install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install myman

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#myman

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/my/myman/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install myman

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · myman · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Text-mode videogame inspired by Namco's Pac-Man

Project links

Commands and aliases

myman
myman-0.7.1
myman.command

history

Project history and usage

MyMan is a text-mode arcade game inspired by Namco's Pac-Man. The project homepage describes it as a terminal-oriented game that has been ported across a wide set of text and graphics backends, including ncurses, PDCurses, S/Lang curses, Win32 console, VMS console, raw stdio/termios, GGI, Allegro, aalib, libcaca, TWin, and Carbon. That portability is the package's main historical identity: it is less a modern game platform than a compact C program exploring how much of a maze-chase arcade game can be carried by text displays.

Project history

The README history says MyMan was written on a dare on 1998-06-28. The first version had no color or attribute support, used large tiles, consisted of 742 lines of ANSI C, and depended on three data files for the maze, tiles, and sprites. It ran with ncurses on Linux and Cygwin, gained alternate maze layouts within hours, and later gained color and small-tile support in December 1998. The README credits Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler for the 1997-2009 copyright period and states that the program moved from its original public-domain status to a BSD-style license.

How it is used

As packaged by Homebrew, Nix, and openSUSE, MyMan is a small terminal-game curiosity rather than an ecosystem foundation. Users run the `myman` executable for a Pac-Man-like game rendered with characters, and the project site also publishes plain-text and HTML screenshots to show how the same game appears in a terminal.

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:video

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure
`myman`	cli	global executable
`myman-0.7.1`	cli	global executable
`myman.command`	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 version2009-10-30

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://myman.sourceforge.io/

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://myman.sourceforge.io/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:myman
Version	2009-10-30
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/myman
Homepage	https://myman.sourceforge.io/
Repository	https://myman.cvs.sourceforge.net/
Upstream docs	https://myman.sourceforge.io/
License	MIT
Source archive	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/myman/myman-cvs/myman-cvs-2009-10-30/myman-wip-2009-10-30.tar.gz
Build dependencies	coreutils, gnu-sed, groff
Uses from macOS	ncurses
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, 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	myman
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

myman

nix profile install nixpkgs#myman

normalized package name match
Matched by: Myman

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

zypper95%

myman 0.7.0+cvs20091030-2.28

Text based Pacman clone

http://myman.sourceforge.net/

sudo zypper install myman

License: MIT
Category: Amusements/Games/Action/Arcade
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: myman
3 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Myman

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

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/myman.yml

Used sources

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

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