colormake ☆

« Back to VersTracker

Description:
Wrapper around make to colorize the output

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 0.9.20140503@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: build make color developer-tools utility

Install: brew install colormake

About:
Colormake is a lightweight wrapper around the standard make utility that intercepts and colorizes build output. It parses common compiler and tool messages to apply syntax highlighting, making errors, warnings, and successful build steps visually distinct. This enhances readability and helps developers quickly identify issues during the compilation process.

Key Features:

Parses and colorizes GCC/Clang compiler output
Highlights warnings, errors, and notes in distinct colors
Acts as a drop-in replacement for the standard make command
Lightweight and simple to use

Use Cases:

Improving readability of verbose build logs in terminal
Quickly spotting compilation errors during local development
Enhancing CI/CD pipeline output for easier debugging

Alternatives:

colout – More general-purpose tool for coloring any stream based on regex patterns
ccache – Focuses on compilation caching/speed rather than output colorization

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Bottles available for: all

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit