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 utility that reads mathematical expressions in infix notation and renders them as ASCII art for text-only communication.

Project history

The official project homepage listed by the package metadata is fuse.superglue.se, and Homebrew packages the 0.3 source release from the original upstream tarball with a NetBSD distfiles mirror. The source ChangeLog records a compact 2005 release series ending at version 0.3.

Adoption history

The supplied package metadata records aamath in Homebrew and MacPorts. Homebrew also carries a local patch for modern builds, which is typical of small older Unix utilities that remain useful but no longer have an active upstream VCS workflow.

How it is used

The documented use is direct terminal execution: run `aamath` with an expression argument or interactively, then paste or send the resulting plain-text formula through media such as email, newsgroups, terminal sessions, and text documentation.

Why package nerds care

aamath matters as a tiny package-manager survivor: a lex/yacc-era C++ utility preserved because package systems can keep old text-processing tools buildable long after their original homepage becomes fragile.

Timeline

2005-03-02: Version 0.1 first release recorded in the ChangeLog.
2005-03-07: Version 0.2 added determinants, nabla, and radical-rendering improvements.
2005-06-22: Version 0.3 added command-line expression input and man page cleanup.

Related projects

Related contexts include terminal math rendering, computer algebra text output, AsciiMath-style notation, and lightweight plain-text documentation workflows.

Sources

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/master/Formula/a/aamath.rb
source_facts.description
source_facts.homepage
source_facts.package-manager

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 generated2026-07-16

manager version0.3

manager updated2026-07-10

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/
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	2026-07-10T11:09:14-04:00
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
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install aamath with Homebrew, MacPorts