# Install brogue with Homebrew, apk Roguelike game. Version 1.15.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-18. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:brogue ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install brogue ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add brogue ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: brogue from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:brogue - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.15.1 - **Source summary:** Roguelike game - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** AGPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-18T02:28:55-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - brogue (cli) - brogue (alias) ## Dependencies - sdl2-compat - sdl2_image ## Uses from macOS - 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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.15.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-18 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/tmewett/BrogueCE - Upstream latest detected: v1.15.1 (current) ## Project history and usage Brogue CE is the community-maintained continuation of Brogue, Brian Walker's minimalist roguelike. It preserves the original dungeon-crawler design while adding bug fixes, platform maintenance, quality-of-life features, variants, graphical improvements, and ongoing balance work. ### Project history The original Brogue site identifies Brogue as a roguelike for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux by Brian Walker and now directs users to Brogue: Community Edition for the current version. The CE repository describes itself as a continuation of Brian Walker's game, with goals of fixing bugs and crashes, improving gameplay, easing maintenance, and serving as a base for forks and ports. Brogue CE's release lineage starts from the original game's 1.7-era heritage and moved through CE 1.8 and 1.9 toward a more active community cadence. The changelog records a notable shift around CE 1.10: the maintainers said CE had matured, Brian Walker was involved in development, and the project became open to original gameplay changes as well as preservation-oriented maintenance. ### Adoption history Brogue's adoption sits in roguelike culture more than conventional infrastructure: players share seeds, recordings, challenges, and strategy around a deterministic single-player dungeon. CE became the default distribution path after the original website pointed current downloads to the GitHub releases page. In package managers, Brogue CE gives terminal and desktop users a reproducible way to install a living roguelike without chasing platform-specific zip files. The input package facts show packaging in Homebrew and Alpine, matching its mixed terminal/SDL audience. ### How it is used Players run `brogue` to descend through a procedurally generated dungeon, retrieve the Amulet of Yendor from depth 26, and optionally return to the surface. CE supports graphical tiles, terminal/curses builds, command-line options, recordings, seed catalogs, and variants such as Rapid Brogue and Bullet Brogue. ### Why package nerds care Brogue CE matters to package nerds because it is a living example of how game preservation, community stewardship, and package-manager distribution overlap. The package is also culturally interesting because it carries classic roguelike conventions into modern CI, release artifacts, and cross-platform packaging. ### Timeline - Original era: Brian Walker creates Brogue for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. - CE era: Brogue: Community Edition launches as a continuation of the original game. - 2020: CE release tags include the 1.8 and 1.9 series. - CE 1.10: Maintainers document a broader scope, including original gameplay changes with Brian Walker involved. - 2026-02-12: GitHub lists Brogue CE 1.15.1 as the latest release at the time researched. ### Related projects - Brogue belongs to the roguelike family alongside NetHack, Angband, Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, and Cataclysm-style descendants, while its CE model resembles other community continuations that keep beloved games buildable on current systems. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes 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:** brogue - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - apk - brogue - 1.15.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: brogue from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Classic roguelike with streamlined game mechanics and tasteful visual design (community edition) | https://sites.google.com/site/broguegame/ ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Game and emulation packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/game-emulation-tools/) - Matched game or emulation metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [sdl2-compat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sdl2-compat/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [avanor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/avanor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games, roguelike, terminal. - [nethack](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nethack/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dungeon-crawler, game, games, roguelike. - [rogue](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rogue/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dungeon-crawler, game, games, roguelike. - [allureofthestars](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/allureofthestars/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games, roguelike. - [angband](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/angband/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games, roguelike. - [cataclysm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cataclysm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games, roguelike. - [jnethack](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jnethack/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games, roguelike. - [unnethack](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/unnethack/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games, roguelike. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/brogue.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/brogue.yml) ## Sources - 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