# Install wy60 with Homebrew

Wyse 60 compatible terminal emulator. Version 2.0.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:wy60
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install wy60
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:wy60
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.0.9
- **Source summary:** Wyse 60 compatible terminal emulator
- **Homepage:** <https://code.google.com/archive/p/wy60/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- wy60 (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.0.9
## Project history and usage

wy60 is a small curses-based compatibility tool for running legacy software that expects Wyse 60 terminal escape sequences. Its historical interest is tied less to a public project narrative than to the long tail of business and database applications that hard-coded terminal behavior instead of using termcap or terminfo.

### Project history

The archived project description and mirrored README describe wy60 as a bridge for applications that assume Wyse 60 hardware-terminal escape sequences. It runs inside an existing terminal emulator with a working terminfo entry, translates between Wyse 60 sequences and the host terminal's escape codes, and launches a shell or command inside that emulated environment.

### How it is used

The typical use case is preserving old terminal applications when the source cannot be changed or when replacing hard-coded Wyse 60 assumptions is impractical. The README is explicit that the supported escape-sequence set is limited, but intended to be enough for many legacy applications without modification.

### Why package nerds care

As a package, wy60 is a preservation and compatibility artifact: tiny, niche, and valuable mostly when a site still has software written for a specific family of character terminals. It belongs in package repositories because those edge cases are exactly where an obscure terminal shim saves a migration.

### Related projects

- The broader historical context is the Wyse WY-60 hardware terminal and commercial Wyse terminal emulators. wy60 is the lightweight Unix-side translator rather than a full graphical terminal emulator.

### Sources

- <https://code.google.com/archive/p/wy60/>
- <https://code.google.com/archive/p/wy60/wikis/wy60.wiki>
- <https://github.com/gutschke/wy60>
- <https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Wyse_WY-60>


## 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/wy60.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/wy60.yml)


## Sources

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