macOS
Homebrewvérifié · 100%
brew install ancientlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsvérifié · 94%
sudo port install ancientMacPorts ports tree · archivers/ancient/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
brew
Installer ancient avec Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, zypper
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de ancient pour les workflows d'agents IA.
installation
Commandes d'installation supplémentaires
Linux
Debian aptvérifié · 92%
sudo apt install ancientDebian stable package indexes · ancient · Source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfvérifié · 92%
sudo dnf install ancientFedora Rawhide package metadata · ancient · Source: dl.fedoraproject.org
openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%
sudo zypper install ancientopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · ancient · Source: download.opensuse.org
aperçu
Résumé du paquet
Decompression routines for ancient formats
Liens du projet
Commandes et alias
- ancient
historique
Historique du projet et usages
Ancient is a modern C++17 decompressor collection for old compression formats, especially formats from Amiga, Atari, and other 1980s and 1990s systems. It ships both a command-line application and a small API.
Historique du projet
The public GitHub repository was created in March 2017. The README explains the motivation: old decompression algorithms may still be findable, but original implementations are often system-specific, incomplete, direct translations from M68K assembly, poorly licensed, or hard to reuse safely.
Ancient's project goals are a clean modern implementation, BSD-style licensing, and test coverage against a cache of roughly ten thousand available files plus generated public-domain test files. The README also stresses that some old formats have undocumented corner cases and weak password protection, but the project is decompression-focused rather than cryptographic.
The latest GitHub release observed for this batch is v2.3.0, published in September 2025.
Historique d'adoption
Ancient sits at the intersection of software preservation, retrocomputing, and archive tooling. Its value is not broad user-interface adoption but format coverage: it preserves the ability to unpack data from old scenes, games, music modules, and system-specific compressors.
The supplied package facts show Ancient packaged in Homebrew, Debian, Fedora/dnf, MacPorts, Ubuntu, and zypper. That distribution breadth is notable for a specialist decompressor library because it makes obscure formats available to scripts and preservation workflows without each user rebuilding from source.
Modes d'utilisation
The README says simple usage is available through both the CLI and API, and that the compression algorithm is automatically detected in most cases. It also notes important boundaries: Ancient currently does not support archival files or self-extracting executables as primary built-in functionality.
The format list is the package's main feature: it includes classic Unix `compress`/`pack` variants, bzip2 and gzip bitstreams, Amiga-oriented formats such as PowerPacker, XPK-encapsulated files, Disk Masher System, StoneCracker, Pack-Ice, and many others.
Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent
Ancient is significant because package managers can turn a preservation niche into a normal command-line capability. Once installed, old packed data can be tested or unpacked in automated pipelines without depending on questionable original binaries.
It is also a nice example of 'boring modern C++ around weird old formats': the project replaces fragile historical code with a maintained, licensed, test-backed implementation.
Chronologie
- 2017: GitHub repository created.
- 2017 onward: Ancient grows as a C++17 library and CLI for legacy decompression formats.
- 2025: Release v2.3.0 published.
Related projects
- PowerPacker, XPK, StoneCracker, Disk Masher System, Pack-Ice, and other legacy compressors listed by the README.
- Lhasa: referenced by the README as a source for reimplementing rare LZH compressors without reusing code.
- bzip2 and gzip: modern/Unix formats included alongside retro formats.
Sources
posture de sécurité
Niveau de risque : blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Classificateur de risque
risque blue · confiance moyen · tool
Pourquoi
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signaux
- text:compress
Comportement d'installation
- Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
- Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 6 plateformes.
- Les métadonnées de compilation listent 5 dépendances de compilation.
Revue recommandée
Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.
exécutables
Exécutables installés
| Commande | Type | Exposition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
ancient | cli | exécutable global |
fraîcheur
Version et fraîcheur
Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.
page générée2026-07-25
version du gestionnaire2.3.0
gestionnaire mis à jour
données localesOK
amontà jour
dernière version détectéev2.3.0
https://github.com/temisu/ancient
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.confiance faible
métadonnées d'installation
Métadonnées du paquet
| Clé du paquet | brew:ancient |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.3.0 |
| Gestionnaire de paquets | Homebrew |
| Page du gestionnaire de paquets | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ancient |
| Page d'accueil | https://github.com/temisu/ancient |
| Dépôt | https://github.com/temisu/ancient |
| Docs amont | https://github.com/temisu/ancient#readme |
| Licence | BSD-2-Clause |
| Archive source | https://github.com/temisu/ancient/archive/refs/tags/v2.3.0.tar.gz |
| Dépendances de compilation | autoconf, autoconf-archive, automake, libtool, pkgconf |
| Bouteille | disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| post-install Homebrew | non défini |
| Service | aucun déclaré |
faits du registre
Détails de la base source
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | ancient |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
|
correspondances dans les bases sources
Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets
Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.
Debian apt95%
ancient 2.2.0-1
decompression routines for ancient formats
https://github.com/temisu/ancient
sudo apt install ancient- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- 4 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Ancient
Debian apt95%
libancient-dev 2.2.0-1
decompression routines for ancient formats - development files
https://github.com/temisu/ancient
sudo apt install libancient-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ancient
- 1 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Ancient
Debian apt95%
libancient2 2.2.0-1
decompression routines for ancient formats
https://github.com/temisu/ancient
sudo apt install libancient2- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ancient
- 3 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Ancient
Ubuntu apt95%
ancient 2.1.0+ds-1build1
decompression routines for ancient formats
https://github.com/temisu/ancient
sudo apt install ancient- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: amd64
- 4 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Ancient
Ubuntu apt95%
libancient-dev 2.1.0+ds-1build1
decompression routines for ancient formats - development files
https://github.com/temisu/ancient
sudo apt install libancient-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ancient
- 1 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Ancient
Ubuntu apt95%
libancient2 2.1.0+ds-1build1
decompression routines for ancient formats
https://github.com/temisu/ancient
sudo apt install libancient2- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ancient
- 3 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Ancient
dnf95%
ancient 2.3.0-3.fc44
Modern decompressor for old data compression formats
https://github.com/temisu/ancient
sudo dnf install ancient- License: BSD-2-Clause AND bzip2-1.0.6
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: ancient
- 5 Dépendances
- 1 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Ancient
dnf95%
ancient-devel 2.3.0-3.fc44
Library and header files for building applications to use libancient
https://github.com/temisu/ancient
sudo dnf install ancient-devel- License: BSD-2-Clause AND bzip2-1.0.6
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: ancient
- 3 Dépendances
- 2 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Ancient
dnf95%
ancient-libs 2.3.0-3.fc44
Library files for libancient decompressor for old formats
https://github.com/temisu/ancient
sudo dnf install ancient-libs- License: BSD-2-Clause AND bzip2-1.0.6
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: ancient
- 5 Dépendances
- 2 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Ancient
zypper95%
ancient 2.3.0-1.3
Decompression routines for ancient formats
https://github.com/temisu/ancient/
sudo zypper install ancient- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: ancient
- 4 Dépendances
- 1 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Ancient
zypper95%
ancient-devel 2.3.0-1.3
Development files for libancient
https://github.com/temisu/ancient/
sudo zypper install ancient-devel- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: ancient
- 2 Dépendances
- 2 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Ancient
zypper95%
libancient2 2.3.0-1.3
Decompression library for ancient formats
https://github.com/temisu/ancient/
sudo zypper install libancient2- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: ancient
- 4 Dépendances
- 2 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Ancient
MacPorts95%
ancient
sudo port install ancient- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Ancient
piste source
Généré depuis les données du dépôt
Cette page est servie par av-web depuis l'artéfact SQLite privé des paquets généré par scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Sources utilisées
- 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