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Install stockfish with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, winget, zypper

Strong open-source chess engine. Version 18 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install stockfish

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add stockfish

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · stockfish · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install stockfish

Debian stable package indexes · stockfish · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install stockfish

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · stockfish · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#stockfish

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

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install stockfish

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

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id Stockfish.Stockfish -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Stockfish.Stockfish · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Strong open-source chess engine

Commands and aliases

  • stockfish

history

Project history and usage

Stockfish is a free, strong UCI chess engine derived from Glaurung 2.1. It is one of the rare game-related CLI packages that is both an end-user analysis engine and a serious benchmark target for compilers, CPUs, and package builds.

Project history

The official Stockfish about page says the project began with Tord Romstad's open source Glaurung engine. In November 2008, Marco Costalba forked Glaurung 2.1 and introduced Stockfish 1.0; Tord Romstad and Joona Kiiski then joined Stockfish and Glaurung faded away.

Adoption history

The official README describes Stockfish as a UCI engine without its own GUI, meant to be used by independently developed chess interfaces. It also points contributors to Fishtest, where donated hardware tests engine changes, and the input metadata shows packaging across Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, Nix, Ubuntu, WinGet, Alpine, and openSUSE-related systems.

How it is used

Stockfish is commonly run as an engine behind a GUI or analysis platform using the Universal Chess Interface. Developers also compile it directly from source with the included Makefile, often using profile-guided builds on Unix-like systems.

Why package nerds care

Package maintainers care about Stockfish because engine strength, CPU feature targets, GPL source distribution, neural-network data files, and reproducible builds all matter. A package can be both a chess tool and a performance-sensitive native-code artifact.

Timeline

  • 2008: Marco Costalba forked Glaurung 2.1 and introduced Stockfish 1.0, according to the official about page.
  • 2014: The official-stockfish/Stockfish GitHub repository was created.
  • 2020s: Official README documents NNUE neural-network files in the distribution and Fishtest-backed development.
  • 2020s: Official docs and README continue to describe Stockfish as a free, strong UCI engine.

Related projects

  • Glaurung 2.1 is the engine Stockfish derives from.
  • Fishtest is the official distributed testing framework used for development.
  • Leela Chess Zero is credited by the README as a source of neural-network training data.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
stockfishcliglobal 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 generated2026-07-07
manager version18
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:stockfish
Version18
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/stockfish
Homepagehttps://stockfishchess.org/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish
Upstream docshttps://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish#readme
LicenseGPL-3.0-only
Source archivehttps://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/archive/refs/tags/sf_18.tar.gz
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namestockfish
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • 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.

Debian apt95%

stockfish 17-1

strong chess engine, to play chess against

https://stockfishchess.org

sudo apt install stockfish
  • Section: games
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 3 dependencies
  • 3 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stockfish
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: stockfish from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

stockfish

nix profile install nixpkgs#stockfish
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stockfish
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/st/stockfish/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

stockfish 16-1build1

strong chess engine, to play chess against

https://stockfishchess.org

sudo apt install stockfish
  • Section: universe/games
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 3 dependencies
  • 3 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stockfish
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: stockfish from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

stockfish 18-r0

Strong chess engine

https://stockfishchess.org/

sudo apk add stockfish
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: stockfish
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stockfish
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: stockfish from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

stockfish 18-1.fc44

Powerful open source chess engine

http://stockfishchess.org

sudo dnf install stockfish
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND CC0-1.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: stockfish
  • 5 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stockfish
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: stockfish from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

stockfish 18-1.2

Chess engine

https://stockfishchess.org

sudo zypper install stockfish
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: stockfish
  • 4 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stockfish
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: stockfish from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
winget95%

Stockfish.Stockfish

winget install --id Stockfish.Stockfish -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Stockfish
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Stockfish.Stockfish from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

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

Related tools

  • stockfishSame normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: chess, engine, stockfish.

Same workflow

  • lc0Shares av.db curated category or tags: chess, chess-engine, cli, engine, games.
  • fairy-stockfishShares av.db curated category or tags: chess, cli, engine, games, uci.
  • fairymaxShares av.db curated category or tags: chess, cli, engine, games.
  • gnu-chessShares av.db curated category or tags: chess, cli, games, uci.
  • polyglotShares av.db curated category or tags: chess, cli, games, uci.
  • cheopsShares av.db curated category or tags: chess, cli, games.
  • stockfishSame normalized package name in another local ecosystem.

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.

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