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Minecraft cartography tool. Version 1.7 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Minecraft cartography tool
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- c10t
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Project history and usage
c10t is a Minecraft cartography tool for rendering world data into maps. It belongs to the early wave of external Minecraft world tools, built for command-line rendering, memory-aware processing, and cross-platform builds.
Project history
The README says c10t was written because the author liked ZomBuster's Cartograph but wanted different rendering behavior. Upstream Git history starts on 6 September 2010, close to Minecraft's early modding/tooling boom, and the repository tagged 1.0 later that month.
The tool's design centered on a pipelined multithreaded rendering process, memory limits with file-backed caching, proper command-line options, and a CMake build that could target Windows and macOS as well as Linux.
Adoption history
c10t's adoption was mostly within the Minecraft tooling community rather than broad system administration. The README points users to GitHub issues, a debug mode, and a separate Java/SWT GUI wrapper, showing a small ecosystem around a command-line renderer.
Homebrew packaging made it easy for macOS users to install a native Minecraft map renderer without building Boost, libpng, zlib, and FreeType manually.
How it is used
Users run c10t against Minecraft world data to render map images. Supporting tools in the build include nbt-inspect and region-inspect for inspecting Minecraft NBT and region files.
The README emphasizes debug output, version reporting in bug reports, platform/architecture details, and memory-friendly rendering options, all pointing to usage on large or fragile world saves.
Why package nerds care
For package nerds, c10t is a snapshot of early Minecraft-native tooling in C++: external renderers, NBT parsing, region file inspection, Boost-era dependency stacks, and optional GUI wrappers.
It also illustrates why game-adjacent CLIs appear in Unix package managers: a game creates a data format and a community quickly wants command-line batch tools for rendering, inspection, and automation.
Timeline
- 2010-09-06: Initial upstream Git commit.
- 2010-09-18: 1.0 tag appears.
- 2010-10-10: 1.1 tag appears.
- 2011-03-11: 1.7 tag appears.
- 2020-12-13: Palette overhaul updates old numeric ID handling toward modern namespaced palette data.
- 2024-07-11: Upstream commit fixes deprecated Boost usage.
Related projects
- Cartograph by ZomBuster: the Minecraft mapper the README names as inspiration.
- Firemark: Linux port of Cartograph credited by the README.
- c10t-swt: Java/SWT GUI wrapper linked from the README.
- Minecraft NBT and region-file tools: adjacent utilities represented by c10t's nbt-inspect and region-inspect targets.
Sources
- https://github.com/udoprog/c10t
- https://github.com/udoprog/c10t#readme
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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
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Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
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Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
c10t | cli | global executable |
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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 version1.7
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected1.7
https://github.com/udoprog/c10t
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:c10t |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.7 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/c10t |
| Homepage | https://github.com/udoprog/c10t |
| Repository | https://github.com/udoprog/c10t |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/udoprog/c10t#readme |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| Source archive | https://github.com/udoprog/c10t/archive/refs/tags/1.7.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | boost, freetype, libpng |
| Build dependencies | cmake |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | c10t |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 13 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
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