# Install cgoban with Homebrew, apt, Nix, winget

Go-related services. Version 1.9.14 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install cgoban.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:cgoban
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cgoban
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install cgoban
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#cgoban
```

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

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id KGSAI.CGoban -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: KGSAI.CGoban from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:cgoban
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.9.14
- **Source summary:** Go-related services
- **Homepage:** <https://cgoban1.sourceforge.net/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:37:38+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cgoban (alias)
- grab_cgoban (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.9.14
## Project history and usage

CGoban 1, short for Complete Goban Mark 1, is an X11/Unix Go program for local play, SGF editing, internet Go server access, and Go modem protocol bridging.

### Project history

The official README for cgoban 1.9.13 describes a Unix/X11 program that acts as a computerized Go board, SGF viewer/editor, internet Go server client, and Go modem protocol bridge.

### Adoption history

CGoban was distributed as source code using GNU autoconf and was made available through SourceForge. The 1.9.13 revision history records the move to SourceForge and patches submitted by other people.

### How it is used

CGoban users could play local Go games with rule sets and time controls, edit and view SGF files, connect to NNGS or IGS, and use arena mode for testing Go modem protocol programs.

### Why package nerds care

CGoban is package-nerd relevant as an old-school X11 game/client utility: a source-built autoconf application, tied to Go servers and SGF, with a tiny binary-focused install story.

### Timeline

- 0.0.0: Alpha version.
- 0.1.0: First beta version.
- 1.0.0: First full release.
- 1.9.13: Moved to SourceForge and incorporated various patches.
- 2003: Official homepage address was dated 06 January 2003.

### Related projects

- The official homepage names NNGS, IGS, SGF, and Go modem protocol as related services or formats.

### Sources

- <https://sourceforge.net/p/cgoban1/git>
- <https://cgoban1.sourceforge.net/>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/cgoban.json>
- <https://sourceforge.net/p/cgoban1/git/ci/master/tree/README?format=raw>


## 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 - cgoban - 1.9.14-20: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cgoban from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | complete Go board | http://cgoban1.sourceforge.net/
- Nix - cgoban: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cg/cgoban/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - cgoban - 1.9.14-19: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cgoban from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | complete Go board | http://cgoban1.sourceforge.net/
- winget - KGSAI.CGoban: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: KGSAI.CGoban from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- winget - KGSOnline.CGoban: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: KGSOnline.CGoban from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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