# Install spaceinvaders-go with Homebrew

Space Invaders in your terminal written in Go. Version 1.2.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:spaceinvaders-go
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install spaceinvaders-go
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:spaceinvaders-go
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.2.1
- **Source summary:** Space Invaders in your terminal written in Go
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/asib/spaceinvaders>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/asib/spaceinvaders>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T04:03:43+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- spaceinvaders (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.2.1
## Project history and usage

Space Invaders is a Go implementation of the arcade game designed to run directly in a terminal. It adapts the invader layout to the terminal dimensions and uses keyboard controls for movement and firing.

### Project history

The official repository was created in 2015. Its original installation path used the then-standard Go workflow of fetching into GOPATH and compiling locally, while the project also published prebuilt binaries for operating-system and architecture combinations.

### Adoption history

The project progressed from source installation and GitHub release binaries to package-manager distribution, including the Homebrew formula represented by this record.

### How it is used

Users launch `spaceinvaders`, move with the left and right arrow keys, fire with the spacebar, and quit with `q`. Terminal size affects the approximate number of invaders and therefore the difficulty.

### Why package nerds care

It is a compact example of a Go terminal game that crossed several familiar distribution styles: GOPATH-era source installation, standalone release binaries, and a Homebrew formula.

### Timeline

- 2015: Official repository created.
- 2015: v1.0 published.
- 2021: v1.2.1 published.

### Related projects

- It reimplements the Space Invaders game concept as a terminal-native Go program.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/asib/spaceinvaders#readme>
- <https://github.com/asib/spaceinvaders/releases>
- source_facts.package-manager.brew


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


## Sources

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