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Quick-growing roguelike game with easy ADOM-like UI. Version 0.5.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-10.
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Package summary
Quick-growing roguelike game with easy ADOM-like UI
Project links
Commands and aliases
- avanor
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Project history and usage
Avanor is a terminal roguelike RPG, described by its official site as a quick-growing roguelike with an easy ADOM-like user interface. It is a small SourceForge-era game package rather than a large active engine project.
Project history
The Avanor website credits Vadim Gaidukevich and carries early-2000s project styling and news. Its news archive records releases through 0.5.x, an open-sourcing announcement in July 2003, and a later development build after a long break in 2005.
The SourceForge project page describes Avanor as a feature-rich fantasy roguelike with an interactive world, while the official manual covers the expected roguelike topics: quick start, keyboard layout, basic knowledge, magic, skills, equipment, tactics, test modes, and credits.
Adoption history
Avanor's packaging footprint appears narrow. The input only records a Homebrew package, and the upstream download path points to SourceForge project files rather than a broad modern release system. Its adoption is best understood as preservation of a small open-source roguelike in package-manager form.
How it is used
Users run the `avanor` terminal executable and play through keyboard-driven roguelike controls. The manual documents game mechanics rather than system configuration, so there is no official config or credential file to report.
Why package nerds care
For package nerds, Avanor is interesting as a preserved ncurses-era roguelike with a SourceForge SVN repository and an old upstream website. It is the kind of formula that keeps niche terminal games installable long after their original community infrastructure has gone quiet.
Timeline
- 2002: Official news mentions console-output source samples for Win32.
- 2003: Avanor 0.5.3, 0.5.6, and 0.5.7 releases noted on the official site.
- 2003: Official site says Avanor was open sourced in July.
- 2005: Development version released after an almost two-year break.
- 2006: Official site returned after downtime and announced that 0.6.0 would be available soon.
Related projects
- ADOM: upstream describes Avanor's UI as ADOM-like.
- SourceForge SVN: official code hosting for the project.
- ncurses-style terminal roguelikes: the broader packaging niche Avanor belongs to.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
avanor | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.5.8
manager updated2026-07-10
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:avanor |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.8 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://avanor.sourceforge.net/ |
| Last updated | 2026-07-10T14:18:16-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation