# tintin mit Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix, apt installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:tintin
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install tintin
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add tintin
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install tintin
```

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

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install tintin++
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:tintin
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.02.61
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** MUD client
- **Homepage:** <https://tintin.mudhalla.net/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/scandum/tintin>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- tt++ (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.02.61
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

TinTin++ is a terminal MUD client with a large scripting and automation language. It descends from TINTIN III and remains a living example of command-line gaming software that package managers preserve for a specialized but durable user base.

### Projektgeschichte

The official manual describes TinTin++ as a client program specialized for playing MUDs and as a souped-up version of TINTIN III. It credits Peter Unold, author of TINTIN III, as the base of TinTin++, while the current source credits Peter Unold's 1992 code and Igor van den Hoven's 2004 recode.

The modern project is maintained as a GPLv3+ codebase with regular releases on GitHub. Official release metadata inspected for this batch shows ongoing 2.02.x releases through TinTin++ 2.02.61 in January 2026.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

TinTin++ has survived because MUD clients reward scriptability, triggers, aliases, macros, mapping, history, logging, and terminal control. The official manual is essentially a command encyclopedia, which fits a user culture where players carry personal scripts between servers and sessions.

The supplied package-manager facts show TinTin++ packaged in Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu as tintin++, Fedora/dnf, Alpine, and Nix. That is the footprint of a niche gaming CLI that is not mainstream but is stable enough to be worth keeping in general-purpose package collections.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users start tt++ directly or pass a command file that opens a MUD session, logs in, configures split mode, and installs triggers or actions. The manual documents commands for aliases, actions, variables, history, macros, pathing, automapping, logging, scripting, SSL, and multiple sessions.

For package nerds, TinTin++ is interesting because its packaging value is mostly cultural continuity: it gives shell users a maintained MUD client without needing a graphical client, language runtime package, or per-game launcher.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

TinTin++ is a reminder that package repositories are not only for servers and compilers. They also carry small communities' tools: terminal game clients, automation-heavy interactive programs, and long-lived command languages.

Its executable name, tt++, and its broad command vocabulary make it a classic Unix oddity: compact to install, deep to learn, and still actively released decades after its ancestor.

### Zeitleiste

- 1992: The current source credits Peter Unold's original TINTIN code.
- 2004: The current source credits Igor van den Hoven's recode.
- 2021: GitHub release history includes the 2.02.12 release line.
- 2026: GitHub release history shows TinTin++ 2.02.61 published on January 29.

### Related projects

- TINTIN III is the direct ancestor named in the official manual.
- MUD servers and protocols such as MSDP and GMCP are part of the ecosystem TinTin++ automates.
- Other MUD clients occupy the same niche, but TinTin++ is notable for being terminal-first and script-heavy.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/scandum/tintin source and release metadata: 1992/2004 source credits and active releases.>
- <https://mudhalla.net/tintin/manual/: official manual index, project description, TINTIN III credit, command set.>
- source_facts.package-manager: package availability across package managers.


## 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 - tintin++ - 2.02.20-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: tintin++ from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | classic text-based MUD client | http://tintin.sourceforge.net/
- Nix - tintin: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ti/tintin/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - tintin++ - 2.02.20-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: tintin++ from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | classic text-based MUD client | http://tintin.sourceforge.net/
- apk - tintin - 2.02.61-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tintin from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | TinTin++ (aka tt++) is a free Mud client with features an advanced automapper, scripting language and VT100 interface. | https://tintin.mudhalla.net
- dnf - tintin - 2.02.61-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: tintin from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | TinTin++, aka tt++, is a free MUD client | http://tintin.mudhalla.net/
- dnf - tintin-doc - 2.02.61-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: tintin-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | TinTin++ documentation and examples | http://tintin.mudhalla.net/
- Nix - tt: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tt/tt/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/tintin.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/tintin.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