# Install boa

Embeddable and experimental Javascript engine written in Rust. Version 0.21.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:boa
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install boa
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#boa
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bo/boa/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:boa
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/boa>
- **Version:** 0.21.1
- **Source summary:** Embeddable and experimental Javascript engine written in Rust
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/boa-dev/boa>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/boa-dev/boa>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://boajs.dev/docs/intro>
- **License:** MIT OR Unlicense
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/archive/refs/tags/v0.21.1.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-25T12:16:10-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- boa (cli)
- boa (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- pkgconf
- rust

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 0.21.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-25
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/boa-dev/boa
- Upstream latest detected: v0.21.1 (current)

## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** boa
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - boa: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bo/boa/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
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- [three-body](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/three-body/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, language, language-runtime, runtime, rust.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph