# Install klavaro with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, winget, zypper Free touch typing tutor program. Version 3.14 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:klavaro ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install klavaro ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install klavaro ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: games/klavaro/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install klavaro ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: klavaro from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install klavaro ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: klavaro 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#klavaro ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/kl/klavaro/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S klavaro ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: klavaro from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install klavaro ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: klavaro from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id FelipeEFdeCastro.Klavaro -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: FelipeEFdeCastro.Klavaro from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:klavaro - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.14 - **Source summary:** Free touch typing tutor program - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - klavaro (cli) - klavaro (alias) ## Dependencies - adwaita-icon-theme - at-spi2-core - cairo - gdk-pixbuf - gettext - glib - gtk+3 - gtkdatabox - harfbuzz - pango ## Build dependencies - gettext - intltool - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - curl ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 3.14 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://klavaro.sourceforge.io/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Klavaro is a GTK touch-typing tutor built around keyboard-layout independence rather than training only a small set of national keyboard layouts. Its own site records the project as starting on 2005-04-03 and describes the design goal as libre software that saves users from layout-specific typing tutors. ### Project history The project reached its first production release as Klavaro 1.0.0 in October 2006, after early Windows-port work in 2005. The SourceForge news archive shows the project moving from standalone tarball distribution into public Subversion development in 2008 and adding features such as semi-online and online typing contests during the 1.1 series. Later release notes show the project adapting its GTK base, translations, Windows builds, and ranking-server setup rather than changing its core purpose. The 2022 project site still emphasizes broad keyboard-layout support, many interface translations, a keyboard-layout editor, progress charts, and simple exercises for basic memorization, adaptability, speed, and fluidness. ### Adoption history Klavaro entered distribution channels early for a desktop education application: the project news says Debian accepted it into the main archive on 2007-01-14, FreeBSD ports followed in 2007, and MacPorts carried it from version 1.1.1 in 2008. That packaging spread is why it appears under the same name across Unix-like package managers and in Homebrew. ### How it is used Users run Klavaro as a graphical tutor, usually through the `klavaro` executable, to practice touch typing with customizable keyboard layouts, imported text, progress charts, and ranking exercises. It is not a credentials-oriented program and the official materials do not document a stable user-editable configuration path. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, Klavaro is a compact example of the classic SourceForge-era GTK desktop application that survived by being easy to package across distributions. Its significance is less about novel infrastructure and more about filling the practical education niche with GPL software and unusually wide keyboard-layout coverage. ### Timeline - 2005-04-03: Project site records Klavaro's start date. - 2006-10-13: Klavaro 1.0.0 announced as the first production release. - 2007-01-14: Debian accepted Klavaro into its archive, according to project news posted on 2007-01-20. - 2008-06-02: Project news announced public Subversion repository access. - 2008-07-24: Project news announced MacPorts packaging from version 1.1.1. - 2021-04-17: Klavaro 3.12 release news described translation updates, a GTK3 GtkDatabox link, and a win64 installer. ### Related projects - Klavaro sits alongside other free typing tutors such as GNU Typist, Tux Typing, and KTouch, but its own documentation highlights keyboard-layout independence and a layout editor as the differentiator. ### 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:** klavaro - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - klavaro - 3.14-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: klavaro from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Flexible touch typing tutor | http://klavaro.sourceforge.net/ - Nix - klavaro: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/kl/klavaro/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - klavaro - 3.11-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: klavaro from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Flexible touch typing tutor | http://klavaro.sourceforge.net/ - dnf - klavaro - 3.14-10.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: klavaro from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Typing tutor | http://klavaro.sourceforge.net/en/ - pacman - klavaro - 3.14-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: klavaro from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Free touch typing tutor program | https://klavaro.sourceforge.io - zypper - klavaro - 3.14-1.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: klavaro from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Typing tutor | https://klavaro.sourceforge.io/ - MacPorts - klavaro: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: games/klavaro/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - FelipeEFdeCastro.Klavaro: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: FelipeEFdeCastro.Klavaro from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## 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. - [Productivity CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [cairo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cairo/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gdk-pixbuf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gdk-pixbuf/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - 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