brew / rank 10857

Install nettoe with Homebrew, apt

Tic Tac Toe-like game for the console. Version 1.5.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install nettoe.

Install command Security notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install nettoe

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install nettoe

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

overview

Package summary

Tic Tac Toe-like game for the console

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

nettoe

history

Project history and usage

netToe is a text-based Tic Tac Toe game for Unix consoles, written in C and playable locally, against an AI opponent, or against another player over a network.

Project history

The official homepage says the project homepage has existed since June 26, 2000. The 1.5.1 source README identifies netToe as a network-capable text game and the official NEWS file records releases from 1.0.0 through 1.5.1.

Adoption history

The official download page notes Debian packaging and a FreeBSD port, while Homebrew packages version 1.5.1. Homebrew analytics for July 2026 show a small long-tail package, with 63 installs over 365 days.

How it is used

Users run `nettoe`, choose local, AI, or two-player network mode, and for network play one player hosts while the other connects by IP address or hostname. The official README documents IPv4 examples and `::1` for IPv6 localhost.

Why package nerds care

netToe is useful package-manager archaeology: a tiny GPL console game, SourceForge-era hosting, autotools source, curses/terminfo support, and network socket behavior in a package with essentially no modern dependency footprint.

Timeline

2000-06-26: Official homepage says the netToe project homepage dates from this day.
2001-06-24: Official NEWS says netToe 1.0.5 entered Debian unstable.
2010-02-25: Official NEWS says netToe 1.3.0 added IPv4 and IPv6 network play.
2014-03-21: Official README and NEWS identify release 1.5.1.
2026-07: Homebrew API reports stable 1.5.1 and 63 installs over 365 days.

Related projects

Debian Games Team, FreeBSD ports, SourceForge

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
`nettoe`	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 version1.5.1

manager updated

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:nettoe
Version	1.5.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://nettoe.sourceforge.io/
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.

Debian apt95%

nettoe 1.5.1-3

networked version of Tic Tac Toe (3x3 Grid) for the console

http://nettoe.sourceforge.net/

sudo apt install nettoe

Section: games
Architecture: amd64
2 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Nettoe

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: nettoe from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Ubuntu apt95%