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Install acme with Homebrew, apt, Nix, pacman

Crossassembler for multiple environments. Version 0.97 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-26.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install acme

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install acme

Debian stable package indexes · acme · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#acme

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ac/acme/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S acme

Arch Linux sync databases · acme · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Crossassembler for multiple environments

Commands and aliases

  • acme

history

Project history and usage

ACME Cross-Assembler is a command-line cross assembler for 6502-family development. The official SourceForge project describes it as a multi-platform assembler for 6502, 6510, 65c02, and 65816 CPUs.

Project history

The official SourceForge project presents ACME as a GPL-licensed cross assembler for multiple environments. Its current SourceForge code tree exposes source, docs, examples, testing material, and ACME_Lib, with the trunk shown at revision 454 during this batch.

The in-tree documentation records detailed assembler behavior, including pseudo opcodes, address modes, CPU-specific behavior, and 65816 support. The source also carries compatibility dialects for historical ACME versions from 0.85 through 0.98, showing that the tool has had a long-running version lineage.

Adoption history

ACME is packaged as a small retro-computing developer tool rather than a broad application framework. The input package-manager facts list Homebrew, Debian, Nix, Arch, and Ubuntu packages, matching its use by developers who want a Unix-packaged assembler for 6502-family targets.

How it is used

Package users invoke the acme executable to assemble source for 6502, 6510, 65c02, and 65816 targets. The official documentation covers pseudo opcodes for emitting values, selecting CPU behavior, handling 65816 register lengths, and controlling assembler dialect compatibility.

Why package nerds care

ACME matters to package nerds because it is a classic niche CLI: small, GPL-licensed, useful to retro-computing and demoscene workflows, and distributed through Unix package managers for repeatable builds of old-machine software.

Timeline

  • 2020-07-10: SourceForge file listing shows acme0.97mac.zip released.
  • Current: SourceForge code browser shows trunk at revision 454.
  • Current: Source code lists compatibility dialects from 0.85 through 0.98.

Related projects

  • Related projects include other 6502-family assemblers, Commodore and 65816 development toolchains, and retro-computing build systems that package cross assemblers for reproducible command-line builds.

Sources

  • Official SourceForge project page, code browser, in-tree docs, source file, and 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 13 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

CommandKindExposureNote
acmecliglobal 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 version0.97
manager updated2026-05-26
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://sourceforge.net/projects/acme-crossass/

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:acme
Version0.97
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/acme
Homepagehttps://sourceforge.net/projects/acme-crossass/
Repositoryhttps://sourceforge.net/p/acme-crossass/code-0/HEAD/tree/trunk
Upstream docshttps://sourceforge.net/p/acme-crossass/code-0/HEAD/tree/trunk/docs
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://svn.code.sf.net/p/acme-crossass/code-0/trunk
Last updated2026-05-26T23:37:47-04:00
Pulseupdated
Bottleavailable (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameacme
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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.

Debian apt95%

acme 1:0.97~svn20211115+ds-2

Multi-platform cross assembler for 6502/6510/65816 CPU

https://sourceforge.net/projects/acme-crossass/

sudo apt install acme
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Acme
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: acme from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

acme

nix profile install nixpkgs#acme
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Acme
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ac/acme/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

acme 1:0.97~svn20211115+ds-1

Multi-platform cross assembler for 6502/6510/65816 CPU

https://sourceforge.net/projects/acme-crossass/

sudo apt install acme
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Acme
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: acme from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
pacman95%

acme 2025.07.11-2

Assembler for the 6502, 6510, 65c02 and 65816 processors

https://sourceforge.net/projects/acme-crossass/

sudo pacman -S acme
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Acme
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: acme from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

package graph

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

Same workflow

  • asm6809Shares av.db curated category or tags: assembler, cli, cross-assembler, developer-tools.
  • tass64Shares av.db curated category or tags: 6502, assembler, cli, developer-tools.
  • dasmShares av.db curated category or tags: assembler, cli, developer-tools.
  • gputilsShares av.db curated category or tags: assembler, cli, developer-tools.
  • jasminShares av.db curated category or tags: assembler, cli, developer-tools.
  • nasmShares av.db curated category or tags: assembler, cli, developer-tools.

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.

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