# Install fizmo with Homebrew, MacPorts, apt Z-Machine interpreter. Version 0.8.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-18. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:fizmo ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install fizmo ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install fizmo ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: games/fizmo/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install fizmo-console ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: fizmo-console from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:fizmo - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.8.5 - **Source summary:** Z-Machine interpreter - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-18T02:28:57-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - fizmo-console (cli) - fizmo-ncursesw (cli) - fizmo-sdl2 (cli) - fizmo-console (alias) - fizmo-ncursesw (alias) - fizmo-sdl2 (alias) ## Dependencies - freetype - jpeg-turbo - libpng - libsndfile - libx11 - sdl2-compat ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - libxml2 - 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: 0.8.5 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-18 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://fizmo.spellbreaker.org - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage fizmo is a plain-C Z-Machine interpreter for running Infocom and other Z-code interactive fiction, with multiple frontends for console, ncurses, SDL2, Glk, and RemGlk-style use. ### Project history The upstream README says fizmo was written by Christoph Ender in 2005-2016. The GitHub repository was created in 2012, and the visible GitHub releases cover the 0.8.x line from 2016 through 2018. ### Adoption history Its adoption is in the interactive-fiction niche: users need a Z-Machine interpreter, while developers can reuse libfizmo and display interfaces. The Homebrew input records packaging in Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, and Ubuntu. ### How it is used Users run one of the packaged frontends, such as `fizmo-console`, `fizmo-ncursesw`, or `fizmo-sdl2`, against Z-code story files. Developers can use the interpreter core and interfaces to build their own display or sound frontends. ### Why package nerds care fizmo is interesting to package maintainers because it splits an interpreter core from several optional frontends and libraries, so terminal, SDL2, Glk, sound, fonts, and Unicode support can affect what a package exposes. ### Timeline - 2005: Development period begins according to the upstream README. - 2012: GitHub repository created. - 2016: 0.8.0 release work appears in GitHub history. - 2018: 0.8.5 release published. ### Related projects - Related projects and formats include the Z-Machine, Infocom story files, the Interactive Fiction Archive, Glk, RemGlk, ncurses, SDL2, and iOS-fizmo. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.config/fizmo/config ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** fizmo - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 4 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - MacPorts - fizmo: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: games/fizmo/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Debian apt - fizmo-console - 0.7.13-2+b2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: fizmo-console from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Console-based Z-machine interpreter for Infocom/Inform games | https://fizmo.spellbreaker.org/ - Debian apt - fizmo-ncursesw - 0.7.14-2+b2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: fizmo-ncursesw from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Ncurses-based Z-machine interpreter for Infocom/Inform games | https://fizmo.spellbreaker.org/ - Debian apt - fizmo-sdl2 - 0.8.5-2+b2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: fizmo-sdl2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | SDL2-based Z-machine interpreter for Infocom/Inform games | https://fizmo.spellbreaker.org/ - Ubuntu apt - fizmo-console - 0.7.13-2: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fizmo-console from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Console-based Z-machine interpreter for Infocom/Inform games | https://fizmo.spellbreaker.org/ - Ubuntu apt - fizmo-ncursesw - 0.7.14-2build3: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fizmo-ncursesw from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Ncurses-based Z-machine interpreter for Infocom/Inform games | https://fizmo.spellbreaker.org/ - Ubuntu apt - fizmo-sdl2 - 0.8.5-2build2: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fizmo-sdl2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | SDL2-based Z-machine interpreter for Infocom/Inform games | https://fizmo.spellbreaker.org/ ## Related links - 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