# Install aoeui with Homebrew, apt

Lightweight text editor optimized for Dvorak and QWERTY keyboards. Version 1.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install aoeui.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:aoeui
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install aoeui
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install aoeui
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:aoeui
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.6
- **Source summary:** Lightweight text editor optimized for Dvorak and QWERTY keyboards
- **Homepage:** <https://code.google.com/archive/p/aoeui/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- aoeui (alias)
- asdfg (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.6
## Project history and usage

aoeui is a deliberately small terminal text editor optimized for fast editing by Dvorak keyboard users, with a companion QWERTY-oriented executable named `asdfg` in package metadata.

### Project history

The upstream README says the editor was written in March 2007 by Paul Klausler and describes the source tree as the sources for `aoeui`, a lightweight and unobtrusive text editor optimized for the Dvorak keyboard layout.

The project predates GitHub-centric open source distribution: its Homebrew metadata points to the archived Google Code project page, while the README now identifies the GitHub repository as the project's repository.

### Adoption history

aoeui reached Unix package users through small-tool packaging rather than a large ecosystem. The input metadata records Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu package names, reflecting the classic distribution path for compact C terminal editors.

### How it is used

The packaged executables are `aoeui` and `asdfg`. Upstream build instructions are minimal: adjust the first few lines of the Makefile for the local system, then build.

### Why package nerds care

aoeui is package-nerd material because it is a tiny, old-school editor with keyboard-layout-specific ergonomics. Its existence in modern package indexes is a reminder that useful CLI software often survives as small source trees with a Makefile, a license, and just enough documentation.

### Timeline

- 2007: aoeui was written in March 2007, according to the upstream README.
- 2010s: Project distribution moved from Google Code-era hosting into a GitHub repository identified by upstream.
- 2020s: Package metadata still carries Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu package names.

### Related projects

- asdfg is the related executable name shipped by packages for QWERTY-oriented use.
- The archived Google Code project page is part of the project's provenance.

### Sources

- <https://code.google.com/archive/p/aoeui>
- <https://github.com/pklausler/aoeui#readme>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - aoeui - 1.7+20160302.git4e5dee9-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: aoeui from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | lightweight, unobtrusive, Dvorak-optimized text editor | https://github.com/pklausler/aoeui
- Ubuntu apt - aoeui - 1.7+20160302.git4e5dee9-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: aoeui from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | lightweight, unobtrusive, Dvorak-optimized text editor | https://github.com/pklausler/aoeui


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- 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