# 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

```sh
sudo av install brew:nettoe
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nettoe
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install nettoe
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:nettoe
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.5.1
- **Source summary:** Tic Tac Toe-like game for the console
- **Homepage:** <https://nettoe.sourceforge.io/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- nettoe (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.5.1
## 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

- <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/nettoe/nettoe/1.5.1/nettoe-1.5.1.tar.gz>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/nettoe.json>
- <https://nettoe.sourceforge.io/>
- <https://nettoe.sourceforge.io/downloads.php.html>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - nettoe - 1.5.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: nettoe from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | networked version of Tic Tac Toe (3x3 Grid) for the console | http://nettoe.sourceforge.net/
- Ubuntu apt - nettoe - 1.5.1-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: nettoe from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | networked version of Tic Tac Toe (3x3 Grid) for the console | http://nettoe.sourceforge.net/


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/nettoe.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/nettoe.yml)


## Sources

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