# Install nyan

Colorizing cat command with syntax highlighting. Version 1.2.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-04.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:nyan
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nyan
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#nyan
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ny/nyan/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:nyan
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nyan>
- **Version:** 1.2.6
- **Source summary:** Colorizing cat command with syntax highlighting
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/toshimaru/nyan>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/toshimaru/nyan>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/toshimaru/nyan#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/toshimaru/nyan/archive/refs/tags/v1.2.6.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-04T06:38:43Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- nyan (cli)
- nyan (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- go

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.2.6
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-04
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/toshimaru/nyan
- Upstream latest detected: v1.2.6 (current)

## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** nyan
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - nyan: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ny/nyan/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related Links

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- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [fzf](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/fzf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, terminal.
- [peco](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/peco/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, terminal.
- [rich-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/rich-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, syntax-highlighting, terminal.
- [gat](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/gat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cat, cli, developer-tools, go, syntax-highlighting.
- [ccat](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/ccat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cat, cli, developer-tools, go, syntax-highlighting.
- [tealdeer](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/tealdeer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal.
- [sqlcmd](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/sqlcmd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go.
- [fx](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/fx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal.
- [micro](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/micro/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, go, highlighting.

## Sources

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