# Install gnu-shogi with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix Japanese Chess. Version 1.4.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gnu-shogi ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gnu-shogi ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install gnushogi ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: games/gnushogi/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install gnuminishogi ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: gnuminishogi from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install gnushogi ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gnushogi from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#gnushogi ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gn/gnushogi/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gnu-shogi - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.4.2 - **Source summary:** Japanese Chess - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - gnushogi (cli) - gnushogi (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.4.2 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnushogi/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage GNU Shogi is a GNU game engine for shogi, the Japanese chess variant. It plays against a human user or against itself and can run with a text interface or through older graphical frontends. ### Project history GNU's June 1993 bulletin records GNU Shogi as newly added to the Utilities Tape and describes it as a program created by modifying GNU Chess. The same bulletin identifies Matthias Mutz and explains the engine/front-end split between GNU Shogi and GNU XShogi, with XShogi derived from XBoard. ### Adoption history GNU Shogi represents the GNU Project's early effort to include freely redistributable games as part of a broad Unix-like software environment. Its niche adoption centered on users who wanted a terminal or X Window System shogi opponent, especially on Unix systems where packaged board-game engines and X11 frontends were natural distribution units. ### How it is used Practitioners use gnushogi to play shogi against the engine, test positions, run the engine against itself, configure time controls, use opening books, and save or restore games. The manual documents curses, raw text, and xshogi-compatible display modes. ### Why package nerds care GNU Shogi is package-nerd interesting less for broad deployment than for lineage: it is a GNU Chess derivative, an XBoard/XShogi-era Unix game, and a reminder that GNU packages include small interactive programs as well as compilers and shell utilities. ### Timeline - 1993: GNU's Bulletin listed GNU Shogi among new programs on the Utilities Tape. - 1993: GNU's Bulletin described GNU Shogi as derived by modifying GNU Chess. - 2013: The GNU Shogi homepage was written with Savannah, mailing-list, and frontend guidance. - 2026: The GNU Shogi homepage listed Yann Dirson as maintainer. ### Related projects - GNU Shogi is related to GNU Chess, GNU XShogi, XBoard, and other Unix board-game engines and frontends. ### Sources - - - ## 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:** gnu-shogi - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - MacPorts - gnushogi: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: games/gnushogi/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Debian apt - gnuminishogi - 1.5~git20140725-2.3: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: gnuminishogi from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | program to play minishogi, a shogi variant on a 5x5 board | https://www.gnu.org/software/gnushogi/ - Debian apt - gnushogi - 1.5~git20140725-2.3: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: gnushogi from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | program to play shogi, the Japanese version of chess | https://www.gnu.org/software/gnushogi/ - Nix - gnushogi: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gn/gnushogi/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - gnuminishogi - 1.5~git20140725-2.1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gnuminishogi from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | program to play minishogi, a shogi variant on a 5x5 board | https://www.gnu.org/software/gnushogi/ - Ubuntu apt - gnushogi - 1.5~git20140725-2.1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gnushogi from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | program to play shogi, the Japanese version of chess | https://www.gnu.org/software/gnushogi/ - dnf - gnushogi - 1.5-0.25.git5bb0b5b.fc44: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gnushogi from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Shogi, the Japanese version of chess | https://www.gnu.org/software/gnushogi/ ## Related links - 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