rakudo

Install command:
brew install rakudo

Mature, production-ready implementation of the Raku language

https://rakudo.org

License: Artistic-2.0

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/rakudo.json

Formula code: rakudo.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
tahoe
sequoia
sonoma
macOS on
Intel
sonoma
Linux ARM64
x86_64

Current versions:

stable 2026.08

Depends on:

moarvm 2026.08 VM with adaptive optimization and JIT compilation, built for Rakudo
nqp 2026.08 Lightweight Raku-like environment for virtual machines

Uses from macOS: perl (build)

Conflicts with: rakudo-star

Binaries: perl6, perl6-debug, perl6-debug-m, perl6-gdb-m, perl6-lldb-m, perl6-m, perl6-valgrind-m, raku, raku-debug, raku-install-dist, rakudo, rakudo-debug, rakudo-debug-m, rakudo-gdb-m, rakudo-lldb-m, rakudo-m, rakudo-valgrind-m

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