macOS
Homebrewvérifié · 100%
brew install x3270local Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsvérifié · 94%
sudo port install x3270MacPorts ports tree · x11/x3270/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
brew
Installer x3270 avec Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de x3270 pour les workflows d'agents IA.
installation
Commandes d'installation supplémentaires
Linux
Debian aptvérifié · 92%
sudo apt install x3270Debian stable package indexes · x3270 · Source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfvérifié · 92%
sudo dnf install x3270Fedora Rawhide package metadata · x3270 · Source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixvérifié · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#x3270nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/x3/x3270/package.nix · Source: api.github.com
openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%
sudo zypper install x3270openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · x3270 · Source: download.opensuse.org
aperçu
Résumé du paquet
IBM 3270 terminal emulator for the X Window System and Windows
Liens du projet
Commandes et alias
- b3270
- c3270
- pr3287
- prtodir
- s3270
- tcl3270
- x3270if
historique
Historique du projet et usages
x3270 is a family of IBM 3270 terminal emulators and related tools for Unix-like systems and Windows. It connects modern desktops, terminals, and scripts to IBM mainframe sessions over TELNET/TN3270/TN3270E, preserving the block-mode terminal model used by 3270 applications.
The package is historically anchored by Paul Mattes, who has modified and extended x3270 since version 3.1 in 1993 and remains the maintainer identified by the project site. Over time the name came to cover not only the X11 GUI emulator but also console, scripting, Tcl, printer, Windows, and backend variants.
Historique du projet
IBM 3270 terminals were not character-at-a-time Unix terminals; they were display stations for mainframe applications that exchanged structured screens with the host. x3270 brought that interaction model to the X Window System, allowing users on Unix workstations to reach mainframe applications without physical 3270 hardware.
Paul Mattes' long stewardship turned x3270 into a suite. The project site lists x3270 for X displays, c3270 for curses terminals, wc3270 and wx3270 for Windows, s3270 and tcl3270 for screen-scraping and scripted automation, and pr3287 for printer emulation. GitHub mirrors the same shape with separate directories for the family members.
Historique d'adoption
x3270's adoption lives in the durable mainframe niche: banks, governments, universities, enterprises, retrocomputing, and Hercules-based hobbyist systems still need 3270-compatible access. SourceForge describes it as a suite with full 3278/3279/3287 TN3270E emulation, DBCS support, IND$FILE file transfer, SSL, and scripting.
The project has persisted because mainframe interfaces persist. Its package value is not fashion; it is compatibility. Users need predictable keyboard maps, host-codepage handling, file transfer, printer sessions, scripted screen automation, and command-line variants that can run in terminals or batch jobs.
Modes d'utilisation
Interactive users run `x3270` for an X11 GUI or `c3270` in a terminal to connect to a host and operate 3278/3279-style sessions. Windows users have corresponding graphical and console versions, while `pr3287` handles printer emulation.
Automation users run `s3270`, `tcl3270`, or helper interfaces such as `x3270if` to drive host screens programmatically. That screen-scraping role is a major part of x3270's continuing relevance because many mainframe workflows expose stable terminal screens rather than modern APIs.
Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent
x3270 is package-nerd significant because it is an old-school compatibility tool that remains live. It packages a whole protocol and terminal family into small executables whose names encode their frontends: X11, curses, scripting, Tcl, printer, and Windows variants.
It is also a useful reminder that 'networking' packages are not only HTTP clients and cloud CLIs. TN3270E, IND$FILE, 3278/3279 displays, and 3287 printers are still operational infrastructure for people who maintain or automate mainframe systems.
Chronologie
- 1993: Paul Mattes begins modifying and extending x3270 from version 3.1.
- 2000s-2010s: The x3270 family expands across X11, curses, Windows, scripting, Tcl, and printer-emulation variants.
- 2020-03-17: The x3270 Wiki is launched as a frequently updated documentation home.
- 2026-04-01: SourceForge lists recent project activity, reflecting continued maintenance.
- 2026: The GitHub repository presents x3270 as a family of IBM 3270 emulators with thousands of commits and many tagged releases.
Related projects
- c3270 is the curses terminal frontend in the x3270 family.
- s3270 and tcl3270 are the automation and scripting-oriented members of the family.
- wc3270 and wx3270 are Windows-oriented members.
- pr3287 provides IBM 3287 printer emulation.
- Hercules is a common mainframe-emulator environment where 3270 emulators are used.
Sources
posture de sécurité
Niveau de risque : vert
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Classificateur de risque
risque vert · confiance faible · appliance
Pourquoi
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signaux
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
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.
- S’installe avec 2 dépendances d’exécution.
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.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.x3270pro~/.Xdefaults
exécutables
Exécutables installés
| Commande | Type | Exposition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
b3270 | cli | exécutable global | |
c3270 | cli | exécutable global | |
pr3287 | cli | exécutable global | |
prtodir | cli | exécutable global | |
s3270 | cli | exécutable global | |
tcl3270 | cli | exécutable global | |
x3270if | 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 générée2026-07-09
version du gestionnaire4.5ga5
gestionnaire mis à jour2026-06-04
données localesOK
amontnot checked
dernière version détectéenon détecté
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://x3270.bgp.nu/confiance none
métadonnées d'installation
Métadonnées du paquet
| Clé du paquet | brew:x3270 |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.5ga5 |
| Gestionnaire de paquets | Homebrew |
| Page du gestionnaire de paquets | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/x3270 |
| Page d'accueil | https://x3270.bgp.nu/ |
| Dépôt | https://sourceforge.net/p/x3270/code/ci/master/tree |
| Docs amont | https://x3270.bgp.nu/documentation.html |
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause |
| Archive source | https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/x3270/x3270/4.5ga5/suite3270-4.5ga5-src.tgz |
| Dernière mise à jour | 2026-06-04T05:02:46Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dépendances | openssl@3, readline |
| Bibliothèques fournies par macOS | expat, ncurses |
| 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 | x3270 |
| 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%
x3270 4.3ga10-5
X11 program for telnet sessions to IBM mainframes
sudo apt install x3270- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ibm-3270
- 7 Dépendances
- 1 dépendances optionnelles
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : X3270
Nix95%
x3270
nix profile install nixpkgs#x3270- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : X3270
Ubuntu apt95%
x3270 4.1ga10-1.1build2
X11 program for telnet sessions to IBM mainframes
sudo apt install x3270- Section: universe/net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ibm-3270
- 7 Dépendances
- 1 dépendances optionnelles
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : X3270
dnf95%
x3270 4.5ga5-1.fc45
An X Window System based IBM 3278/3279 terminal emulator
https://x3270.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page
sudo dnf install x3270- License: BSD-3-Clause AND HPND-sell-variant AND MIT AND Apache-2.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: x3270
- 7 Dépendances
- 2 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : X3270
dnf95%
x3270-text 4.5ga5-1.fc45
IBM 3278/3279 terminal emulator for text mode
https://x3270.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page
sudo dnf install x3270-text- License: BSD-3-Clause AND HPND-sell-variant AND MIT AND Apache-2.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: x3270
- 8 Dépendances
- 1 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : X3270
dnf95%
x3270-x11 4.5ga5-1.fc45
IBM 3278/3279 terminal emulator for the X Window System
https://x3270.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page
sudo dnf install x3270-x11- License: BSD-3-Clause AND HPND-sell-variant AND MIT AND Apache-2.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: x3270
- 11 Dépendances
- 2 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : X3270
zypper95%
x3270 4.5-1.3
A Family of IBM 3270 Terminal Emulators
sudo zypper install x3270- License: MIT
- Category: System/X11/Terminals
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: x3270
- 15 Dépendances
- 2 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : X3270
MacPorts95%
x3270
sudo port install x3270- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : X3270
MacPorts94%
c3270
sudo port install c3270- installed executable or alias match
- Correspondance par : C3270
Debian apt92%
b3270 4.3ga10-5
Backend tool for telnet sessions to IBM mainframes
sudo apt install b3270- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ibm-3270
- 4 Dépendances
- installed executable or alias match
- Correspondance par : B3270
Debian apt92%
c3270 4.3ga10-5
Curses program for telnet sessions to IBM mainframes
sudo apt install c3270- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ibm-3270
- 5 Dépendances
- installed executable or alias match
- Correspondance par : C3270
Debian apt92%
pr3287 4.3ga10-5
IBM 3287 printer emulation for telnet sessions to IBM mainframes
sudo apt install pr3287- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ibm-3270
- 3 Dépendances
- installed executable or alias match
- Correspondance par : Pr3287
Debian apt92%
s3270 4.3ga10-5
Program for scripted telnet sessions to IBM mainframes
sudo apt install s3270- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ibm-3270
- 3 Dépendances
- installed executable or alias match
- Correspondance par : S3270
Debian apt92%
tcl3270 4.3ga10-5
Program for Tcl-scripted telnet sessions to IBM mainframes
sudo apt install tcl3270- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ibm-3270
- 4 Dépendances
- installed executable or alias match
- Correspondance par : Tcl3270
Ubuntu apt92%
b3270 4.1ga10-1.1build2
Backend tool for telnet sessions to IBM mainframes
sudo apt install b3270- Section: universe/net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ibm-3270
- 4 Dépendances
- installed executable or alias match
- Correspondance par : B3270
Ubuntu apt92%
c3270 4.1ga10-1.1build2
Curses program for telnet sessions to IBM mainframes
sudo apt install c3270- Section: universe/net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ibm-3270
- 5 Dépendances
- installed executable or alias match
- Correspondance par : C3270
piste source
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Combined YAML source
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Sources utilisées
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment