Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install cmatrix

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install cmatrix

MacPorts ports tree · games/cmatrix/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add cmatrix

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · cmatrix · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install cmatrix

Debian stable package indexes · cmatrix · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%

sudo dnf install cmatrix

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · cmatrix · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#cmatrix

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/cm/cmatrix/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S cmatrix

Arch Linux sync databases · cmatrix · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install cmatrix

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · cmatrix · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Console Matrix

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

cmatrix

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

CMatrix is a terminal animation that recreates the falling-code look associated with The Matrix. Its appeal is deliberately simple: it is a small ncurses-style command that turns a terminal into a screensaver-like visual toy.

Projektgeschichte

The current upstream README credits Chris Allegretta with writing cmatrix and later handing maintenance to the present GitHub project. The README describes the program as based on the Matrix website screensaver and inspired by the 1999 film's visual style.

The GitHub repository was created in 2013 and preserves the old Unix terminal-tool form: build with autotools or CMake, install the binary, and run `cmatrix` for the effect.

Adoptionsgeschichte

CMatrix became a stock package-manager novelty because it has almost no conceptual setup, is instantly recognizable in demos, and works as a harmless terminal animation. The input package facts list it across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/dnf, Arch/pacman, Alpine/apk, MacPorts, Nix, and openSUSE/zypper.

Wie es verwendet wird

The README documents simple invocation as `cmatrix`, with options such as update speed and color. It also documents movie-like presets such as `cmatrix -lba`, which is the kind of one-command payoff that made it common in screenshots, shell demos, and terminal customization posts.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package nerds, CMatrix is the archetypal terminal toy: tiny, visual, easy to package, and useful as a smoke test for curses, terminal color, and font behavior. It is not infrastructure, but it is culturally durable in Unix package sets because it demonstrates that package managers carry fun as well as work.

Zeitleiste

2013: Current GitHub repository created.
2017: GitHub release 1.2 published as a stable release.
2019: GitHub release v2.0 published.
2024: Current repository still receives maintenance activity.

Related projects

The README explicitly relates CMatrix to the Matrix website screensaver and credits jwz's `xmatrix` module for XScreenSaver as an influence in its contributor notes.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 13 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Build-Metadaten listen 2 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`cmatrix`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

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Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version2.0

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv2.0

https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:cmatrix
Version	2.0
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cmatrix
Homepage	https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix/
Repository	https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix#readme
Lizenz	GPL-3.0-or-later
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix/archive/refs/tags/v2.0.tar.gz
Build-Abhängigkeiten	autoconf, automake
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	ncurses
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	cmatrix
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

cmatrix 2.0-6

simulates the display from "The Matrix"

https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix

sudo apt install cmatrix

Section: misc
Architecture: amd64
3 Abhängigkeiten
2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cmatrix

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: cmatrix from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

cmatrix-xfont 2.0-6

X11 font for cmatrix

https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix

sudo apt install cmatrix-xfont

Section: x11
Architecture: all
Source Package: cmatrix
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cmatrix

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: cmatrix-xfont from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

cmatrix

nix profile install nixpkgs#cmatrix

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cmatrix

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cm/cmatrix/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

cmatrix 2.0-6

simulates the display from "The Matrix"

https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix

sudo apt install cmatrix

Section: universe/misc
Architecture: amd64
3 Abhängigkeiten
2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cmatrix

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cmatrix from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

cmatrix-xfont 2.0-6

X11 font for cmatrix

https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix

sudo apt install cmatrix-xfont

Section: universe/x11
Architecture: all
Source Package: cmatrix
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cmatrix

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cmatrix-xfont from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

apk95%

cmatrix 2.0-r2

Terminal based 'The Matrix' like implementation

https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix

sudo apk add cmatrix

License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: cmatrix
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cmatrix

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cmatrix from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

cmatrix-doc 2.0-r2

Terminal based 'The Matrix' like implementation (documentation)

https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix

sudo apk add cmatrix-doc

License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: cmatrix
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cmatrix

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cmatrix-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

cmatrix 2.0-14.fc44

A scrolling 'Matrix'-like screen

https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix

sudo dnf install cmatrix

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: cmatrix
5 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cmatrix

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cmatrix from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

dnf95%

cmatrix-x11-fonts 2.0-14.fc44

The font of 'Matrix' for X11

https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix

sudo dnf install cmatrix-x11-fonts

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: cmatrix
2 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cmatrix

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cmatrix-x11-fonts from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

pacman95%

cmatrix 2.0-4

A curses-based scrolling 'Matrix'-like screen

https://www.asty.org/cmatrix/

sudo pacman -S cmatrix

License: GPL3
Architecture: x86_64
1 Abhängigkeiten
2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cmatrix

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: cmatrix from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

zypper95%

cmatrix 2.0-1.4

The Matrix screensaver

https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix

sudo zypper install cmatrix

License: GPL-3.0-only
Category: Amusements/Games/Other
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: cmatrix
5 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cmatrix

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: cmatrix from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

cmatrix

sudo port install cmatrix

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cmatrix

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: games/cmatrix/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

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Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/cmatrix.yml

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cmatrix mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Linux

Paketzusammenfassung

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Projektgeschichte

Adoptionsgeschichte

Wie es verwendet wird

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Zeitleiste

Related projects

Quellen

Risikostufe: grün

Risikoklassifikator

Warum

Signale

Installationsverhalten

Empfohlene Prüfung

Installierte Executables

Version und Aktualität

Paketmetadaten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Interne Paketlinks

Themen-Hubs

Verwandte Tools

Gleicher Workflow

Agent-Sicherheitsleitfäden

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Combined YAML source

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