# Install gnuski with Homebrew

Open source clone of Skifree. Version 0.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gnuski
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gnuski
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:gnuski
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.3
- **Source summary:** Open source clone of Skifree
- **Homepage:** <https://gnuski.sourceforge.net/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- gnuski (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.3
## Project history and usage

GNUSki is an inactive SourceForge-hosted open source console game described by its project page as a clone of the old Windows game SkiFree using NCurses graphics.

### Project history

SourceForge lists GNUSki as registered on 30 June 2005, with a file area containing the `gnuski-0.3.tar.gz` release under a directory modified on 31 May 2007.

The SourceForge project summary records the project as inactive, with a last update on 25 March 2016.

### Adoption history

GNUSki's adoption appears small and package-manager-oriented. Its SourceForge page shows console-game metadata and minimal current download activity, while Homebrew packages version 0.3 from the SourceForge release archive.

### How it is used

The official metadata identifies GNUSki as a Linux/BSD/Cygwin C++ console game using Curses/Ncurses. Homebrew installs the `gnuski` executable from the SourceForge tarball.

### Why package nerds care

GNUSki is a small terminal-game package kept alive by source archives and package-manager recipes. Its interest is mostly nostalgic: SkiFree-style gameplay translated into an ncurses console program.

### Timeline

- 2005-06-30: SourceForge project registration date.
- 2007-05-31: SourceForge file area lists the GNUSki release directory.
- 2016-03-25: SourceForge project page lists the last update date.

### Related projects

- SkiFree is the game GNUSki clones.
- NCurses is the terminal UI library named by the official project metadata.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/gnuski.json>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuski/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuski/files/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/rest/p/gnuski>


## 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/gnuski.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/gnuski.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph