macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install hexguilocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / rank 7817
Install hexgui with Homebrew, Nix
GUI for playing Hex over Hex Text Protocol. Version 0.9.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#hexgui.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#hexguinixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/he/hexgui/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
GUI for playing Hex over Hex Text Protocol
Project links
Commands and aliases
- hexgui
history
Project history and usage
hexgui is a Java GUI for the board game Hex, packaged as the graphical side of the Benzene/Hex tooling world and built around running Hex games and engines from a desktop interface.
Project history
The SourceForge tree identifies the project as benzene/hexgui, marks it beta, and credits Broderick Arneson and Markus Enzenberger. The README is intentionally terse: build with ant and run bin/hexgui.
The file history visible on SourceForge places key files in the 2010-2014 range, including the README dated 2010-02-26 and source-tree updates through 2014.
Adoption history
The batch metadata lists Homebrew and Nix packaging. That is narrow adoption, but it is meaningful for a niche board-game tool because it keeps an otherwise SourceForge-era Java utility installable from modern package managers.
How it is used
hexgui is used as a GUI for playing or analyzing Hex games, commonly in relation to engines that speak Hex or Go Text Protocol-style command protocols.
Why package nerds care
Its package-nerd interest is mostly archival and interoperability-oriented: it packages a small Java GUI from the computer-Hex ecosystem, preserving access to a tool associated with Benzene/MoHex-style engine workflows.
Timeline
- 2010: README and TODO files appear in the SourceForge tree.
- 2011: Wrapper, Windows launcher, license, and build-file updates appear in the SourceForge tree.
- 2014: Source updates include adding 15x15 to the list of board sizes.
- 2016: A GitHub mirror of benzene/hexgui is created under apetresc/hexgui.
Related projects
- Related projects include Benzene, MoHex, Wolve, and other Hex engines or research tools that can be driven from a GUI.
Sources
- GitHub mirror metadata identifies the apetresc/hexgui repository as a mirror of benzene/hexgui.
- Input package-manager facts supply the Homebrew and Nix package presence.
- SourceForge project tree supplies the project name, beta status, credited maintainers, file dates, and README usage.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
hexgui | 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 version0.9.4
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:hexgui |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://sourceforge.net/p/benzene/hexgui/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/apetresc/hexgui |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none 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.
Nix95%
hexgui
nix profile install nixpkgs#hexgui- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Hexgui
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
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation