bitwise ☆

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Description:
Terminal based bit manipulator in ncurses

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 0.50@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: bitwise calculator ncurses terminal developer-tools hex-editor

Install: brew install bitwise

About:
Bitwise is a terminal-based interactive calculator designed for programmers. It provides a visual interface for performing calculations and conversions across different number bases, including binary, decimal, hexadecimal, and octal. The tool excels at bitwise operations, allowing users to manipulate and inspect individual bits within integers.

Key Features:

Interactive ncurses interface for real-time calculation
Support for binary, decimal, hex, and octal number systems
Bitwise operation support (AND, OR, XOR, NOT, shifts)
ASCII character value visualization

Use Cases:

Debugging embedded systems or low-level programming
Converting between number bases quickly
Analyzing binary data structures and bit flags

Alternatives:

calc – calc is a more traditional command-line calculator, while bitwise focuses specifically on binary and bit-level operations with a visual interface.
bc – bc is a general-purpose arbitrary precision calculator language, whereas bitwise provides an interactive, visual interface optimized for bit manipulation.

License: GPL-3.0-or-later

Dependencies: readline

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_ventura, arm64_monterey, arm64_big_sur, sonoma, ventura, monterey, big_sur, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 12, 2025 6:39pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	bdee8714