# Install supermodel with Homebrew, Nix

Sega Model 3 arcade emulator. Version 0.3a-20260726-git-8488f0d via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#supermodel.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:supermodel
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install supermodel
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#supermodel
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/su/supermodel/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:supermodel
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.3a-20260726-git-8488f0d
- **Source summary:** Sega Model 3 arcade emulator
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/trzy/Supermodel>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/trzy/Supermodel>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T21:11:01Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ppcd (alias)
- supermodel (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.3a-20260726-git-8488f0d
## Project history and usage

Supermodel is an open-source Sega Model 3 arcade emulator. Its official README describes a long-running reverse-engineering project for Sega's 1996-1999 Model 3 hardware, using OpenGL and SDL2 and targeting Windows, Linux, and macOS.

### Project history

The project presents itself as a preservation-oriented emulator rather than a general game engine: the README says the goal is an emulator that is both accurate and playable, and notes that Model 3 knowledge has been reverse engineered because no public documentation exists. The repository copyright line covers 2003-2026, which places Supermodel among the older specialist emulator projects still maintained in source form.

### Adoption history

Official distribution is centered on GitHub source and automated binary releases, while the supplied package-manager facts show packaging in Homebrew and Nix. That combination makes it visible to package-manager users who prefer installing emulator tooling from reproducible Unix-style package sets instead of downloading ad-hoc binaries.

### How it is used

Supermodel is commonly used from the command line to run Sega Model 3 ROM sets, with build instructions documented for Unix makefiles, macOS, and Windows/MSYS2. Its SDL2 and OpenGL dependencies make it a familiar package-manager target because those libraries are already common in desktop/game/emulation formulae.

### Why package nerds care

Package maintainers care about Supermodel because it is a niche, hardware-specific emulator with native graphics and input dependencies, cross-platform builds, and long-lived upstream source. It represents the kind of software where a package manager turns a fragile build recipe into a repeatable install.

### Timeline

- 1996-1999: Sega Model 3 arcade hardware period described by the project README
- 2003: Earliest year in the repository copyright range
- 2026: README describes automated Windows, macOS, and Linux builds on GitHub

### Related projects

- Supermodel is related to the broader arcade-emulation ecosystem and depends on SDL2/OpenGL-style native runtime stacks rather than a language-package ecosystem alone.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/trzy/Supermodel#readme>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for supermodel. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: Config/Supermodel.ini
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - supermodel: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/su/supermodel/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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