# Install fairymax

AI for playing Chess variants. Version 5.0b via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:fairymax
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fairymax
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install fairymax
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#fairymax
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:fairymax
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fairymax>
- **Version:** 5.0b
- **Source summary:** AI for playing Chess variants
- **Homepage:** <https://www.chessvariants.com/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MSfairy-max>
- **Repository:** <https://hgm.nubati.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=fairymax.git%3Ba%3Dsummary>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/CVfairy.html>
- **License:** LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain
- **Source archive:** <https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/fairymax/fairymax_5.0b.orig.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- fairymax (cli)
- maxqi (cli)
- shamax (cli)
- fairymax (alias)
- maxqi (alias)
- shamax (alias)

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 5.0b
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.chessvariants.com/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MSfairy-max
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** fairymax
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - fairymax - 5.0b-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fairymax from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | xboard compatible chess and chess-variant engine | https://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/CVfairy.html
- Nix - fairymax: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/fairymax/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - fairymax - 5.0b-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fairymax from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | xboard compatible chess and chess-variant engine | http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/CVfairy.html


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph