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Description:
Draw boxes around text
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 2.3.1@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: cli ascii text-processing utilities formatting
Install: brew install boxes
About:
Boxes is a command-line tool that draws configurable ASCII art boxes around text input. It supports a wide variety of box styles, from simple borders to complex banners, and allows for deep customization of colors, padding, and design. This utility is ideal for enhancing the visual output of scripts, logs, and terminal applications.
Key Features:
  • Extensive library of pre-defined box styles
  • Highly customizable colors, edges, and padding
  • Supports input from files or standard input (stdin)
  • Cross-platform compatibility
Use Cases:
  • Beautifying CLI output and script results
  • Creating ASCII banners for code comments or documentation
  • Improving readability of log files or terminal reports
Alternatives:
  • toilet – Focuses on large, stylized ASCII text banners rather than surrounding existing text with boxes.
  • figlet – Generates ASCII text fonts but lacks the specific box-drawing capabilities of 'boxes'.
License: GPL-3.0-only
Dependencies: libunistring, pcre2
Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux
Version History
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Oct 6, 2024 3:11pm 0 VERSION_BUMP a2a08639
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