# joe mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:joe
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install joe
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install joe
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add joe
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install joe
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install joe
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: joe 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#joe
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S joe
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: joe from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install joe
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: joe from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/joe
```

  Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/joe.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:joe
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.8
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Full featured terminal-based screen editor
- **Homepage:** <https://joe-editor.sourceforge.io/>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- jmacs (Alias)
- joe (Alias)
- jpico (Alias)
- jstar (Alias)
- rjoe (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 4.8
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

JOE, or Joe's Own Editor, is a long-running terminal text editor for Unix-like systems. Its official site says it has been around since 1988, blends WordStar-style editing with some EMACS-like features, is written in C, and uses only libc plus terminal-capability data rather than curses for screen control.

### Projektgeschichte

Joseph H. Allen's official history traces JOE back to an editor called e written in 1988 for a local BBS system on an Encore Multimax at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It was released on alt.sources around 1989 or 1990, renamed j after users objected that e collided with vi usage, and then named JOE after someone suggested Joe's Own Editor.

The history page describes joe1.0 as a rewrite around linked lists of gap buffers, termcap support, and the joerc key-binding file. Later 2.x releases included an MS-DOS port, and 2.8 became the last Allen release before a long pause.

Development resumed through SourceForge around joe2.9, when Marek Grac and Vitezslav Samel reformatted the code, put it under source control, and moved it to a standard configure build. Allen returned for joe3.0 in April 2004, adding syntax highlighting and UTF-8 support. The 4.x line added color schemes, Unicode updates, terminal behavior improvements, and many bug fixes.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

JOE became durable because it is small, familiar to users of WordStar-like keybindings, and practical on recovery systems. The official site says it comes standard with many Linux distributions, and package metadata lists it across Homebrew, Debian-family, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, and openSUSE-style ecosystems.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users invoke joe directly or through variants such as jmacs, jstar, jpico, and rjoe. The official site explains that the invoked name selects the matching rc file, and users can customize behavior by copying the system joerc into the home directory.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

JOE is package-nerd significant because it is one of the classic rescue-shell editors: small C code, no heavy dependency stack, familiar full-screen editing, and decades of packaging history. It represents the side of Unix editor culture that prefers approachability and WordStar muscle memory over vi or Emacs orthodoxy.

### Zeitleiste

- 1988: First ancestor editor e written for a local BBS on an Encore Multimax.
- 1989: e released publicly on alt.sources around 1989 or 1990.
- 1990s: j renamed to JOE, joe1.0 rewrites the editor around gap-buffer structures and joerc key bindings.
- 1995: joe2.8 becomes the last Allen release before a long pause.
- 2001: SourceForge-era maintainers revive the project around joe2.9.
- 2004: joe3.0 adds syntax highlighting and UTF-8 support.
- 2026: JOE 4.8 source release appears on the official site.

### Related projects

- WordStar is the major keybinding and feel influence named by the official site.
- GNU Emacs is the other named influence, especially for powerful editing features.
- jmacs, jstar, jpico, and rjoe are installed JOE variants that emulate other editor styles or restrict editing.

### Quellen

- The official changelog supplies 4.x feature evolution.
- The official history page supplies the origin story, renaming path, 2.x pause, SourceForge revival, and 3.0 return.
- The official home page supplies the distribution, dependency, variant, and editor-culture positioning.


## 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: ~/.joerc, /etc/joe/joerc, /etc/joe/ftyperc
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - joe - 4.6-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: joe from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | user friendly full screen text editor | http://joe-editor.sourceforge.net/
- Nix - joe: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/jo/joe/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - joe - 4.6-1.2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: joe from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | user friendly full screen text editor | http://joe-editor.sourceforge.net/
- apk - joe - 4.8-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: joe from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Full featured terminal-based screen editor | https://joe-editor.sourceforge.net/
- apk - joe-doc - 4.8-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: joe-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Full featured terminal-based screen editor (documentation) | https://joe-editor.sourceforge.net/
- dnf - joe - 4.8-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: joe from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | An easy to use, modeless text editor | http://sourceforge.net/projects/joe-editor/
- pacman - joe - 4.8-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: joe from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Classic text editor | https://joe-editor.sourceforge.io/
- zypper - joe - 4.6-4.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: joe from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A Text Editor | http://sourceforge.net/projects/joe-editor
- MacPorts - joe: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: editors/joe/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - extras/joe: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/joe.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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