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Install color-code with Homebrew, apt

Free advanced MasterMind clone. Version 0.8.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-18. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install colorcode.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install color-code

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install colorcode

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

overview

Package summary

Free advanced MasterMind clone

Commands and aliases

  • colorcode

history

Project history and usage

ColorCode is a GPL-licensed Qt MasterMind clone by Dirk Laebisch. It is packaged less as a Unix command-line tool than as a small desktop puzzle game that happens to be distributed through Unix package managers.

Project history

The project had a dedicated website by October 2009, shortly after the 0.5 release. Its early releases expanded the game from a configurable MasterMind clone into a richer puzzle implementation with alternate game modes, accessibility-oriented scaling, preferences, a timer, stored game lists, and a built-in solver.

Adoption history

ColorCode entered Debian packaging in December 2009, which is the most visible upstream-cited adoption milestone. The supplied Homebrew metadata also maps it to Debian and Ubuntu packages, making it a small cross-distribution desktop game rather than a single-manager formula.

How it is used

Users run the `colorcode` executable to play MasterMind variants with configurable color counts, column counts, duplicate-peg rules, predefined difficulty levels, and optional solver assistance.

Why package nerds care

ColorCode is a representative example of Homebrew carrying lightweight open-source desktop software alongside CLI tools. Its upstream history also shows the usual long tail of small Qt applications: source tarballs and distro packaging matter more than a large hosted forge presence.

Timeline

  • 2009: ColorCode 0.5 released and the dedicated project website launched.
  • 2009: Debian packaging announced by upstream.
  • 2010: ColorCode 0.6 added a second game mode and settings dialogs.
  • 2011: ColorCode 0.7 added separate solver and timer threads plus game lists.
  • 2015: ColorCode 0.8.5 became the first feature-complete Qt 5 release.
  • 2023: ColorCode 0.8.7 added CMake as a build option while keeping qmake.

Related projects

  • The project is explicitly positioned as a MasterMind clone and solver. Its package-manager footprint links it to desktop game packaging in Debian, Ubuntu, and Homebrew.

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

CommandKindExposureNote
colorcodeexecutableindexed 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 version0.8.7
manager updated2026-05-18
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:color-code
Version0.8.7
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttp://colorcode.laebisch.com/
Last updated2026-05-18T15:16:42-04:00
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 apt92%

colorcode 0.8.7-1+b1

advanced clone of the MasterMind code-breaking game

http://colorcode.laebisch.com/

sudo apt install colorcode
  • Section: games
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: colorcode
  • 7 dependencies
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Colorcode
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: colorcode from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt92%

colorcode 0.8.7-1build2

advanced clone of the MasterMind code-breaking game

http://colorcode.laebisch.com/

sudo apt install colorcode
  • Section: universe/games
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 7 dependencies
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Colorcode
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: colorcode from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

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