ncurses
brew install ncursesText-based UI library
https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/announce.html
License: X11-distribute-modifications-variant
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/ncurses.json
Formula code: ncurses.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| macOS on Intel |
sonoma | ✅ |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 6.6 |
Keg-only because macOS already provides this software.
Binaries:
captoinfo,
clear,
infocmp,
infotocap,
ncurses6-config,
ncursesw6-config,
reset,
tabs,
tic,
toe,
tput,
tset
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 2,065,745 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 40,170,268 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 145,166 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 14.2× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-15T00:52:17Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-16 to 2026-11-15. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 145,165 | 357,845 | 1,611,526 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Installs on Request | 647 | 1,868 | 16,241 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Build Errors | 153 |