# Install corsixth with Homebrew

Open source clone of Theme Hospital. Version 0.70.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-10.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:corsixth
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install corsixth
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:corsixth
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.70.0
- **Source summary:** Open source clone of Theme Hospital
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/CorsixTH/CorsixTH>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/CorsixTH/CorsixTH>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-10T23:47:38Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- CorsixTH (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.70.0
## Project history and usage

CorsixTH is an open-source reimplementation of Bullfrog's 1997 business simulation game Theme Hospital. It uses the original game data while providing a modern engine for Windows, macOS, Linux, and BSD with high-resolution support and gameplay improvements.

### Project history

The official GitHub repository was created in 2013 and the README describes the project as both a faithful recreation and an extension of the original game. The code base mixes Lua and C++, with most game logic in Lua, which has made it approachable for community contributors.

### Adoption history

CorsixTH is distributed through upstream releases, Linux and BSD package repositories, Flathub, Snapcraft, Homebrew, MacPorts, and Windows package managers. Its adoption follows a common open-source game-engine pattern: package the free engine while requiring users to supply legally obtained original assets.

### How it is used

Users install the engine, then point it at a Theme Hospital HOSP directory from an original CD, GOG, EA, or the demo. The wiki documents supported operating systems, release builds, package-manager installs, data-file setup, and runtime configuration.

### Why package nerds care

CorsixTH is significant for packagers because it separates redistributable engine code from non-redistributable commercial game assets. Packaging must also account for desktop integration, Lua/C++ dependencies, save/config paths, and release channels across native packages, Flatpak, Snap, and app bundles.

### Timeline

- 1997: Theme Hospital, the game CorsixTH reimplements, was released.
- 2013: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2025: Official releases include the 0.69.x series.
- 2026: Official releases list 0.70.0 beta and release-candidate builds.

### Related projects

- Related projects and distribution surfaces include Theme Hospital, SDL-based open-source game engines, Flathub, Snapcraft, Homebrew, MacPorts, and package-manager builds named corsixth or corsix-th.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/CorsixTH/CorsixTH>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CorsixTH/CorsixTH/master/README.md>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/CorsixTH/CorsixTH/Getting-Started.md>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/CorsixTH/CorsixTH>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/CorsixTH/CorsixTH/releases>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/corsixth.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/corsixth.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation