macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install tty-solitairelocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install tty-solitaire with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, pacman
Ncurses-based klondike solitaire game. Version 1.4.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add tty-solitaireAlpine Linux edge package indexes · tty-solitaire · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install tty-solitaireDebian stable package indexes · tty-solitaire · source: deb.debian.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#tty-solitairenixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/tt/tty-solitaire/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S tty-solitaireArch Linux sync databases · tty-solitaire · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
overview
Package summary
Ncurses-based klondike solitaire game
Project links
Commands and aliases
- ttysolitaire
history
Project history and usage
tty-solitaire is Murilo Pereira's ncurses-based Klondike solitaire game for the terminal, installed as the `ttysolitaire` command.
In package-manager culture it is a classic terminal game: small, offline, ncurses-based, and easy to carry across Unix-like package collections.
Project history
The official README describes the project as an ncurses-based Klondike solitaire game and documents UTF-8 terminal, multibyte C library, and wide-character ncurses dependencies. It names Murilo Pereira as the author and uses the MIT license.
The README's install section documents both source builds and package-manager installs, with the source example using the v1.4.1 tarball. The GitHub repository page describes it as 'Play solitaire in your terminal' and lists the latest release as v1.4.1 on 19 April 2025.
Adoption history
The README lists package-manager installation commands for Arch Linux, macOS through Homebrew, Debian testing, Nix, Void Linux, FreeBSD, Slackware, and ALT Linux. The supplied package facts add Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, Ubuntu, Nix, and Arch/pacman metadata.
That distribution footprint is the story: tty-solitaire is not a large platform, but it is exactly the kind of terminal game that package indexes preserve because it is simple, self-contained, and pleasant to install with one command.
How it is used
Users run `ttysolitaire` in a terminal. The README documents options for version/help output, number of passes through the deck, four-color deck drawing, and disabling background color.
Developers and package maintainers build it with `make`, install with `sudo make install`, and can run `make test`; the README points to ncurses documentation for the underlying terminal UI dependency.
Why package nerds care
tty-solitaire is package-nerd significant as a durable ncurses game: a tiny source tree, familiar build tooling, no service dependency, and broad package-manager availability.
It also fits the terminal-games lineage where package collections double as archives of small interactive programs that keep Unix terminals playful without requiring graphical stacks.
Timeline
- Undated: README documents package-manager installs for Arch, Homebrew, Debian testing, Nix, Void, FreeBSD, Slackware, and ALT Linux.
- 2025: GitHub repository page lists v1.4.1 as the latest release on April 19, 2025.
- Current: Supplied package facts list availability across Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, Ubuntu, Nix, and Arch/pacman.
Related projects
- ncurses is the terminal UI dependency documented by the README.
- Klondike solitaire is the card-game variant implemented by the package.
Sources
- https://github.com/mpereira/tty-solitaire#readme
- source_facts.package-manager
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 8 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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
ttysolitaire | 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 version1.4.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.4.1
https://github.com/mpereira/tty-solitaire
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:tty-solitaire |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.4.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tty-solitaire |
| Homepage | https://github.com/mpereira/tty-solitaire |
| Repository | https://github.com/mpereira/tty-solitaire |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/mpereira/tty-solitaire#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/mpereira/tty-solitaire/archive/refs/tags/v1.4.1.tar.gz |
| Uses from macOS | ncurses |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, 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 | tty-solitaire |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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%
tty-solitaire 1.3.1-1+b1
ncurses-based klondike solitaire game
https://github.com/mpereira/tty-solitaire
sudo apt install tty-solitaire- Section: games
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: tty-solitaire
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Tty Solitaire
Nix95%
tty-solitaire
nix profile install nixpkgs#tty-solitaire- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Tty Solitaire
Ubuntu apt95%
tty-solitaire 1.3.1-1
ncurses-based klondike solitaire game
https://github.com/mpereira/tty-solitaire
sudo apt install tty-solitaire- Section: universe/games
- Architecture: amd64
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Tty Solitaire
apk95%
tty-solitaire 1.4.1-r0
ncurses-based klondike solitaire game
https://github.com/mpereira/tty-solitaire
sudo apk add tty-solitaire- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: tty-solitaire
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Tty Solitaire
pacman95%
tty-solitaire 1.4.1-1
ncurses-based klondike solitaire game
https://github.com/mpereira/tty-solitaire
sudo pacman -S tty-solitaire- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Tty Solitaire
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.
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