guile
brew install guileAlso known as: guile@3
GNU Ubiquitous Intelligent Language for Extensions
https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/
License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/guile.json
Formula code: guile.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 | ✅ | 3.0.11 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| bdw-gc | 8.2.12 | Garbage collector for C and C++ |
| gmp | 6.3.0 | GNU multiple precision arithmetic library |
| libtool | 2.6.2 | Generic library support script |
| libunistring | 1.5 | C string library for manipulating Unicode strings |
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
| readline | 8.3.6 | Library for command-line editing |
Depends on when building from source:
| gnu-sed | 4.10 | GNU implementation of the famous stream editor |
Uses from macOS: gperf, libffi, libxcrypt
Binaries:
guild,
guile,
guile-config,
guile-snarf,
guile-tools
| Guile libraries can now be installed here: Source files: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/guile/site/3.0 Compiled files: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/lib/guile/3.0/site-ccache Extensions: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/lib/guile/3.0/extensions Add the following to your .bashrc or equivalent: export GUILE_LOAD_PATH="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/guile/site/3.0" export GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/lib/guile/3.0/site-ccache" export GUILE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS_PATH="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/lib/guile/3.0/extensions" |
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 25,471 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 21,265,292 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 6,141 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 4.2× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-10-31T09:46:40Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-31. 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 | 6,139 | 13,585 | 72,579 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 2 | 8 | 71 |
| Installs on Request | 5,114 | 11,621 | 62,075 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 2 | 8 | 71 |
| Build Errors | 0 |