使用 Homebrew, apt 安装 color-code

项目链接

• 主页
• 软件包管理器页面

命令和别名

• colorcode

项目历史

The project had a dedicated website by October 2009, shortly after the 0.5 release. Its early releases expanded the game from a configurable MasterMind clone into a richer puzzle implementation with alternate game modes, accessibility-oriented scaling, preferences, a timer, stored game lists, and a built-in solver.

采用历史

ColorCode entered Debian packaging in December 2009, which is the most visible upstream-cited adoption milestone. The supplied Homebrew metadata also maps it to Debian and Ubuntu packages, making it a small cross-distribution desktop game rather than a single-manager formula.

使用方式

Users run the `colorcode` executable to play MasterMind variants with configurable color counts, column counts, duplicate-peg rules, predefined difficulty levels, and optional solver assistance.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

ColorCode is a representative example of Homebrew carrying lightweight open-source desktop software alongside CLI tools. Its upstream history also shows the usual long tail of small Qt applications: source tarballs and distro packaging matter more than a large hosted forge presence.

时间线

• 2009: ColorCode 0.5 released and the dedicated project website launched.
• 2009: Debian packaging announced by upstream.
• 2010: ColorCode 0.6 added a second game mode and settings dialogs.
• 2011: ColorCode 0.7 added separate solver and timer threads plus game lists.
• 2015: ColorCode 0.8.5 became the first feature-complete Qt 5 release.
• 2023: ColorCode 0.8.7 added CMake as a build option while keeping qmake.

Related projects

• The project is explicitly positioned as a MasterMind clone and solver. Its package-manager footprint links it to desktop game packaging in Debian, Ubuntu, and Homebrew.

来源

• http://colorcode.laebisch.com/