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Text-mode multi-protocol instant messaging client. Version 5.0.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Text-mode multi-protocol instant messaging client
Project links
Commands and aliases
- centerim5
history
Project history and usage
CenterIM 5 is a text-mode instant messaging client for Unix-like systems that uses libpurple as its communication backend.
Project history
The official repository describes CenterIM 5 as a terminal IM client for Linux, BSD, Solaris, and other Unices. Its repository preserves a traditional Unix command-line client shape, with a README, manpage, NEWS file, and source tree rather than a hosted documentation site.
Adoption history
CenterIM 5 is a niche package-manager item: Homebrew packages the centerim5 executable for users who still want a terminal multi-protocol IM client, while the GitHub repository shows a small public footprint.
How it is used
The documented command is centerim5. The official manpage documents options including ASCII UI drawing, alternate base directory selection, and starting accounts offline.
Why package nerds care
CenterIM 5 is useful to package nerds as a preservation-style Unix terminal client: it keeps a libpurple-backed multi-protocol messaging workflow available outside graphical Pidgin-style front ends.
Timeline
- 2016: centerim5 manpage dated July 11, 2016.
- 2018: Public petrpavlu/centerim5 GitHub repository and release history visible on GitHub.
Related projects
- libpurple is the communication backend named by the official README.
- Pidgin and Finch are related libpurple front ends named in the official manpage.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:client
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 10 platform targets.
- Installs with 5 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
centerim5 | 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 version5.0.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/petrpavlu/centerim5
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/petrpavlu/centerim5none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:center-im |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.0.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/center-im |
| Homepage | https://github.com/petrpavlu/centerim5 |
| Repository | https://github.com/petrpavlu/centerim5 |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/petrpavlu/centerim5#readme |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/petrpavlu/centerim5/releases/download/v5.0.1/centerim5-5.0.1.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | gettext, glib, libsigc++@2, ncurses, pidgin |
| Build dependencies | cmake, gettext, pkgconf |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, 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 | center-im |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment