# ii mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für ii in AI-Agent-Workflows.
## Installation
```sh
sudo av install brew:ii
```
Weitere Installationsbefehle:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install ii
```
Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install ii
```
Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: irc/ii/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add ii
```
Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ii from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install ii
```
Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: ii from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install ii
```
Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ii from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ii
```
Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ii/ii/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
## Paketfakten
- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:ii
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Minimalist IRC client
- **Homepage:**
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- ii (Alias)
## Installationsverhalten
- Bottle: nicht verfügbar
## Version und Aktualität
- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
ii, short for irc it, is a minimalist IRC client from suckless.org that represents IRC servers, channels, and private messages as directories containing FIFO `in` files and log-like `out` files.
### Projektgeschichte
The suckless source log reaches back to early 2007, with release tags appearing that year. The project page and README define ii's core idea plainly: make IRC scriptable with standard command-line and filesystem tools instead of a large terminal client UI.
Over time ii kept the same small-file abstraction while accumulating pragmatic Unix fixes: portability changes, manual-page updates, OpenBSD pledge support, release bumps, and later direct TLS support through libretls.
### Adoptionsgeschichte
ii's adoption has been strongest among Unix minimalists, suckless users, and people writing bots or personal IRC workflows. Its package-manager spread across Homebrew and Linux distributions reflects that it is small enough to package but distinctive enough to keep around.
### Wie es verwendet wird
A user starts ii against a server, then writes IRC commands to `in` files and reads messages from `out` files. Joining a channel can be as simple as echoing `/j directory.
### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
ii is a canonical tiny Unix package: the interface is the filesystem, composition happens with shell tools, and the implementation goal is small enough to audit. It is useful package-manager lore because it shows how far plain files and FIFOs can replace application UI.
### Zeitleiste
- 2007: Early public source history and 1.2/1.3 release tags.
- 2008: Version 1.4 prepared with cleanup and documentation fixes.
- 2011: Version 1.6 kept the implementation under a small line-count target after restructuring.
- 2016: OpenBSD pledge support added.
- 2022: Version 2.0 release bump.
- 2025: Direct TLS support added.
### Related projects
- ii is part of the suckless tools family and is described by suckless as the big brother of sic. It is also conceptually related to filesystem- and FIFO-oriented chat clients and shell-driven IRC bot workflows.
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## Sicherheitshinweise
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
- **Geiger-Risiko:** blue / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
- Debian apt - ii - 2.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ii from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | minimalist FIFO and filesystem-based IRC client | https://tools.suckless.org/ii/
- Nix - ii: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ii/ii/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - ii - 1.8-3+ds: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ii from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | minimalist FIFO and filesystem-based IRC client | https://tools.suckless.org/ii/
- apk - ii - 2.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ii from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Minimalist FIFO and filesystem-based IRC client | https://tools.suckless.org/ii
- apk - ii-doc - 2.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ii-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Minimalist FIFO and filesystem-based IRC client (documentation) | https://tools.suckless.org/ii
- dnf - ii - 1.8-15.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ii from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | IRC IT, simple FIFO based IRC client | http://tools.suckless.org/ii
- MacPorts - ii: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: irc/ii/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/ii.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ii.yml)
## Quellen
- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph