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Install bigloo with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman

Scheme implementation with object system, C, and Java interfaces. Version 4.7a via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-05.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install bigloo

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install bigloo

MacPorts ports tree · lang/bigloo/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Scheme implementation with object system, C, and Java interfaces

Commands and aliases

  • bglafile
  • bglafile.sh
  • bgldepend
  • bgldepend.sh
  • bgljas
  • bgljas.sh
  • bgljfile
  • bgljfile.sh
  • bglmake
  • bglmake.sh
  • bglmco
  • bglmco.sh
  • bglpp
  • bglpp.sh
  • bglprof
  • bglprof.sh
  • bgltags
  • bgltags.sh
  • bigloo
  • bigloo.sh
  • bigloo4.6a

history

Project history and usage

Bigloo is a long-running Scheme implementation from Inria, positioned as a practical Scheme compiler and environment for producing small standalone binaries and interoperating with C and Java.

Project history

The official Bigloo site traces the project under an Inria copyright range beginning in 1992 and presents Bigloo as a Scheme descendant designed for the places where C or C++ would normally be used. Its documentation emphasizes modules, native executables, C interop, a JVM backend, threads, and libraries rather than a purely academic interpreter.

Adoption history

Bigloo has stayed visible in Unix package collections as a niche but serious Scheme compiler: the input package facts list Homebrew, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, and Arch packages. The official site also names Hop and php tools as projects implemented using Bigloo.

How it is used

Package users install Bigloo when they want the `bigloo` compiler and companion tools such as dependency, archive, profiler, and tags helpers for Scheme projects that compile to native code or the JVM.

Why package nerds care

Bigloo matters to package historians because it is one of the older packaged Scheme systems that treated Scheme as a systems-programming tool: C linkage, standalone binaries, multiple backends, and a Unix-style tool suite make it more than just another REPL.

Timeline

  • 1992: Official Bigloo site copyright range begins.
  • 2018: Official GitHub repository metadata shows the public GitHub repository created.
  • 2026: Official download page lists Bigloo 4.7a.

Related projects

  • Related Scheme implementations include Guile, Racket, Chez Scheme, Chicken Scheme, and Gambit; Bigloo's official site also links Hop as a Bigloo-implemented project.

Sources

  • GitHub repository metadata from https://api.github.com/repos/manuel-serrano/bigloo.
  • Official Bigloo homepage and download page.
  • Package adoption from source_facts.package-manager.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 8 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 4 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
.bigloorc~/.bigloorc

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
bglafilecliglobal executable
bglafile.shcliglobal executable
bgldependcliglobal executable
bgldepend.shcliglobal executable
bgljascliglobal executable
bgljas.shcliglobal executable
bgljfilecliglobal executable
bgljfile.shcliglobal executable
bglmakecliglobal executable
bglmake.shcliglobal executable
bglmcocliglobal executable
bglmco.shcliglobal executable
bglppcliglobal executable
bglpp.shcliglobal executable
bglprofcliglobal executable
bglprof.shcliglobal executable
bgltagscliglobal executable
bgltags.shcliglobal executable
bigloocliglobal executable
bigloo.shcliglobal executable
bigloo4.6acliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version4.7a
manager updated2026-06-05
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://www-sop.inria.fr/indes/fp/Bigloo/

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:bigloo
Version4.7a
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bigloo
Homepagehttps://www-sop.inria.fr/indes/fp/Bigloo/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/manuel-serrano/bigloo
Upstream docshttps://www-sop.inria.fr/indes/fp/Bigloo
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://www-sop.inria.fr/indes/fp/Bigloo/download/bigloo-4.7a.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-05T10:46:55Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesbdw-gc, gmp, libunistring, libuv, openjdk, openssl@3, pcre2, sqlite
Build dependenciesautoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namebigloo
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

bigloo

nix profile install nixpkgs#bigloo
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Bigloo
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bi/bigloo/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
dnf95%

bigloo 4.6a-9.fc44

A compiler for the Scheme programming language

https://www-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/fp/Bigloo

sudo dnf install bigloo
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: bigloo
  • 18 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Bigloo
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bigloo from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

bigloo-doc 4.6a-9.fc44

Bigloo documentation

https://www-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/fp/Bigloo

sudo dnf install bigloo-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: bigloo
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Bigloo
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bigloo-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

bigloo-libs 4.6a-9.fc44

Bigloo runtime libraries

https://www-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/fp/Bigloo

sudo dnf install bigloo-libs
  • License: LGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: bigloo
  • 23 dependencies
  • 32 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Bigloo
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bigloo-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

bigloo 4.6a-1

Fast scheme compiler

https://www-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/fp/Bigloo/

sudo pacman -S bigloo
  • License: GPL AND LGPL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 6 dependencies
  • 6 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Bigloo
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: bigloo from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

bigloo

sudo port install bigloo
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Bigloo
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: lang/bigloo/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • openjdkRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • openssl@3Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pcre2Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • sqliteRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • autoconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • automakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libtoolBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • chezschemeShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, runtime, scheme.
  • chickenShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, runtime, scheme.
  • kawaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, jvm, language-runtime, scheme.
  • mit-schemeShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, runtime, scheme.
  • sagittarius-schemeShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, runtime, scheme.
  • gambit-schemeShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, scheme.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment