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Game of lonely space adventure. Version 20260907 via Homebrew; verified 2026-09-22. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#pioneer.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install pioneer

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install pioneer

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · pioneer · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#pioneer

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/pi/pioneer/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S pioneer

Arch Linux sync databases · pioneer · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id PioneerDevelopers.Pioneer -e

Windows Package Manager source index · PioneerDevelopers.Pioneer · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Game of lonely space adventure

Commands and aliases

  • editor
  • modelcompiler
  • pioneer
  • savegamedump

history

Project history and usage

Pioneer is an open-source, open-ended space adventure and simulation game set in a procedurally populated Milky Way in the 33rd century.

Project history

Tom Morton initiated Pioneer around 2010 as an open-source remake of Frontier: Elite II. The development team later widened its scope into an independent game while retaining the open-ended exploration, trading, combat, and procedural-galaxy tradition.

Adoption history

Pioneer publishes frequent development snapshots for players on supported desktop platforms and is also distributed through Homebrew, Nix, Arch, and WinGet catalog entries. Its community encompasses players, modders, artists, and C++ and Lua contributors.

How it is used

Players explore, trade, undertake missions, fight, smuggle, or pursue other careers across millions of star systems. Modders and contributors can extend gameplay and UI behavior with Lua and add data-driven ships, systems, stations, missions, and other content.

Why package nerds care

Pioneer is a substantial open-source game available through general-purpose package managers, combining a C++ simulation engine with Lua-scripted gameplay and JSON-defined content. Its rolling snapshot model also makes it an example of packaging a large, asset-heavy game under active development.

Timeline

  • Circa 2010: Tom Morton began Pioneer as an open-source remake of Frontier: Elite II.
  • Later development: The team broadened Pioneer into a game in its own right.
  • Present: The project publishes rolling development snapshots and maintains player, contributor, design, and API documentation.

Related projects

  • Frontier: Elite II
  • PioneerWiki
  • Pioneer Developer Documentation

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 post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 9 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
editorcliglobal executable
modelcompilercliglobal executable
pioneercliglobal executable
savegamedumpcliglobal executable

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 generated2026-11-04
manager version20260907
manager updated2026-09-22
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/pioneerspacesim/pioneer

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:pioneer
Version20260907
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pioneer
Homepagehttps://pioneerspacesim.net/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/pioneerspacesim/pioneer
Upstream docshttps://pioneerspacesim.net/
LicenseGPL-3.0-only
Source archivehttps://github.com/pioneerspacesim/pioneer/archive/refs/tags/20260907.tar.gz
Last updated2026-09-22T06:13:09-04:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesassimp, freetype, glew, libpng, libsigc++@2, libvorbis, openal-soft, sdl2-compat, sdl2_image
Build dependenciescmake, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namepioneer
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

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%

pioneer

nix profile install nixpkgs#pioneer
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Pioneer
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pi/pioneer/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
dnf95%

inpionata-fonts 20260203-4.fc45

Pioneer Inpionata font

http://pioneerspacesim.net/

sudo dnf install inpionata-fonts
  • License: OFL-1.1
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: pioneer
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Pioneer
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: inpionata-fonts from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

orbiteer-fonts 20260203-4.fc45

Pioneer Orbiteer Bold font

http://pioneerspacesim.net/

sudo dnf install orbiteer-fonts
  • License: OFL-1.1
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: pioneer
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Pioneer
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: orbiteer-fonts from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

pioneer 20260203-4.fc45

A game of lonely space adventure

http://pioneerspacesim.net/

sudo dnf install pioneer
  • License: GPL-3.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND Bitstream-Vera AND LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain AND BSD-2-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: pioneer
  • 17 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Pioneer
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pioneer from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

pioneer-data 20260203-4.fc45

Data files of pioneer

http://pioneerspacesim.net/

sudo dnf install pioneer-data
  • License: GPL-3.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND Bitstream-Vera AND LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain AND BSD-2-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: pioneer
  • 4 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Pioneer
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pioneer-data from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

pionilliumtext22l-fonts 20260203-4.fc45

Pioneer PionilliumText22L Medium font

http://pioneerspacesim.net/

sudo dnf install pionilliumtext22l-fonts
  • License: OFL-1.1
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: pioneer
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Pioneer
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pionilliumtext22l-fonts from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

pioneer 20250501-3

A game of lonely space adventure

https://github.com/pioneerspacesim/pioneer

sudo pacman -S pioneer
  • License: GPL3
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 9 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Pioneer
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: pioneer from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
winget95%

PioneerDevelopers.Pioneer

winget install --id PioneerDevelopers.Pioneer -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Pioneer
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: PioneerDevelopers.Pioneer from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
winget92%

Codemao.SmartEditor

winget install --id Codemao.SmartEditor -e
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Editor
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Codemao.SmartEditor from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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Used sources

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