macOS
brew install ninvaderslocal Homebrew formula metadata
安装
brew install ninvaderslocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo apt install ninvadersDebian stable package indexes · ninvaders · 来源: deb.debian.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#ninvadersnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ni/ninvaders/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com
sudo zypper install ninvadersopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · ninvaders · 来源: download.opensuse.org
概览
Space Invaders in the terminal
历史
nInvaders is a tiny ncurses Space Invaders clone for terminals. Its historical value is not ecosystem influence but preservation of a classic early-2000s Unix package genre: small C games that run over text terminals and survive because distributions keep them packaged.
The Debian man page credits Thomas Dettbarn as the program author, says the program is GPL, and dates the manual page to July 21, 2002. The SourceForge homepage points users to CVS snapshots and beta testing, and its news section records nInvaders 0.1.1 on May 8, 2003, after the 0.0.10 release on April 8, 2003.
The 0.1.1 SourceForge news entry says that release added a timer, made the game playable under IRIX, Windows, and some Red Hat versions, added a title screen, and fixed a freeze when shooting the last alien. The package has not grown into an actively evolving game platform; it is a finished little terminal toy.
nInvaders persists through package managers rather than an active upstream community. Debian still publishes a man page for package versions in unstable/testing, Homebrew bottles it for macOS and Linux, and SourceForge still hosts the old tarballs.
On 2026-07-01, Homebrew listed nInvaders 0.1.1 with 524 installs over 365 days, while SourceForge listed the 0.1.1 folder with 107 weekly downloads. Those numbers are small, but for a 2003 terminal game they show durable curiosity and packaging inertia.
Usage is intentionally simple: run `nInvaders`, move with the left and right arrow keys, shoot with space, and optionally set a starting skill level with `-l`. Debian's manual describes it as ASCII-art Space Invaders using ncurses, playable anywhere a terminal can render it.
For package nerds it is useful as a smoke-test/fun package: ncurses, terminal input, simple build system, old upstream tarball, and a binary whose behavior is immediately visible.
nInvaders is a good enrichment record precisely because it is niche. It represents the long tail of package databases: not strategically important, but culturally recognizable, easy to install, and stable enough that distros can keep carrying it almost unchanged.
安全态势
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
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可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
nInvaders | cli | 全局可执行文件 |
新鲜度
这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时,才会提示版本落后。
https://ninvaders.sourceforge.net/
安装元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:ninvaders |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 0.1.1 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 软件包管理器页面 | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ninvaders |
| 主页 | https://ninvaders.sourceforge.net/ |
| 仓库 | https://sourceforge.net/p/ninvaders/code |
| 上游文档 | https://ninvaders.sourceforge.net/ |
| 许可证 | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| 源码归档 | https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ninvaders/ninvaders/0.1.1/ninvaders-0.1.1.tar.gz |
| macOS 提供的库 | ncurses |
| Bottle | 可用 (于 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 | 未定义 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
注册表事实
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | ninvaders |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
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源数据库匹配
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ninvaders 0.1.1-5+b1
A space invaders-like game using ncurses
sudo apt install ninvadersninvaders
nix profile install nixpkgs#ninvadersninvaders 0.1.1-5
A space invaders-like game using ncurses
sudo apt install ninvadersninvaders 0.1.1-4.3
A space invaders-like game using ncurses
http://ninvaders.sourceforge.net/
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