# bombadillo mit Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für bombadillo in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:bombadillo
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install bombadillo
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install bombadillo
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: net/bombadillo/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add bombadillo
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bombadillo from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install bombadillo
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: bombadillo from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#bombadillo
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:bombadillo
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.4.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Non-web browser, designed for a growing list of protocols
- **Homepage:** <https://bombadillo.colorfield.space/>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- bombadillo (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.4.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Bombadillo is a terminal non-web browser with first-class support for Gopher, Gemini, Finger, and local files, plus optional integration with tools for telnet and HTTP/HTTPS.

### Projektgeschichte

Bombadillo was created in the tilde/Gopher revival milieu and is hosted on tildegit. Official repository metadata records the repository creation in March 2019, and the official README describes a terminal browser with vim-like keybindings, a document pager, configurable settings, and command selection.

The project reached version 1.0.0 in September 2019. Its README later documents a release process where, starting with version 2.0.0, releases merged to `master` are version-tagged while development proceeds through a `develop` branch and work branches.

Bombadillo's protocol set made it a natural fit for the Gemini era: it handles Gopher and Gemini as first-class protocols, keeps HTTP/HTTPS opt-in, and can delegate web rendering to programs such as Lynx, w3m, or elinks.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Bombadillo's adoption is concentrated among terminal users, tilde community members, Gemini and Gopher users, and people who prefer small-network browsing over the modern web. The input package facts list Alpine, Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, Nix, and Ubuntu packaging, showing that it escaped its niche enough to become a normal Unix package.

The official README notes that development is largely handled by Sloum with help from asdf, jboverf, and community input, which matches the small-community maintenance model common in tilde and Gemini software.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Common usage is simply running `bombadillo`, then navigating protocol URLs inside a full-screen terminal interface. Installed documentation is primarily the `bombadillo` man page; built-in help navigates to the project's Gopher-hosted user guide.

Administrators can build from source with `make install`, override `PREFIX`, and customize defaults in `defaults.go`; the `configlocation` default controls where `.bombadillo.ini` is stored.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Bombadillo is package-nerd significant because it represents a non-web browser packaged like a normal Unix CLI: man page, Makefile install, config file, source builds, and prebuilt releases. It is also a useful marker for the Gopher/Gemini revival reaching mainstream repositories.

For packagers, it is a tidy example of Go terminal software that still behaves like traditional Unix software: simple binary, man page, config file, optional external helpers, and distribution across Linux, BSD-style, and macOS package systems.

### Zeitleiste

- 2019: The tildegit repository is created.
- 2019: Bombadillo 1.0.0 is released.
- 2020s: Bombadillo supports Gopher, Gemini, Finger, and local files as first-class protocols.
- 2.0.0 onward: Releases merged into `master` are version-tagged according to the official README.

### Related projects

- Related projects include Gopher clients, Gemini browsers such as amfora, terminal web browsers such as Lynx, w3m, and elinks, and tilde-community software hosted on tildegit.

### Quellen

- <https://bombadillo.colorfield.space/>
- <https://bombadillo.colorfield.space/releases>
- <https://tildegit.org/api/v1/repos/sloum/bombadillo>
- <https://tildegit.org/sloum/bombadillo>
- input.source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: configlocation/.bombadillo.ini

## Credential files

- Unix: configlocation/.bombadillo.ini
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - bombadillo - 2.4.0-1+b13: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: bombadillo from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Non-web client for the terminal | https://bombadillo.colorfield.space
- Nix - bombadillo: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bo/bombadillo/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - bombadillo - 2.4.0-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: bombadillo from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Non-web client for the terminal | https://bombadillo.colorfield.space
- apk - bombadillo - 2.4.0-r38: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bombadillo from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Non-web (gopher, gemini, finger) browser for the terminal | https://bombadillo.colorfield.space/
- apk - bombadillo-doc - 2.4.0-r38: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bombadillo-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Non-web (gopher, gemini, finger) browser for the terminal (documentation) | https://bombadillo.colorfield.space/
- MacPorts - bombadillo: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/bombadillo/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bombadillo.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/bombadillo.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph