Homebrew Formulae
rakudo-star
Install command:
brew install rakudo-starAlso known as: perl6
Rakudo compiler and commonly used packages
License: Artistic-2.0
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 |
sequoia | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| ventura | ✅ | |
| macOS on Intel |
sonoma | ✅ |
| ventura | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ | |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 2025.05 |
Depends on:
| libtommath | 1.3.0 | C library for number theoretic multiple-precision integers |
| mimalloc | 3.0.3 | Compact general purpose allocator |
| openssl@3 | 3.5.0 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
| readline | 8.2.13 | Library for command-line editing |
| zstd | 1.5.7 | Zstandard is a real-time compression algorithm |
| libuv | 1.51.0 | Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O |
Depends on when building from source:
| bash | 5.2.37 | Bourne-Again SHell, a UNIX command interpreter |
| pkgconf | 2.4.3 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
| sqlite | 3.49.2 | Command-line interface for SQLite |
Conflicts with: moar, moarvm, nqp, parrot, rakudo
Analytics:
| Installs (30 days) | |
|---|---|
rakudo-star |
159 |
| Installs on Request (30 days) | |
rakudo-star |
159 |
| Build Errors (30 days) | |
rakudo-star |
0 |
| Installs (90 days) | |
rakudo-star |
569 |
| Installs on Request (90 days) | |
rakudo-star |
569 |
| Installs (365 days) | |
rakudo-star |
2,264 |
rakudo-star --HEAD |
4 |
| Installs on Request (365 days) | |
rakudo-star |
2,263 |
rakudo-star --HEAD |
4 |
