# Install vitetris with Homebrew, apt, Nix, zypper Terminal-based Tetris clone. Version 0.59.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:vitetris ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install vitetris ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install vitetris ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: vitetris from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#vitetris ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vi/vitetris/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install vitetris ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vitetris from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:vitetris - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.59.1 - **Source summary:** Terminal-based Tetris clone - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-2-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - tetris (cli) - tetris (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.59.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/vicgeralds/vitetris - Upstream latest detected: v0.59.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 - batch input source_facts.description and current_curation.tags - - - - ## 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:** vitetris - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - vitetris - 0.59.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: vitetris from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Virtual terminal *tris clone | https://www.victornils.net/tetris/ - Nix - vitetris: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vi/vitetris/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - vitetris - 0.59.1-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: vitetris from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Virtual terminal *tris clone | https://www.victornils.net/tetris/ - zypper - vitetris - 0.59.1-3.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vitetris from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Terminal-based Tetris clone | http://victornils.net/tetris/ - Nix - tetris: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/tetris/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Game and emulation packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/game-emulation-tools/) - Matched game or emulation metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [c2048](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/c2048/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, puzzle, puzzle-game, terminal-game. - [enigma](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/enigma/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, puzzle, puzzle-game. - [npush](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/npush/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, puzzle, puzzle-game. - [nsuds](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nsuds/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, puzzle, terminal-game. - [nudoku](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nudoku/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, puzzle, terminal-game. - [color-code](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/color-code/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, puzzle. - [puzzles](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/puzzles/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, puzzle. - [yetris](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yetris/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, terminal-game, tetris. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/vitetris.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/vitetris.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