# Install most with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Powerful paging program. Version 5.2.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:most
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install most
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install most
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/most/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add most
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: most from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install most
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: most from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install most
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: most 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#most
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mo/most/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S most
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: most from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install most
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: most from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:most
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/most>
- **Version:** 5.2.0
- **Source summary:** Powerful paging program
- **Homepage:** <https://www.jedsoft.org/most/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jedsoft/most>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.jedsoft.org/most>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://www.jedsoft.org/releases/most/most-5.2.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- most (cli)
- most (alias)

## Dependencies

- s-lang

## 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: 5.2.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.jedsoft.org/most/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Project history and usage

Most is John E. Davis's terminal pager, listed by Davis among his open software contributions alongside jed, S-Lang, and slrn. It occupies the same Unix command-line niche as more and less, but its identity has long been tied to richer terminal viewing: the project page describes support for Unix, VMS, MS-DOS, and Win32 systems, plus multiple windows and horizontal scrolling.

### How it is used

The program is used as a read-only file browser for terminal sessions, especially when files are too wide or structured for a simple line-by-line pager. Debian's manual page highlights several of the features that explain its persistence in package managers: independent split windows, optional locked scrolling between windows, binary-file display, status-line progress, and modes that can wrap or truncate lines independently. In package-manager terms it is a small, old-school pager rather than a shell framework or editor, useful to users who want a pager with more screen layout control than less without leaving the terminal.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/most>
- <https://github.com/jedsoft/most>
- <https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/most/pager.1.en.html>
- <https://www.jedsoft.org/>
- <https://www.jedsoft.org/most/>


## 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:** most
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - most - 5.2.0-1.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: most from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Pager program similar to more and less
- Nix - most: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mo/most/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - most - 5.2.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: most from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Pager program similar to more and less
- apk - most - 5.2.0-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: most from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Powerful paging program for UNIX | https://www.jedsoft.org/most/
- apk - most-doc - 5.2.0-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: most-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Powerful paging program for UNIX (documentation) | https://www.jedsoft.org/most/
- dnf - most - 5.2.0-10.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: most from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | more, less, most | http://www.jedsoft.org/releases/most/
- pacman - most - 5.2.0-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: most from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A terminal pager similar to 'more' and 'less' | https://www.jedsoft.org/most/index.html
- zypper - most - 5.2.0-1.12: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: most from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | File viewer and pager | https://www.jedsoft.org/most/
- MacPorts - most: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/most/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [s-lang](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/s-lang/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [moor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/moor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, pager, terminal.
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- [colordiff](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/colordiff/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal.
- [colormake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/colormake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal.
- [jed](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jed/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, lang, powerful.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/most.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/most.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph