macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install vitetrislocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install vitetris with Homebrew, apt, Nix, zypper
Terminal-based Tetris clone. Version 0.59.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install vitetrisDebian stable package indexes · vitetris · source: deb.debian.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#vitetrisnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/vi/vitetris/package.nix · source: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install vitetrisopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · vitetris · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Terminal-based Tetris clone
Project links
Commands and aliases
- tetris
history
Project history and usage
vitetris is a terminal-based falling-block puzzle game by Victor Nilsson Geraldsson. Its gameplay aims to resemble early Nintendo Tetris games, with configurable controls, a high-score table, two-player garbage mode, network play, and optional joystick support.
The project occupies a durable niche among text-mode games: it is small, portable, and designed for Unix-like terminals while also having ports to Windows and DOS.
Project history
The official homepage presents vitetris as a classic terminal game with minimal library requirements and several compile-time optional features. The GitHub README describes it as a virtual-terminal clone with rotation, scoring, levels, and speed modeled after early Nintendo versions, plus a short lock delay for higher-level play.
FreshPorts records the FreeBSD port as added in September 2008 at version 0.51, which shows the project had already crossed into operating-system package collections by the late 2000s. The GitHub releases page lists later 0.57 and 0.58 series releases and a 0.59.1 release in December 2020.
Adoption history
vitetris did not become a large platform project; its adoption history is the quieter history of a stable terminal game that package collections can carry for years. FreeBSD, Homebrew, Debian-family, Nix, and other package ecosystems have all treated it as a useful small game package.
Its continued issue traffic and maintenance around portability, controls, and older platforms reflect a project used by people who value terminal-native games and retro behavior more than graphical effects.
How it is used
Users run the packaged `tetris` or `vitetris` executable in a terminal. The game supports one-player play, two-player play on the same machine, and network play where both players can choose level and height.
The project is also useful as a lightweight terminal test case: it exercises keyboard input, screen updates, terminal sizing, color or appearance choices, and optional platform-specific features without requiring a graphical stack.
Why package nerds care
vitetris is package-nerd catnip because it is exactly the kind of tiny, portable C program that survives across package managers: low ceremony, useful offline, and fun enough to justify keeping around.
Its significance is not broad industry adoption but the preservation of a polished text-mode game in Unix package culture.
Timeline
- 2008: FreeBSD added a vitetris port at version 0.51.
- 2019-2020: The GitHub project tracked active issues and maintenance in the 0.57 and 0.58 release series.
- 2020: GitHub releases list version 0.59.1 as the latest release in December 2020.
Related projects
- vitetris belongs to the same terminal-game tradition as other curses or console puzzle games, but its README specifically anchors the gameplay feel to early Nintendo Tetris rules.
- The project has optional relationships with terminal libraries and gamepad support, but its official page emphasizes that the core can remain minimal.
Sources
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- https://github.com/vicgeralds/vitetris
- https://github.com/vicgeralds/vitetris/releases
- https://www.freshports.org/games/vitetris
- https://www.victornils.net/tetris/
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 13 platform targets.
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
tetris | 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 version0.59.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.59.1
https://github.com/vicgeralds/vitetris
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:vitetris |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.59.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vitetris |
| Homepage | https://www.victornils.net/tetris/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/vicgeralds/vitetris |
| Upstream docs | https://www.victornils.net/tetris |
| License | BSD-2-Clause |
| Source archive | https://github.com/vicgeralds/vitetris/archive/refs/tags/v0.59.1.tar.gz |
| 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 | vitetris |
| 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 |
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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%
vitetris 0.59.1-3
Virtual terminal *tris clone
https://www.victornils.net/tetris/
sudo apt install vitetris- Section: games
- Architecture: amd64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vitetris
Nix95%
vitetris
nix profile install nixpkgs#vitetris- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vitetris
Ubuntu apt95%
vitetris 0.59.1-2
Virtual terminal *tris clone
https://www.victornils.net/tetris/
sudo apt install vitetris- Section: universe/games
- Architecture: amd64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vitetris
zypper95%
vitetris 0.59.1-3.5
Terminal-based Tetris clone
sudo zypper install vitetris- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Category: Amusements/Games/Action/Arcade
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: vitetris
- 1 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vitetris
Nix92%
tetris
nix profile install nixpkgs#tetris- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Tetris
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