# Install twm

Tab Window Manager for X Window System. Version 1.0.13.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:twm
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install twm
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install twm
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: x11/twm/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add twm
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install twm
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#twm
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install twm
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: twm from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:twm
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/twm>
- **Version:** 1.0.13.1
- **Source summary:** Tab Window Manager for X Window System
- **Homepage:** <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/twm>
- **Repository:** <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/twm>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.x.org/archive/X11R6.8.2/doc/twm.1.html>
- **License:** X11
- **Source archive:** <https://www.x.org/releases/individual/app/twm-1.0.13.1.tar.xz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- twm (cli)
- twm (alias)

## Dependencies

- libice
- libsm
- libx11
- libxext
- libxmu
- libxrandr
- libxt

## Build Dependencies

- pkgconf

## Install Behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.0.13.1
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/twm
- 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:** twm
- **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 - twm - 1:1.0.10-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: twm from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tab window manager
- Nix - twm: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tw/twm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - twm - 1:1.0.10-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: twm from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tab window manager
- apk - twm - 1.0.13.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: twm from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Tom's or Tab Window Manager for the X Window System | https://www.x.org/archive/X11R6.8.1/doc/twm.1.html
- apk - twm-doc - 1.0.13.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: twm-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Tom's or Tab Window Manager for the X Window System (documentation) | https://www.x.org/archive/X11R6.8.1/doc/twm.1.html
- zypper - twm - 1.0.13.1-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: twm from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Tab Window Manager for the X Window System | http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
- MacPorts - twm: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: x11/twm/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [xorg-server](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/xorg-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, x11, xorg.

## 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
