# Install tin

Threaded, NNTP-, and spool-based UseNet newsreader. Version 2.6.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:tin
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install tin
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install tin
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add tin
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install tin
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install tin
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: tin from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install tin
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:tin
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tin>
- **Version:** 2.6.5
- **Source summary:** Threaded, NNTP-, and spool-based UseNet newsreader
- **Homepage:** <http://www.tin.org>
- **Upstream docs:** <http://www.tin.org/>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/news/tin/v2.6/tin-2.6.5.tar.xz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- metamutt (cli)
- opt-case.pl (cli)
- rtin (cli)
- tin (cli)
- tinews.pl (cli)
- url_handler.pl (cli)
- w2r.pl (cli)
- metamutt (alias)
- opt-case.pl (alias)
- rtin (alias)
- tin (alias)
- tinews.pl (alias)
- url_handler.pl (alias)
- w2r.pl (alias)

## Dependencies

- gettext
- libunistring
- pcre2

## macOS Provided Libraries

- ncurses

## Install Behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2.6.5
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: http://www.tin.org
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## セキュリティノート

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:** tin
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Conflicts With:** mutt
- **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 - tin - 1:2.6.5~20250409-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: tin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Full-screen easy to use Usenet newsreader | http://www.tin.org/
- Ubuntu apt - tin - 1:2.6.4~20240224-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: tin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Full-screen easy to use Usenet newsreader | http://www.tin.org/
- apk - tin - 2.6.5-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tin from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Threaded NNTP and spool-based Usenet newsreader | http://www.tin.org/
- apk - tin-doc - 2.6.5-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tin-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Threaded NNTP and spool-based Usenet newsreader (documentation) | http://www.tin.org/
- apk - tin-lang - 2.6.5-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tin-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Languages for package tin | http://www.tin.org/
- apk - tin-perl - 2.6.5-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tin-perl from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Threaded NNTP and spool-based Usenet newsreader (perl helper scripts) | http://www.tin.org/
- dnf - tin - 2.6.5-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: tin from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Basic Internet news reader | http://www.tin.org/
- zypper - tin - 2.6.4-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: tin from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Threaded NNTP and spool-based UseNet news reader | http://www.tin.org/
- MacPorts - tin: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: news/tin/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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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