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Port details
vtm Text-based desktop environment for your terminal
2025.07.28 sysutils on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 2025.05.28Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: seafork@disroot.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2025-03-16 10:24:08
Last Update: 2025-07-29 12:17:13
Commit Hash: 416047c
License: MIT
WWW:
https://github.com/directvt/vtm
Description:
vtm is a text-based application that represents its user interface as a mosaic of text cells, forming a TUI matrix. This matrix can be rendered in its own GUI window or in a compatible text console. It wraps any console application and supports indefinite nesting, creating a text-based desktop environment within your terminal.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/vtm-2025.07.28/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/vtm-2025.07.28/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/vtm-2025.07.28/MIT
  4. bin/vtm
  5. share/doc/vtm/apps.md
  6. share/doc/vtm/architecture.md
  7. share/doc/vtm/build.md
  8. share/doc/vtm/character_geometry.md
  9. share/doc/vtm/command-line-options.md
  10. share/doc/vtm/images/A_1x1.png
  11. share/doc/vtm/images/E_2x2.png
  12. share/doc/vtm/images/deva_2x1_glyph_run_transparent.png
  13. share/doc/vtm/images/deva_3x1.png
  14. share/doc/vtm/images/vtm_character_geometry_modifiers_16x4.png
  15. share/doc/vtm/images/vtm_character_geometry_modifiers_16x4.xhtml
  16. share/doc/vtm/images/vtm_character_geometry_modifiers_screenshot.png
  17. share/doc/vtm/images/vtm_character_geometry_modifiers_summary.png
  18. share/doc/vtm/panel.md
  19. share/doc/vtm/settings.md
  20. share/doc/vtm/user-interface.md
  21. share/doc/vtm/vt-input-mode.md
  22. @owner
  23. @group
  24. @mode
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Dependency lines:
  • vtm>0:sysutils/vtm
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/vtm/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install sysutils/vtm
  • pkg install vtm
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: vtm
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1753707300 SHA256 (directvt-vtm-v2025.07.28_GH0.tar.gz) = 045fff33e6d1f631bbe37d4719a6ef7313991929cfde07bc0cf4ff8444d951aa SIZE (directvt-vtm-v2025.07.28_GH0.tar.gz) = 2156329

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
vtm
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest2025.05.282025.07.28-2025.05.282025.07.28---
FreeBSD:13:quarterly2025.05.282025.05.28-2025.05.282025.05.28---
FreeBSD:14:latest2025.05.282025.07.28-2025.05.282025.07.28---
FreeBSD:14:quarterly2025.05.282025.05.28-2025.05.282025.05.28---
FreeBSD:15:latest2025.05.282025.05.28n/a2025.05.28n/a---
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. cmake : devel/cmake-core
  2. ninja : devel/ninja
  3. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
Library dependencies:
  1. liblua-5.4.so : lang/lua54
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for vtm-2025.07.28: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
sysutils_vtm
USES:
cmake compiler:c++20-lang lua pkgconfig
pkg-message:
If upgrading from < 2025.05.28:
Upgrades to vtm 2025.05.28 ========================== vtm 2025.05.28 contains changes that are made to configuration settings which are backward-incompatible for previous versions of vtm. The configuration settings file has changed significantly due to the introduction of Pure XML with dynamic element referencing and templating. See also: https://github.com/directvt/vtm/releases/tag/v2025.05.27
Master Sites:
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/directvt/vtm/tar.gz/v2025.07.28?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 5

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
2025.07.28
29 Jul 2025 12:17:13
commit hash: 416047c204efff51bc97674408c0acac7f676c79commit hash: 416047c204efff51bc97674408c0acac7f676c79commit hash: 416047c204efff51bc97674408c0acac7f676c79commit hash: 416047c204efff51bc97674408c0acac7f676c79 files touched by this commit
Zsolt Udvari (uzsolt) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Amelia Marsh
sysutils/vtm: Update to 2025.07.28

Add documentation support.

Changelog:
https://github.com/directvt/vtm/compare/v2025.05.28...v2025.07.28

PR:		288524
2025.05.28
01 Jul 2025 00:50:23
commit hash: 8b06c03ce60026466a6b18057f42c6a4799d2c9acommit hash: 8b06c03ce60026466a6b18057f42c6a4799d2c9acommit hash: 8b06c03ce60026466a6b18057f42c6a4799d2c9acommit hash: 8b06c03ce60026466a6b18057f42c6a4799d2c9a files touched by this commit
Koichiro Iwao (meta) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Yusuf Yaman
*/*: Return to pool as per maintainer's request

PR:		287924
Reported by:	Yusuf Yaman <nxjoseph@protonmail.com> (maintainer)
Approved by:	Yusuf Yaman <nxjoseph@protonmail.com> (maintainer)
2025.05.28
30 May 2025 16:51:29
commit hash: 640e5969e0be2cf703b0b738ca84aeb160164b75commit hash: 640e5969e0be2cf703b0b738ca84aeb160164b75commit hash: 640e5969e0be2cf703b0b738ca84aeb160164b75commit hash: 640e5969e0be2cf703b0b738ca84aeb160164b75 files touched by this commit
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Yusuf Yaman
sysutils/vtm: Update 2025.05.21 => 2025.05.28

Changelogs:
https://github.com/directvt/vtm/releases/tag/v2025.05.27
https://github.com/directvt/vtm/releases/tag/v2025.05.28

Add record to pkg-message about incompatibility with previous versions.

PR:	287159
2025.05.21
25 May 2025 09:06:03
commit hash: 896078d4d7965cbc3e9d5fbc48fa57f0c55106a6commit hash: 896078d4d7965cbc3e9d5fbc48fa57f0c55106a6commit hash: 896078d4d7965cbc3e9d5fbc48fa57f0c55106a6commit hash: 896078d4d7965cbc3e9d5fbc48fa57f0c55106a6 files touched by this commit
Kurt Jaeger (pi) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Yusuf Yaman
sysutils/vtm: update 0.9.99.70 -> 2025.05.21, fix build on i386 and armv6/7

NOTE: This vtm release is not compatible with previous versions

- for i386/arm6/7
  o Use GCC for build because clang doesn't allow use of libstdc++.
  o Build fails on armv6/7 and i386 architectures with use of libc++.
  o Using libc++, both compilers runs out of memory, so,
    we need to explicitly use libstdc++ here.

PR:		285708
Reviewed-by:	marklmi26-fbsd@yahoo.com
Changes:	https://github.com/directvt/vtm/releases
0.9.99.70
16 Mar 2025 10:19:28
commit hash: 294265d4bd5108206dcd6fba0c5921e39b5a256ccommit hash: 294265d4bd5108206dcd6fba0c5921e39b5a256ccommit hash: 294265d4bd5108206dcd6fba0c5921e39b5a256ccommit hash: 294265d4bd5108206dcd6fba0c5921e39b5a256c files touched by this commit
Robert Clausecker (fuz) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Yusuf Yaman
sysutils/vtm: New port: Text-based desktop environment

Text based desktop environment inside the terminal.
Allows for tiling terminal buffers, detaching sessions
and remote collaborative work.

WWW: https://github.com/directvt/vtm

PR:		263864
Reported by:	Daniel Pérez <y7v81xhon@mozmail.com>

Number of commits found: 5