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Castle combat game. Version 1.2.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-18. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install ballerburg.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install ballerburg

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install ballerburg

Debian stable package indexes · ballerburg · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install ballerburg

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · ballerburg · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#ballerburg

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ba/ballerburg/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install ballerburg

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · ballerburg · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Castle combat game

Commands and aliases

  • ballerburg

history

Project history and usage

Ballerburg SDL is a free-software port of the classic Ballerburg castle-combat game to SDL-supported modern systems. Its historical interest is retrocomputing: an Atari ST game from 1987 made buildable and packageable for contemporary Unix-like desktops.

Project history

The official Ballerburg SDL site says Ballerburg was originally written in 1987 by Eckhard Kruse for the then-new Atari ST machines. It also credits Kruse for releasing the source, enabling a later adaptation of the original source code to modern operating systems using SDL.

The current FramaGit project describes Ballerburg SDL as a classical castle combat game for GNU/Linux and other SDL-supported systems, where two castles fire cannonballs over a mountain until one king is defeated or capitulates.

Adoption history

Ballerburg's adoption is niche but unusually long-lived: the official site links to Fedora, Debian, and Ubuntu packages and lists related ports or reimplementations, while the input facts include Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, Nix, Ubuntu, and zypper packaging.

The Homebrew formula API reported stable version 1.2.3 with 39 installs in the previous 30 days as of June 30, 2026.

How it is used

The package installs the `ballerburg` executable. Users play a two-castle artillery game where economic choices, tower building, cannon aiming, terrain, and the opponent's king determine the match.

Why package nerds care

Ballerburg is the kind of package that keeps distribution archives charming: a small SDL port preserving an Atari ST game in source form, with enough portability to appear across Linux distributions and Homebrew. It is not infrastructure, but it is a useful example of retro software surviving through package managers.

Timeline

  • 1987: Original Ballerburg written by Eckhard Kruse for Atari ST machines.
  • 2025-02-12: Current FramaGit project metadata reports the repository creation date.
  • 2026-06-30: Homebrew formula reports stable ballerburg 1.2.3.

Related projects

  • The official site links to the original Eckhard Kruse Ballerburg page.
  • The official site also lists related projects including Ballerr, Ballerburg OS X, and a Ballerburg X11-Basic reimplementation.

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

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
ballerburgexecutableindexed executableDiscovered 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 version1.2.3
manager updated2026-06-18
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:ballerburg
Version1.2.3
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://baller.frama.io/
Last updated2026-06-18T02:28:55-04:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

ballerburg 1.2.2-4

Classical castle combat game

https://baller.frama.io

sudo apt install ballerburg
  • Section: games
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ballerburg
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: ballerburg from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

ballerburg

nix profile install nixpkgs#ballerburg
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ballerburg
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ba/ballerburg/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

ballerburg 1.2.1-1

Classical castle combat game

http://baller.tuxfamily.org/

sudo apt install ballerburg
  • Section: universe/games
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ballerburg
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ballerburg from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
dnf95%

ballerburg 1.2.3-6.fc45

Two players, two castles, and a hill in between

https://baller.frama.io/

sudo dnf install ballerburg
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: ballerburg
  • 5 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ballerburg
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ballerburg from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

ballerburg 1.2.3-1.6

Two players, two castles, and a hill in between

https://baller.frama.io/

sudo zypper install ballerburg
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Category: Amusements/Games/Action/Arcade
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: ballerburg
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ballerburg
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ballerburg from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

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  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
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