# amfora mit Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für amfora in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:amfora ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install amfora ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install amfora ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: net/amfora/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add amfora ``` Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: amfora from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install amfora ``` Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: amfora from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#amfora ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/am/amfora/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S amfora ``` Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: amfora from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install amfora ``` Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: amfora from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/amfora ``` Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/amfora.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:amfora - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 1.11.0 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Fancy terminal browser for the Gemini protocol - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream-Dokumentation:** - **Lizenz:** GPL-3.0-only AND (GPL-3.0-only OR MIT) - **Quellarchiv:** - **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - amfora (cli) - amfora (Alias) ## Build-Abhängigkeiten - go ## Installationsverhalten - Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert - Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-07-08 - Manager-Version: 1.11.0 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/makew0rld/amfora - neueste erkannte Version: v1.11.0 (aktuell) - Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung Amfora is a terminal browser for the Gemini protocol, written in Go and packaged as a single CLI/TUI application. Its README presents it as a featureful, attractive Gemini client rather than a multi-protocol browser, explicitly directing users who want Gopher or other non-Web protocols to Bombadillo. ### Projektgeschichte The makew0rld/amfora repository was created in June 2020, during the early wave of Gemini protocol clients. The README's demo notes v1.0.0 and describes a goal of being the best-looking Gemini client with the most features in the terminal, while remaining cross-platform with full Windows support. Amfora built on Go terminal and content libraries such as cview, tcell, Viper, go-gemini, gofeed, Chroma, and termenv. Its feature list grew beyond basic Gemini browsing to tabs, TOFU certificate handling, bookmarks, downloads, theming, proxying, client certificates, subscriptions, feed support, and syntax highlighting for preformatted blocks. ### Adoptionsgeschichte Amfora quickly became one of the better-known Gemini clients because it combined terminal-native packaging with a polished UI at a time when Gemini was intentionally small and client choice mattered. The README documents packaging across many Linux distributions, Homebrew, MacPorts, Scoop, Termux caveats, binary releases, and source builds. The project entered maintenance mode after the author's 2023 blog post about stepping back from Gemini, but official releases continued later, with v1.10.0 in 2024 and v1.11.0 in 2025. That makes it both a historical Gemini-boom package and still a maintained-enough terminal client for users who remain in geminispace. ### Wie es verwendet wird Users run amfora as an interactive terminal browser. Configuration is TOML-based, with the official wiki stating that config.toml is stored at ~/.config/amfora/config.toml by default, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/amfora/config.toml when XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set, and %APPDATA%\amfora\config.toml on Windows. Package-manager users care about terminal capabilities, Unicode behavior, config-file bootstrapping, desktop-entry installation on Unix systems, and whether the build tracks releases or HEAD. The README explicitly documents Homebrew release installs and brew --HEAD installs for macOS users. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren Amfora is a neat package-manager artifact because the Gemini ecosystem was small, decentralized, and protocol-first. A distro package for Amfora often served as a user's first practical Gemini client. It also illustrates how a niche protocol client can have serious packaging breadth: Linux distro packages, Homebrew, MacPorts, Scoop, Termux workarounds, direct binaries, and source builds all appear in the official install story. ### Zeitleiste - 2020-06-18: makew0rld/amfora repository is created. - 2020: README demo references v1.0.0-era Amfora. - 2021-12-10: v1.9.2 release is published. - 2023: Project enters maintenance mode according to the README. - 2024-03-18: v1.10.0 release is published. - 2025-07-14: v1.11.0 release is published. ### Related projects - Gemini is the protocol and geminispace is the network/community Amfora targets. - Bombadillo is named by Amfora as an alternative for users who want Gopher or other non-Web protocols. - go-gemini, cview, tcell, Viper, Chroma, gofeed, and termenv are important implementation dependencies named in the README. ### Quellen - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.config/amfora/config.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/amfora/config.toml - Windows: %APPDATA%\amfora\config.toml ## Details aus der Quelldatenbank - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** amfora - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Debian apt - amfora - 1.10.0-1+b10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: amfora from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Fancy terminal browser for the Gemini protocol | https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/amfora - Nix - amfora: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/am/amfora/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - amfora - 1.9.2-2ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: amfora from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Fancy terminal browser for the Gemini protocol | https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/amfora - apk - amfora - 1.11.0-r9: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: amfora from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | terminal browser for the Gemini protocol | https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/amfora - pacman - amfora - 1.11.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: amfora from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Terminal browser for the Gemini protocol | https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/amfora - zypper - amfora - 1.11.0-2.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: amfora from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | CLI/Terminal based gemini browser | https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/amfora - MacPorts - amfora: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/amfora/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - extras/amfora: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/amfora.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Verwandte Links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched web development metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [bombadillo](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/bombadillo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: browser, cli, gemini, networking. - [bonnie++](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/bonnie/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: browser, cli, networking. - [arss](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/arss/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, terminal. - [asuka](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/asuka/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, gemini, networking. - [bandwhich](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/bandwhich/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, terminal. - [bitchx](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/bitchx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, terminal. - [c-kermit](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/c-kermit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, terminal. - [catgirl](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/catgirl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, terminal. - [felinks](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/felinks/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: browser, cli, gemini, networking, terminal. - [center-im](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/center-im/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, networking, protocol, terminal. - [mabel](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/mabel/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, fancy, networking, terminal. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/amfora.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/amfora.yml) ## Quellen - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph