# Install toipe with Homebrew, Nix, zypper

Yet another typing test, but crab flavoured. Version 0.5.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#toipe.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:toipe
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install toipe
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#toipe
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install toipe
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:toipe
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/toipe>
- **Version:** 0.5.0
- **Source summary:** Yet another typing test, but crab flavoured
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Samyak2/toipe>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Samyak2/toipe>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.rs/toipe/latest/toipe>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/Samyak2/toipe/archive/refs/tags/v0.5.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00

## Executables

- randomword (cli)
- toipe (cli)
- randomword (alias)
- toipe (alias)

## Build dependencies

- rust

## 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: 2026-07-25
- Package-manager version: 0.5.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/Samyak2/toipe
- Upstream latest detected: v0.5.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Project history and usage

toipe is a Rust terminal typing tester focused on short, configurable typing exercises.

### Project history

The official GitHub repository was created in January 2022. Its README presents toipe as a terminal-first typing tester distributed through GitHub releases and Cargo.

### Adoption history

The README documents release binaries and `cargo install`; source_facts.package-manager records Homebrew, Nix, and openSUSE/zypper packages, indicating adoption across several Unix package ecosystems.

### How it is used

Users run `toipe`, adjust the word count with `-n`, select built-in, operating-system, or custom word lists, and optionally add punctuation and sentence case with `-p`.

### Why package nerds care

toipe is a compact Rust TUI-style utility with release binaries and Cargo packaging, representative of small terminal applications that are easy to distribute across multiple package managers.

### Timeline

- 2022-01-10: Official GitHub repository created.
- Current: Official README documents GitHub release and Cargo installation.
- 2026: source_facts.package-manager records Homebrew, Nix, and zypper packages.

### Related projects

- Cargo and crates.io provide the Rust installation path linked by the official README.
- randomword is a companion executable listed in source_facts.executables.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/Samyak2/toipe>
- <https://github.com/Samyak2/toipe#readme>
- source_facts.executables
- source_facts.package-manager


## 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:** toipe
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - toipe: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/to/toipe/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - toipe - 0.5.0+g0-1.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: toipe from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Yet another typing test, but crab flavoured | https://github.com/Samyak2/toipe


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [clock-rs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clock-rs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, terminal, tui.
- [ekphos](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ekphos/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, terminal, tui.
- [elio](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/elio/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, terminal, tui.
- [ox](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ox/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, terminal, tui.
- [typioca](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/typioca/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal, tui, typing-test.
- [typtea](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/typtea/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal, tui, typing-test.
- [yazi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yazi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, terminal, tui.
- [amp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, terminal.

## Combined YAML source

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