macOS
Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
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mapscii mit Homebrew, Nix installieren
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Installation
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Linux
Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mapsciinixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ma/mapscii/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
Whole World In Your Console
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- mapscii
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
MapSCII is a JavaScript terminal map viewer that renders world map data as Braille and ASCII characters and can be run locally or over a telnet-style terminal session.
Projektgeschichte
The MapSCII GitHub repository was created in September 2016. Its README presents the project as a Braille and ASCII world map renderer for the console, with mouse dragging and zooming, points of interest, Mapbox-style layer styling, public or private vector tile servers, OSM2VectorTiles-based data, and offline MBTiles support.
The official release stream shows the early feature path: ASCII mode in 2017, improved mouse support later in 2017, a CoffeeScript-to-JavaScript transition in 2019, and version 0.3.1 in February 2020.
Adoptionsgeschichte
MapSCII spread as a terminal novelty with real geospatial plumbing underneath. The official README documents npx mapscii, npm install -g mapscii, snap install mapscii, and direct use of the mapscii command, while Homebrew and Nix metadata in the input show additional package-manager adoption.
Its GitHub repository metadata shows unusually high interest for a small CLI map viewer, which fits its role as a memorable demo of vector tiles, terminal graphics, and OpenStreetMap-style data in one command.
Wie es verwendet wird
Users run mapscii, pan with arrow keys, zoom with a and z, switch character mode with c, quit with q, and use mouse events when the terminal supports them. It can connect to vector tile servers or work with local VectorTile/MBTiles data.
For package users, MapSCII is mostly a frictionless CLI: install it, run mapscii, and get an interactive world map in a terminal without a browser.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
MapSCII is significant as a tiny package-index gem: it combines Node packaging, terminal rendering, vector tiles, and OpenStreetMap-derived data in a way that is instantly testable from a shell.
It is also a good example of why package managers carry playful tools: the utility may be narrow, but it exercises real terminal and geospatial dependencies.
Zeitleiste
- 2016: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2017: ASCII mode and improved mouse support releases published.
- 2019: CoffeeScript-to-JavaScript release published.
- 2020: v0.3.1 release published.
Related projects
- Mapbox Styles, vector tiles, MBTiles, and OSM2VectorTiles are listed in the official README as part of the MapSCII feature set.
- OpenStreetMap-derived data is central to the project's map-viewing experience.
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 1 Plattformziele verfügbar.
- Installiert mit 1 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
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Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
mapscii | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
Version und Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Seite generiert2026-07-08
Manager-Version0.3.1
Manager aktualisiert
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt
https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii
- InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
- InfoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/rastapasta/mapsciinone Konfidenz
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:mapscii |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mapscii |
| Homepage | https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii |
| Repository | https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii#readme |
| Lizenz | MIT |
| Quellarchiv | https://registry.npmjs.org/mapscii/-/mapscii-0.3.1.tgz |
| Abhängigkeiten | node |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf all) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
Details aus der Quelldatenbank
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | mapscii |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
Nix95%
mapscii
nix profile install nixpkgs#mapscii- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Mapscii
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.
Verwendete Quellen
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment