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Description:
Command-line tool to display information about unicode characters
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 0.7.0@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: unicode cli developer-tools text-processing utilities
Install: brew install chars
About:
Chars is a command-line utility that provides detailed information about Unicode characters. Users can query characters by codepoint, name, or emoji to retrieve properties like category, block, and numeric value. It serves as a quick reference for developers working with international text and symbol encoding.
Key Features:
  • Query Unicode characters by codepoint, name, or emoji
  • Displays detailed character properties and metadata
  • Fast and lightweight command-line interface
  • Supports a wide range of Unicode standards
Use Cases:
  • Debugging encoding issues in text processing pipelines
  • Looking up Unicode character properties during development
  • Validating emoji and symbol support in applications
Alternatives:
  • uni – Similar CLI tool for Unicode lookup, often with different query syntax
  • unicode-cli – Alternative package providing Unicode character information
License: MIT
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
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Sep 13, 2025 7:06am 0 VERSION_BUMP 5caa88a7
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