# polyglot mit Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:polyglot
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install polyglot
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add polyglot
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install polyglot
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#polyglot
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:polyglot
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.0.4
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Protocol adapter to run UCI engines under XBoard
- **Homepage:** <https://www.chessprogramming.org/PolyGlot>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-04T13:13:44+09:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- polyglot (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.0.4
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

PolyGlot is a chess utility that lets UCI chess engines run through interfaces and GUIs that speak the XBoard/WinBoard chess-engine protocol. It is also known for the PolyGlot binary opening-book format.

### Projektgeschichte

Chessprogramming identifies PolyGlot as an adapter developed by Fabien Letouzey and modified by Fonzy Bluemers. The page describes PolyGlot 1.4 as providing a simple opening-book implementation referred to as the bin-opening-book format.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The supplied package facts show distribution through Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, and Nix, reflecting its continued role as legacy chess-engine glue even after newer adapters appeared.

### Wie es verwendet wird

PolyGlot is used to bridge UCI engines into XBoard/WinBoard-style front ends and to create or consume PolyGlot-format opening books.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

PolyGlot matters to package maintainers because it preserves interoperability across old chess GUIs, UCI engines, and opening-book tooling. Its package is small, CLI-oriented, and tied to a long-running compatibility niche.

### Zeitleiste

- 2004: Chessprogramming lists early PolyGlot forum posts and PolyGlot 1.0 discussion.
- 2005: Chessprogramming lists PolyGlot 1.2 and 1.3 availability discussions.
- 2008-2009: Chessprogramming lists Fonzy Bluemers 1.4w releases.
- 2018: Chessprogramming notes XBoard/WinBoard retirement plans for PolyGlot in favor of UCI2WB.

### Related projects

- UCI
- XBoard
- WinBoard
- UCI2WB
- PolyGlot opening-book format

### Quellen

- <https://www.chessprogramming.org/PolyGlot>
- 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: polyglot.ini
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - polyglot - 2.0.4+git20210322-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: polyglot from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | chess engine protocol adaptor, connects UCI engines to xboard
- Nix - polyglot: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/po/polyglot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - polyglot - 2.0.4+git20210322-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: polyglot from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | chess engine protocol adaptor, connects UCI engines to xboard
- apk - polyglot - 2.0.4-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: polyglot from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Protocol adapter to run UCI chess engines under XBoard | https://www.chessprogramming.org/PolyGlot
- apk - polyglot-doc - 2.0.4-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: polyglot-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Protocol adapter to run UCI chess engines under XBoard (documentation) | https://www.chessprogramming.org/PolyGlot


## Combined YAML source

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