# notcurses mit Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, apt, zypper installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für notcurses in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:notcurses ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install notcurses ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install notcurses ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: devel/notcurses/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add notcurses ``` Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: notcurses from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install notcurses ``` Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: notcurses 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#notcurses ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/no/notcurses/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S notcurses ``` Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: notcurses from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - Ubuntu apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libnotcurses++-dev ``` Evidenz: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libnotcurses++-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libnotcurses++3 ``` Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libnotcurses++3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:notcurses - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 3.0.17 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Blingful character graphics/TUI library - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - ncls (Alias) - ncneofetch (Alias) - ncplayer (Alias) - nctetris (Alias) - notcurses-demo (Alias) - notcurses-info (Alias) - notcurses-input (Alias) - tfman (Alias) ## Installationsverhalten - Bottle: nicht verfügbar ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-03 - Manager-Version: 3.0.17 ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung Notcurses is Nick Black's modern terminal graphics and TUI library. It deliberately is not a source-compatible ncurses replacement; it targets Unicode, 24-bit color, multimedia, terminal bitmap graphics, keyboard protocols, and high-performance full-screen terminal applications. ### Projektgeschichte The public tag history begins with v0.0.9 on 2019-11-26 and moves quickly through early 0.x releases. The README frames the project as an answer to the limits of the X/Open Curses model: Notcurses assumes modern terminal capabilities and degrades downward, rather than starting from the least capable terminal and forcing applications to climb upward manually. By the 3.x line, Notcurses had accumulated a large surface area: C and C++ APIs, Python bindings, documentation, man pages, demos, terminal capability diagnostics, and bundled demonstration tools. The repository release history shows v3.0.17 on 2025-10-28, while the Homebrew formula checked here packaged 3.0.17. ### Adoptionsgeschichte Notcurses is adopted mostly by terminal-interface enthusiasts, systems programmers, and distribution/package maintainers rather than by mainstream app developers. Its README advertises packaging status across repositories via Repology badges and lists wrappers for Ada, C++, Dart, Julia, Nim, Python, Rust, Zig, and Raku, which is a stronger ecosystem signal than raw Homebrew usage. Homebrew reported 882 installs over the 365-day window in the formula JSON. ### Wie es verwendet wird Practical usage falls into two camps: developers link against libnotcurses to build vivid TUIs, and users install the package for its bundled tools. The installed tools include ncls for multimedia-aware directory listings, ncplayer for rendering visual media, notcurses-demo for capability demos, notcurses-info for terminal diagnostics, notcurses-input for decoding keypresses, nctetris, ncneofetch, and tfman. Package maintainers care about its optional dependency shape. The README documents CMake, C17, terminfo from ncurses, libunistring, optional FFmpeg/OpenImageIO/mouse/QR dependencies, generated man pages, and the ability to build without multimedia support to reduce dependency weight. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren Notcurses is important as a stress test for terminal capability packaging. It exercises terminfo correctness, Unicode locale setup, graphics protocols such as Sixel and Kitty, and multimedia dependency choices in a way most small TUI libraries do not. ### Zeitleiste - 2019-11-26: v0.0.9 tag in the public repository. - 2025-01-11: v3.0.13 tag in the maintained 3.x line. - 2025-10-28: v3.0.17 release/tag, packaged by Homebrew as stable in the checked formula metadata. ### Related projects - ncurses/terminfo, Sixel, Kitty graphics protocol, FFmpeg, OpenImageIO, libunistring, libnotcurses-sys. ### Quellen - - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Nix - notcurses: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/no/notcurses/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libnotcurses++-dev - 3.0.7+dfsg.1-1ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libnotcurses++-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Character graphics and TUI library (C++ development) | https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses - Ubuntu apt - libnotcurses++3 - 3.0.7+dfsg.1-1ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libnotcurses++3 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Character graphics and TUI library (C++) | https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses - Ubuntu apt - libnotcurses-core-dev - 3.0.7+dfsg.1-1ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libnotcurses-core-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Character graphics and TUI library (core development) | https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses - Ubuntu apt - libnotcurses-core3 - 3.0.7+dfsg.1-1ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libnotcurses-core3 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Character graphics and TUI library (core) | https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses - Ubuntu apt - libnotcurses-dev - 3.0.7+dfsg.1-1ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libnotcurses-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Character graphics and TUI library (development) | https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses - Ubuntu apt - libnotcurses3 - 3.0.7+dfsg.1-1ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libnotcurses3 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Character graphics and TUI library | https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses - Ubuntu apt - notcurses-bin - 3.0.7+dfsg.1-1ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: notcurses-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Character graphics and TUI library demos | https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses - Ubuntu apt - notcurses-data - 3.0.7+dfsg.1-1ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: notcurses-data from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Multimedia used by notcurses-bin | https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses - Ubuntu apt - python3-notcurses - 3.0.7+dfsg.1-1ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-notcurses from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Character graphics and TUI library (Python) | https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses - apk - ncls - 3.0.17-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ncls from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | blingful character graphics and TUI library | https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses - apk - ncneofetch - 3.0.17-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ncneofetch from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | blingful character graphics and TUI library | https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses - apk - notcurses - 3.0.17-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: notcurses from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | blingful character graphics and TUI library | https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses - apk - notcurses-dbg - 3.0.17-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: notcurses-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | blingful character graphics and TUI library (debug symbols) | https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses - apk - notcurses-demo - 3.0.17-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: notcurses-demo from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | blingful character graphics and TUI library | https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses - apk - notcurses-dev - 3.0.17-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: notcurses-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | blingful character graphics and TUI library (development files) | https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/notcurses.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/notcurses.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