# fairymax を Homebrew, apt, Nix でインストール fairymax のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。 ## インストール ```sh sudo av install brew:fairymax ``` 追加のインストールコマンド: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install fairymax ``` 証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install fairymax ``` 証拠: Debian stable package indexes: fairymax from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#fairymax ``` 証拠: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/fairymax/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## パッケージ情報 - **パッケージキー:** brew:fairymax - **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew - **バージョン:** 5.0b - **ソース概要:** AI for playing Chess variants - **ホームページ:** - **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## 実行可能ファイル - fairymax (エイリアス) - maxqi (エイリアス) - shamax (エイリアス) ## インストール挙動 - Bottle: 利用不可 ## バージョンと鮮度 - ページ生成日: 2026-08-03 - マネージャ版: 5.0b ## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方 Fairy-Max is H.G. Muller's free, open-source chess-variant engine. It is derived from micro-Max and replaces fixed move tables with definitions loaded from fmax.ini, making it useful for experimenting with fairy pieces and variant rule sets. ### プロジェクトの歴史 The project was created to empirically evaluate fairy pieces by letting them play in checkmating chess games against orthodox pieces. Its design keeps the engine textual and protocol-oriented rather than graphical: Fairy-Max communicates through the WinBoard protocol and expects a GUI such as WinBoard or XBoard to handle display and game interaction. Fairy-Max also produced or shipped alongside specialized variants such as ShaMax for Shatranj-like behavior and MaxQi for Xiangqi-specific constraints, reflecting the same small-engine approach applied to variants that do not fit the generic fmax.ini model. ### 採用の歴史 The official documentation says Fairy-Max became included in the standard WinBoard install as a ready-to-run engine. In package-manager culture it is notable because a small, configurable chess engine can be installed as a command-line program while still serving GUI users through the long-running WinBoard/XBoard engine ecosystem. ### 使われ方 Users edit fmax.ini to define piece moves, board sizes, and variant setups, then run Fairy-Max as a WinBoard-compatible engine. The same package commonly exposes related binaries such as fairymax, maxqi, and shamax for the generic engine and dedicated variant engines. ### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性 Fairy-Max is the sort of package that rewards distribution packaging: it is small, old-school, text-configurable, and useful only when installed together with the right data files and GUI protocol expectations. The fmax.ini file is part of the program's behavior, not just optional sample configuration. ### タイムライン - Undated: H.G. Muller creates Fairy-Max as a chess-variant engine derived from micro-Max. - Undated: Fairy-Max is included with the standard WinBoard install as a ready-to-run engine. - Undated: Dedicated variants such as ShaMax and MaxQi are distributed with the Fairy-Max downloads. ### Related projects - Fairy-Max is closely related to micro-Max, WinBoard/XBoard, ShaMax, MaxQi, and other WinBoard-compatible chess-variant engines. ### ソース - - ## セキュリティノート narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger リスク:** グリーン / 低 - 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: fmax.ini ## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録 - Debian apt - fairymax - 5.0b-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fairymax from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | xboard compatible chess and chess-variant engine | https://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/CVfairy.html - Nix - fairymax: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/fairymax/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - fairymax - 5.0b-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fairymax from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | xboard compatible chess and chess-variant engine | http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/CVfairy.html ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/fairymax.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/fairymax.yml) ## ソース - 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