macOS
brew install ninvaderslocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de ninvaders pour les workflows d'agents IA.
installation
brew install ninvaderslocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo apt install ninvadersDebian stable package indexes · ninvaders · Source: deb.debian.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#ninvadersnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ni/ninvaders/package.nix · Source: api.github.com
sudo zypper install ninvadersopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · ninvaders · Source: download.opensuse.org
aperçu
Space Invaders in the terminal
historique
nInvaders is a tiny ncurses Space Invaders clone for terminals. Its historical value is not ecosystem influence but preservation of a classic early-2000s Unix package genre: small C games that run over text terminals and survive because distributions keep them packaged.
The Debian man page credits Thomas Dettbarn as the program author, says the program is GPL, and dates the manual page to July 21, 2002. The SourceForge homepage points users to CVS snapshots and beta testing, and its news section records nInvaders 0.1.1 on May 8, 2003, after the 0.0.10 release on April 8, 2003.
The 0.1.1 SourceForge news entry says that release added a timer, made the game playable under IRIX, Windows, and some Red Hat versions, added a title screen, and fixed a freeze when shooting the last alien. The package has not grown into an actively evolving game platform; it is a finished little terminal toy.
nInvaders persists through package managers rather than an active upstream community. Debian still publishes a man page for package versions in unstable/testing, Homebrew bottles it for macOS and Linux, and SourceForge still hosts the old tarballs.
On 2026-07-01, Homebrew listed nInvaders 0.1.1 with 524 installs over 365 days, while SourceForge listed the 0.1.1 folder with 107 weekly downloads. Those numbers are small, but for a 2003 terminal game they show durable curiosity and packaging inertia.
Usage is intentionally simple: run `nInvaders`, move with the left and right arrow keys, shoot with space, and optionally set a starting skill level with `-l`. Debian's manual describes it as ASCII-art Space Invaders using ncurses, playable anywhere a terminal can render it.
For package nerds it is useful as a smoke-test/fun package: ncurses, terminal input, simple build system, old upstream tarball, and a binary whose behavior is immediately visible.
nInvaders is a good enrichment record precisely because it is niche. It represents the long tail of package databases: not strategically important, but culturally recognizable, easy to install, and stable enough that distros can keep carrying it almost unchanged.
posture de sécurité
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
risque vert · confiance faible · appliance
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exécutables
| Commande | Type | Exposition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
nInvaders | cli | exécutable global |
fraîcheur
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https://ninvaders.sourceforge.net/
métadonnées d'installation
| Clé du paquet | brew:ninvaders |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 |
| Gestionnaire de paquets | Homebrew |
| Page du gestionnaire de paquets | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ninvaders |
| Page d'accueil | https://ninvaders.sourceforge.net/ |
| Dépôt | https://sourceforge.net/p/ninvaders/code |
| Docs amont | https://ninvaders.sourceforge.net/ |
| Licence | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Archive source | https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ninvaders/ninvaders/0.1.1/ninvaders-0.1.1.tar.gz |
| Bibliothèques fournies par macOS | ncurses |
| Bouteille | disponible (sur arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| post-install Homebrew | non défini |
| Service | aucun déclaré |
faits du registre
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | ninvaders |
| 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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correspondances dans les bases sources
Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.
ninvaders 0.1.1-5+b1
A space invaders-like game using ncurses
sudo apt install ninvadersninvaders
nix profile install nixpkgs#ninvadersninvaders 0.1.1-5
A space invaders-like game using ncurses
sudo apt install ninvadersninvaders 0.1.1-4.3
A space invaders-like game using ncurses
http://ninvaders.sourceforge.net/
sudo zypper install ninvaderspiste source
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