icoutils ☆
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Description:
Create and extract MS Windows icons and cursors
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: windows icons cursors cli development
Install: brew install icoutils
About:
Icoutils is a suite of command-line tools for creating and extracting Microsoft Windows icon and cursor files. It primarily consists of 'wrestool' for extracting resources from executables and 'icotool' for creating multi-format icon files. This utility is essential for developers working on cross-platform applications who need to manage Windows-specific graphical assets.
Key Features:
  • Extract icons and cursors from PE files (EXE, DLL)
  • Create multi-size and multi-format ICO files
  • Command-line interface for automation and scripting
  • Supports both 32-bit and 16-bit icon formats
Use Cases:
  • Extracting application icons for use in Linux or macOS file managers
  • Generating favicon.ico files for web applications
  • Automating icon resource management in build pipelines
Alternatives:
  • ImageMagick – More general-purpose image manipulation, but less specialized for Windows resource extraction.
  • Resource Hacker – Windows-only GUI tool, whereas Icoutils is cross-platform and CLI-based.
Version History
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Sep 12, 2025 9:51am 0 VERSION_BUMP 122e5fe8
Sep 14, 2024 6:07am 0 VERSION_BUMP a683f3bb
May 16, 2023 9:48pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 09cadc84
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