rakudo-star
brew install rakudo-starAlso known as: perl6
Rakudo compiler and commonly used packages
License: Artistic-2.0
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/rakudo-star.json
Formula code: rakudo-star.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 2026.08 |
Depends on:
| libtommath | 1.3.0 | C library for number theoretic multiple-precision integers |
| mimalloc | 3.5.2 | Compact general purpose allocator |
| openssl@3 | 3.6.4 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
| readline | 8.3.3 | Library for command-line editing |
| zstd | 1.5.7 | Zstandard is a real-time compression algorithm |
| libuv | 1.52.1 | Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O |
Depends on when building from source:
| pkgconf | 3.0.7 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
| sqlite | 3.53.4 | Command-line interface for SQLite |
| bash | 5.3.15 | Bourne-Again SHell, a UNIX command interpreter |
Uses from macOS: perl (build), libffi, libxml2
Conflicts with: moor (because both install `moar` binaries), moarvm (because rakudo-star currently ships with moarvm and nqp included), nqp (because rakudo-star currently ships with moarvm and nqp included), parrot, rakudo
Binaries:
lwp-download.p6,
lwp-download.p6-j,
lwp-download.p6-js,
lwp-download.p6-m,
lwp-get.p6,
lwp-get.p6-j,
lwp-get.p6-js,
lwp-get.p6-m,
moar,
new-localization,
new-localization-j,
new-localization-js,
new-localization-m,
nqp,
nqp-m,
perl6,
perl6-debug,
perl6-debug-m,
perl6-gdb-m,
perl6-lldb-m,
perl6-m,
perl6-valgrind-m,
pod2onepage,
pod2onepage-j,
pod2onepage-js,
pod2onepage-m,
prove6,
prove6-j,
prove6-js,
prove6-m,
raku,
raku-debug,
rakudo,
rakudo-debug,
rakudo-debug-m,
rakudo-gdb-m,
rakudo-lldb-m,
rakudo-m,
rakudo-valgrind-m,
s6,
s6-j,
s6-js,
s6-m,
terminal-autodetect,
terminal-autodetect-j,
terminal-autodetect-js,
terminal-autodetect-m,
update-localization,
update-localization-j,
update-localization-js,
update-localization-m,
zef,
zef-deps,
zef-deps-j,
zef-deps-js,
zef-deps-m,
zef-j,
zef-js,
zef-m
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 83 | 321 | 1,614 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Installs on Request | 83 | 321 | 1,614 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Build Errors | 0 |