# blink を Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, winget でインストール

blink のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:blink
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install blink
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install blink
```

  証拠: MacPorts ports tree: emulators/blink/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#blink
```

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

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id AGProjects.Blink -e
```

  証拠: Windows Package Manager source index: AGProjects.Blink from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:blink
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **パッケージマネージャページ:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/blink>
- **バージョン:** 1.1.0
- **ソース概要:** Tiniest x86-64-linux emulator
- **ホームページ:** <https://github.com/jart/blink>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/jart/blink>
- **上流ドキュメント:** <https://github.com/jart/blink#readme>
- **ライセンス:** ISC
- **ソースアーカイブ:** <https://github.com/jart/blink/archive/refs/tags/1.1.0.tar.gz>
- **最終更新:** 2026-06-08T20:01:48-04:00
- **生成日時:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- blink (cli)
- blinkenlights (cli)
- blink (エイリアス)
- blinkenlights (エイリアス)

## ビルド依存関係

- make
- pkgconf

## インストール挙動

- post-install フック: 未定義
- Bottle: 利用可能 対象 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-07-08
- マネージャ版: 1.1.0
- マネージャ更新日: 2026-06-08
- ローカルデータ: OK
- 上流リポジトリ: https://github.com/jart/blink
- 検出された最新: 1.1.0 (最新)
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

blink is Justine Tunney's tiny x86-64 Linux emulator for running Linux binaries across POSIX operating systems and CPU architectures. It is both a practical portability tool and a package-nerd flex: a very small VM competing with much larger emulator stacks for one sharply defined job.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The upstream README says the project contains `blink`, a virtual machine for x86-64 Linux programs, and `blinkenlights`, a terminal debugger interface for x86-64 Linux and i8086 programs. The README explicitly compares `blink` to `qemu-x86_64`, emphasizing smaller binary size, POSIX host portability, and faster performance on some workloads.

The same README ties blink to the Cosmopolitan Libc ecosystem: blink's prime directive is to support userspace binaries compiled by Cosmopolitan Libc, while also supporting a practical subset of Linux syscalls and x86-64 instructions. GitHub releases show Blink 1.0.0 published in June 2023 and 1.1.0 in January 2024.

### 採用の歴史

blink's adoption comes from portability obsessives, compiler/toolchain users, and people who like Actually Portable Executable style workflows. Package-manager facts list Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and a Windows winget name, showing interest beyond one Unix distribution.

Because it can run Linux binaries on macOS, BSDs, Cygwin, and non-x86 hardware, blink fills a different packaging niche than full-system emulators: it is small enough to install as a developer utility, script runner, or compatibility shim.

### 使われ方

Typical use is `blink PROGRAM [ARG...]` to run an x86-64 Linux ELF binary. `blinkenlights PROGRAM` opens the TUI debugger, with stepping, continuing, memory visualization, mouse-wheel scrolling/zooming, and reverse debugging.

The README documents tiny builds, optional feature disabling, JIT controls, POSIX compliance checks, VFS support for chroot-like use, and large test coverage against Cosmopolitan, Linux Test Project, and Musl libc tests.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

blink is catnip for package nerds because it compresses a loader, emulator, syscall personality, debugger, and cross-architecture compatibility story into a tiny command-line package. It also has a clear comparison target, `qemu-x86_64`, which makes the packaging tradeoff legible: less generality, far smaller footprint.

It matters culturally because it extends the Cosmopolitan/APE idea from 'make binaries that run everywhere' to 'run Linux-shaped binaries almost anywhere'. That makes it a tool about distribution itself, not merely CPU emulation.

### タイムライン

- 2023-06-04: Blink 1.0.0 release published on GitHub.
- 2024-01-21: Blink 1.1.0 release published on GitHub.
- Current README: documents POSIX hosts including Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Cygwin, plus Linux, ARM, RISC-V, MIPS, PowerPC, and s390x test targets.

### Related projects

- Related projects include Cosmopolitan Libc, Actually Portable Executable workflows, QEMU user-mode emulation, Musl libc tests, Linux Test Project, and terminal debuggers such as GDB and TUI-oriented visual debuggers.

### ソース

- <https://github.com/jart/blink#readme>
- <https://github.com/jart/blink/releases>
- <https://justine.lol/blinkenlights>
- input source_facts.package-manager


## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger リスク:** グリーン / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## ソースデータベース詳細

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** blink
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- Nix - blink: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bl/blink/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - blink: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: emulators/blink/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - AGProjects.Blink: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: AGProjects.Blink from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- winget - prayag17.Blink.Alpha: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: prayag17.Blink.Alpha from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## 関連リンク

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [make](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/make/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [blink1](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/blink1/) - Package name indicates the same formula family.
- [tenyr](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/tenyr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, emulator, language-runtime.
- [abcl](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/abcl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime.
- [agda](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/agda/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime.
- [alda](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/alda/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime.
- [algol68g](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/algol68g/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime.
- [ammonite-repl](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/ammonite-repl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime.
- [arturo](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/arturo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime.
- [ats2-postiats](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/ats2-postiats/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime.
- [node-linux-x64](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/npm/node-linux-x64/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, language, language-runtime, linux, runtime.
- [bic](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/bic/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, language, language-runtime, runtime.
- [boa](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/boa/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, language, language-runtime, runtime.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/blink.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/blink.yml)


## ソース

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