# orbiton mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:orbiton
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install orbiton
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install orbiton
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#orbiton
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S orbiton
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:orbiton
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.74.4
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Fast and config-free text editor and IDE limited by VT100
- **Homepage:** <https://roboticoverlords.org/orbiton/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/xyproto/orbiton>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-18T16:34:38Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- o (Alias)
- obuild (Alias)
- osudo (Alias)
- vs (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.74.4
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Orbiton is a terminal text editor and small IDE distributed mainly as the `o` executable. Its project page emphasizes a configuration-free, portable, open-source editor limited by VT100, while the README describes its design goals as minimal annoyance, almost no configuration, and fast edit-format-compile-run cycles.

### Projektgeschichte

Orbiton is developed by Alexander F. Rodseth under the `xyproto` GitHub account. The README says the editor has been the author's main editor since early 2022 and is mostly written in itself, after some early NeoVim use.

The project evolved from a focused terminal editor into a compact IDE-like tool. The README documents features including syntax highlighting, build and format commands, git commit-message behavior, Markdown table support, LSP support, a simple gdb and delve frontend, image preview, man-page viewing, and helper executables such as `osudo`.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Public adoption evidence is modest but visible through package-manager inclusion. The package metadata in this batch records Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Arch packaging, and the upstream README includes a packaging-status badge and installation paths through Go releases and packaged binaries.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Developers use Orbiton as a fast terminal editor for commit messages, Markdown, configuration files, source files, man pages, and quick compile cycles. The README explicitly documents setting `git config --global core.editor o` and using `MANPAGER=o` for man-page viewing.

Orbiton's constraints are part of its identity: it edits one file at a time by design, expects a terminal with `/dev/tty`, avoids broad user configuration, and targets users who prefer a self-contained terminal tool over a highly programmable editor.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Orbiton is interesting as a packaged editor because it compresses editor, formatter, build runner, debugger frontend, man viewer, and small admin helpers into a single small terminal-oriented tool. It also represents a recurring packaging niche: opinionated, low-dependency alternatives to Vim, Emacs, Nano, and GUI editors for rescue images, live systems, and developer shells.

### Zeitleiste

- 2022: The README says Orbiton became the author's main editor in early 2022.
- 2026: The README describes a mature v2 branch with release binaries, Go installation instructions, helper executables, LSP support, and debugger integration.

### Related projects

- Orbiton is closely related to `github.com/xyproto/vt100`, the terminal package it uses. Its README positions it among terminal editors and lightweight IDE tools rather than as a Vim or Emacs configuration framework.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/xyproto/orbiton>
- <https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/xyproto/vt100>
- <https://roboticoverlords.org/orbiton/>


## Sicherheitshinweise

Für orbiton wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.


## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - orbiton: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/or/orbiton/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - orbiton - 2.74.4-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: orbiton from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Configuration-free text editor and IDE | https://roboticoverlords.org/orbiton/
- MacPorts - orbiton: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: editors/orbiton/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Nix - obuild: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ob/obuild/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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