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IO layer for interactive fiction players. Version 2026.1.1 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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IO layer for interactive fiction players
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Project history and usage
Gargoyle is a free, cross-platform interactive-fiction player and I/O layer that packages many format-specific interpreters behind a typography-focused interface.
Project history
Gargoyle was originally developed by Tor Andersson as a cross-platform interactive-fiction player and I/O layer. The project emphasizes high-quality typography and incorporates standard interpreters for many IF formats under a common interface.
Subsequent maintainers have continued updating the interpreters, Glk support, platform toolkits, sound and graphics backends, configuration handling, and accessibility features.
Adoption history
Gargoyle combines numerous established Glk-enabled interpreters in one distribution, allowing users to open portable interactive-fiction files without selecting and installing a separate interpreter for every format. Supported families include Z-machine, Glulx, TADS, Hugo, Alan, Level 9, Magnetic Scrolls, and others.
Modern releases remain cross-platform and are distributed through project releases and package systems such as Homebrew Cask and Flathub. The 2026.1 release moved Unix data toward a simpler XDG directory name while retaining the previous location for backward compatibility.
How it is used
Users open portable interactive-fiction story files directly in Gargoyle. They can customize fonts, spacing, gamma, colors, themes, input behavior, and per-game settings through layered text configuration files. Runtime shortcuts expose configuration editing, searched paths, themes, scrollback export, and fullscreen mode.
Why package nerds care
Gargoyle is valued in interactive-fiction packaging because it bundles a broad interpreter ecosystem behind a consistent, typography-focused interface. This turns a fragmented collection of story formats and engines into one installable desktop player.
Its layered text-file configuration is especially package-friendly: system defaults, user preferences, and game-specific overrides can coexist, and the application can report the exact search order.
Timeline
- Original era: Tor Andersson created Gargoyle.
- 2019: The project issued the 2019.1 release series.
- 2022: Gargoyle 2022.1 was released.
- 2023: Gargoyle 2023.1 was released.
- 2026: Gargoyle 2026.1 added Glk 0.7.6, Qt 6 support, expanded game support, configurable game-data locations, and other runtime features.
Related projects
- Glk, the portable interactive-fiction I/O API used by Gargoyle's interpreters.
- Bocfel, Glulxe, Git, TADS, Hugo, and the other bundled interpreters.
- Treaty of Babel, used to extract story metadata.
- Flathub, an additional official distribution channel mentioned by project releases.
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- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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- Unix
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/garglk.ini~/.garglkrc/etc/garglk.ini<game-directory>/<game-name>.ini<game-directory>/garglk.ini
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page generated2026-11-04
manager version2026.1.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/garglk/garglk
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/garglk/garglknone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:gargoyle |
|---|---|
| Version | 2026.1.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/gargoyle |
| Homepage | https://github.com/garglk/garglk |
| Repository | https://github.com/garglk/garglk |
| Source archive | https://github.com/garglk/garglk/releases/download/2026.1.1/Gargoyle-2026.1.1.dmg |
| SHA-256 | d3c40f7f032fbdbe589f6a33c384071a860e6570388139cb4d18c291bd085119 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | gargoyle |
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| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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