# 使用 Homebrew 安装 center-im

查看 center-im 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:center-im
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install center-im
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:center-im
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 5.0.1
- **来源摘要:** Text-mode multi-protocol instant messaging client
- **主页:** <https://github.com/petrpavlu/centerim5>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/petrpavlu/centerim5>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- centerim5 (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 5.0.1
## 项目历史与用法

CenterIM 5 is a text-mode instant messaging client for Unix-like systems that uses libpurple as its communication backend.

### 项目历史

The official repository describes CenterIM 5 as a terminal IM client for Linux, BSD, Solaris, and other Unices. Its repository preserves a traditional Unix command-line client shape, with a README, manpage, NEWS file, and source tree rather than a hosted documentation site.

### 采用历史

CenterIM 5 is a niche package-manager item: Homebrew packages the centerim5 executable for users who still want a terminal multi-protocol IM client, while the GitHub repository shows a small public footprint.

### 使用方式

The documented command is centerim5. The official manpage documents options including ASCII UI drawing, alternate base directory selection, and starting accounts offline.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

CenterIM 5 is useful to package nerds as a preservation-style Unix terminal client: it keeps a libpurple-backed multi-protocol messaging workflow available outside graphical Pidgin-style front ends.

### 时间线

- 2016: centerim5 manpage dated July 11, 2016.
- 2018: Public petrpavlu/centerim5 GitHub repository and release history visible on GitHub.

### Related projects

- libpurple is the communication backend named by the official README.
- Pidgin and Finch are related libpurple front ends named in the official manpage.

### 来源

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/center-im>
- <https://github.com/petrpavlu/centerim5>
- <https://github.com/petrpavlu/centerim5#readme>
- <https://github.com/petrpavlu/centerim5/blob/master/centerim5.1>


## 安全说明

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger 风险:** blue / 中
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

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