talking cow (and a bit more)

https://cowsay.diamonds

sudo pacman -S cowsay
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: any
  • 1 依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cowsay
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: cowsay from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

cowsay 3.8.4-1.3

Configurable talking cow (and some other creatures)

https://cowsay.diamonds/

sudo zypper install cowsay
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Amusements/Toys/Other
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: cowsay
  • 2 依赖
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cowsay
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: cowsay from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

cowsay

sudo port install cowsay
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cowsay
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/cowsay/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/cowsay

scoop install main/cowsay
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cowsay
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/cowsay.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

软件包图谱

链接来自本地软件包关系图、补充数据、依赖边、生态匹配和软件包 hub 归属。

相关工具

  • cowsaySame normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: art, ascii, cli, cowsay, cowthink.

相同工作流

  • ponysayShares av.db curated category or tags: ascii-art, cli, terminal, terminal-toy, toys.
  • asciiquariumShares av.db curated category or tags: ascii-art, cli, perl, terminal, toys.
  • fakesteakShares av.db curated category or tags: ascii-art, cli, terminal, toys.
  • tractorgenShares av.db curated category or tags: ascii-art, cli, terminal, toys.
  • cbonsaiShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, terminal, toys.
  • cmatrixShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, terminal, toys.
  • cowsaySame normalized package name in another local ecosystem.

来源线索

由仓库数据生成

此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。

使用的来源

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