# Install nsuds with Homebrew

Ncurses Sudoku system. Version 0.7B via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:nsuds
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nsuds
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:nsuds
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.7B
- **Source summary:** Ncurses Sudoku system
- **Homepage:** <https://nsuds.sourceforge.net/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- nsuds (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.7B
## Project history and usage

nsuds is a small terminal Sudoku game: the Ncurses Sudoku System. It provides a text-graphical Sudoku board with pencil-marking support and keeps dependencies intentionally tiny, centered on ncurses.

### Project history

SourceForge lists the project registration date as November 8, 2009. The mirrored README identifies version 0.7B as a beta release written by Vincent Launchbury, describes the project as a portable text-graphical Sudoku implementation, and says the only required library dependency is ncurses, with regular curses expected to work in its place.

### Adoption history

This is a niche terminal game rather than an ecosystem component. SourceForge's page has no user reviews, and on July 1, 2026 Homebrew listed only 25 installs in its 365-day analytics window. Its presence in Homebrew is mostly preservation and convenience for command-line game collectors.

### How it is used

Users install `nsuds` to play Sudoku in a terminal. The README documents in-game help via `?`, vi-style and arrow-key movement, number entry, deletion, pencil marks, highlighting marks, and a simple build from a release tarball with `./configure`, `make`, and `make install`.

### Why package nerds care

nsuds is useful as a tiny ncurses artifact: a package that demonstrates old-school terminal UI packaging, not a dependency anchor. Its value is mostly that it still builds and runs with minimal dependencies.

### Timeline

- November 8, 2009: SourceForge project registered.
- April 21, 2010: SourceForge file timestamps show the 0.7B-era release line.
- July 1, 2026: Homebrew listed stable version 0.7B.

### Related projects

- ncurses is the main runtime dependency.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nsuds>
- <https://github.com/jubalh/nsuds>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsuds/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsuds/files/nsuds/>


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


## Sources

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