install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install aamath

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install aamath

MacPorts ports tree · math/aamath/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Renders mathematical expressions as ASCII art

Project links

Commands and aliases

aamath

history

Project history and usage

aamath is a small command-line program that reads mathematical expressions in infix notation and renders them as ASCII art for text-only media.

Project history

The public ChangeLog records a short 2005 development burst, with initial releases in March and another release in June. The README credits Mauro Persano and points back to the original fuse.superglue.se project page.

Its niche is older Unix-friendly communication: formulas that can survive terminals, email, and newsgroups without graphics or TeX rendering. The implementation is a C++ utility built with lex and yacc, which made it a natural small Unix command rather than a GUI math editor.

Adoption history

The README says aamath was compiled and tested on Linux, FreeBSD, Cygwin, and DJGPP, which is modest but real evidence of cross-platform interest. Its adoption story is narrow: it is useful where plain text is the transport, and it has not tried to become a larger math publishing system.

How it is used

The documented workflow is direct terminal use: pass an expression as an argument or run the program interactively. The expression language covers ordinary arithmetic plus functions, integrals, limits, sums, products, matrices, and vectors.

Why package nerds care

aamath is a tiny example of a package that exists because terminals are still useful for more than logs. It preserves a plain-text math-rendering niche that overlaps with old mailing-list culture, console computer algebra output, and lightweight documentation workflows.

Timeline

2005-03-02: First public release recorded in the ChangeLog.
2005-03-07: Determinants, nabla, and radical-rendering improvements were added.
2005-06-22: Command-line expression input and man page cleanup were recorded.

Related projects

Related contexts include terminal-based math display, computer algebra systems that print two-dimensional formulas, AsciiMath-style notation, and plain-text documentation workflows.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`aamath`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.3

manager updated2026-06-22

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

http://fuse.superglue.se/aamath/

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.http://fuse.superglue.se/aamath/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:aamath
Version	0.3
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/aamath
Homepage	http://fuse.superglue.se/aamath/
Repository	https://github.com/gchudnov/aamath
Upstream docs	http://fuse.superglue.se/aamath
License	GPL-2.0-only
Source archive	https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/distfiles/aamath-0.3.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-22T14:02:40-07:00
Pulse	updated
Uses from macOS	libedit
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	aamath
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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

MacPorts95%

aamath

sudo port install aamath

normalized package name match
Matched by: Aamath

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: math/aamath/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/aamath.yml

Used sources

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

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