# 使用 Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix 安装 ipbt

查看 ipbt 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:ipbt
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ipbt
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ipbt
```

  证据: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/ipbt/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ipbt
```

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

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:ipbt
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **软件包管理器页面:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ipbt>
- **版本:** 20260527
- **来源摘要:** Program for recording a UNIX terminal session
- **主页:** <https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/ipbt/>
- **仓库:** <https://git.tartarus.org/simon/ipbt.git>
- **上游文档:** <https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/ipbt>
- **许可证:** MIT
- **源码归档:** <https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/ipbt/ipbt-20260527.fdcd2b0.tar.gz>
- **最后更新:** 2026-05-29T14:57:37Z
- **已生成:** 2026-07-26T07:20:29+00:00

## 可执行文件

- ipbt (cli)
- ipbt-dump (cli)
- ipbt (别名)
- ipbt-dump (别名)

## 构建依赖

- cmake

## macOS 提供的库

- ncurses

## 安装行为

- post-install 钩子: 未定义
- Bottle: 可用 于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-07-26
- 管理器版本: 20260527
- 管理器更新时间: 2026-05-29
- 本地数据: OK
- 上游仓库: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/ipbt/
- 信息: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## 项目历史与用法

IPBT is Simon Tatham's high-tech ttyrec player for Unix. It plays terminal-session recordings with random access, solving the old ttyplay problem that forward playback is easy but rewinding terminal output is not.

### 项目历史

The official page explains IPBT as a player for ttyrec recordings, a format commonly used to record Unix terminal sessions and NetHack games. Instead of streaming bytes directly to a terminal, IPBT first analyzes the entire recording through an internal terminal emulator, then stores screen states so playback can move forward, backward, or to arbitrary frames.

IPBT is a derived work of PuTTY because it uses PuTTY's terminal emulator internally. That connection is historically important: Tatham reused his own mature terminal-emulation code to make random-access replay feasible rather than writing a terminal parser from scratch.

### 采用历史

IPBT occupies a small but durable niche among Unix terminal-recording tools. The official page asks for patches and describes the program as working but unpolished, while Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix packaging keep it easy to install for people who handle ttyrec or nh-recorder files.

Its adoption is closely connected to communities that record text-mode sessions, especially roguelike and NetHack playback. The official introduction names NetHack and alt.org as examples of routine ttyrec use.

### 使用方式

Users run `ipbt file` on ttyrec, nh-recorder, or raw terminal recordings. After loading, the curses interface supports pause, frame stepping, jumps, speed changes, logarithmic time compression, on-screen status, and text search through recorded frames.

The main cost is up-front analysis time. The manual notes that simpler players can begin immediately, while IPBT trades that startup cost for reverse playback and frame-level navigation.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

IPBT is significant because it is a tiny package with a deep implementation trick: it packages PuTTY's terminal model into a Unix curses replay tool. That makes it more than a wrapper around ttyrec; it is a terminal-state indexer.

For maintainers, it is also a classic Simon Tatham utility: small, MIT-licensed, hosted on chiark and git.tartarus.org, and documented with a precise standalone man page.

### 时间线

- 2000s: ttyrec became a common way to record Unix terminal sessions and NetHack games.
- IPBT project era: Tatham built IPBT around full-file analysis and PuTTY terminal emulation to enable random-access playback.
- 2026-05-27: The official site offered source archive `ipbt-20260527.fdcd2b0.tar.gz` and documented the Git repository.
- Package-manager era: Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix packaged IPBT for repeatable Unix installation.

### Related projects

- Related projects include ttyrec, ttyplay, nh-recorder, PuTTY, ncurses, and NetHack recording sites such as alt.org.
- A third-party GitHub tree by Jonathan Amazon describes patches adding an autoplay mode, showing that IPBT's architecture invited experimentation around startup latency and streaming behavior.

### 来源

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ipbt>
- <https://git.tartarus.org/simon/ipbt.git>
- <https://github.com/jmazon/ipbt>
- <https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/ipbt/>
- <https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/ipbt/ipbt.html>


## 安全说明

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger 风险:** blue / 中
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## 源数据库详情

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** ipbt
- **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

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Nix - ipbt: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ip/ipbt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - ipbt: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/ipbt/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## 相关链接

- [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [bvi](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/bvi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, curses, developer-tools, terminal.
- [cgdb](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/cgdb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, curses, developer-tools, terminal.
- [ex-vi](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/ex-vi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal, unix.
- [fzy](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/fzy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal, unix.
- [lnav](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/lnav/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, curses, developer-tools, terminal.
- [teip](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/teip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal, unix.
- [with-readline](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/with-readline/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal, unix.
- [aha](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/aha/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal.
- [tweak](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/tweak/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, terminal.
- [agedu](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/agedu/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, unix.

## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- 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
