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Japanese Chess. Version 1.4.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Japanese Chess
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gnushogi
history
Project history and usage
GNU Shogi is a GNU game engine for shogi, the Japanese chess variant. It plays against a human user or against itself and can run with a text interface or through older graphical frontends.
Project history
GNU's June 1993 bulletin records GNU Shogi as newly added to the Utilities Tape and describes it as a program created by modifying GNU Chess. The same bulletin identifies Matthias Mutz and explains the engine/front-end split between GNU Shogi and GNU XShogi, with XShogi derived from XBoard.
Adoption history
GNU Shogi represents the GNU Project's early effort to include freely redistributable games as part of a broad Unix-like software environment. Its niche adoption centered on users who wanted a terminal or X Window System shogi opponent, especially on Unix systems where packaged board-game engines and X11 frontends were natural distribution units.
How it is used
Practitioners use gnushogi to play shogi against the engine, test positions, run the engine against itself, configure time controls, use opening books, and save or restore games. The manual documents curses, raw text, and xshogi-compatible display modes.
Why package nerds care
GNU Shogi is package-nerd interesting less for broad deployment than for lineage: it is a GNU Chess derivative, an XBoard/XShogi-era Unix game, and a reminder that GNU packages include small interactive programs as well as compilers and shell utilities.
Timeline
- 1993: GNU's Bulletin listed GNU Shogi among new programs on the Utilities Tape.
- 1993: GNU's Bulletin described GNU Shogi as derived by modifying GNU Chess.
- 2013: The GNU Shogi homepage was written with Savannah, mailing-list, and frontend guidance.
- 2026: The GNU Shogi homepage listed Yann Dirson as maintainer.
Related projects
- GNU Shogi is related to GNU Chess, GNU XShogi, XBoard, and other Unix board-game engines and frontends.
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
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gnushogi | 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 version1.4.2
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gnu-shogi |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.4.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://www.gnu.org/software/gnushogi/ |
| 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
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation