howdoi
Install command:
brew install howdoiInstant coding answers via the command-line
https://github.com/gleitz/howdoi
License: MIT
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/howdoi.json
Formula code: howdoi.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 2.0.20 |
Revision: 23
Depends on:
| certifi | 2026.7.22 | Mozilla CA bundle for Python |
| cryptography | 50.0.2 | Cryptographic recipes and primitives for Python |
| libsodium | 1.0.22 | NaCl networking and cryptography library |
| python@3.14 | 3.14.8 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
Uses from macOS: libxml2 (since macOS Ventura), libxslt
Binaries:
howdoi
Known vulnerabilities in the current version:
| PYSEC-2022-43056 (critical) |
Data from Homebrew/advisory-database. Run brew vulns howdoi for a live check.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 80 | 189 | 2,301 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Installs on Request | 80 | 189 | 2,302 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Build Errors | 0 |