# 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

```sh
sudo av install brew:bigloo
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install bigloo
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install bigloo
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: lang/bigloo/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install bigloo
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bigloo from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#bigloo
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S bigloo
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: bigloo from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:bigloo
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bigloo>
- **Version:** 4.7a
- **Source summary:** Scheme implementation with object system, C, and Java interfaces
- **Homepage:** <https://www-sop.inria.fr/indes/fp/Bigloo/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/manuel-serrano/bigloo>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www-sop.inria.fr/indes/fp/Bigloo>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://www-sop.inria.fr/indes/fp/Bigloo/download/bigloo-4.7a.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-05T10:46:55Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- bglafile (cli)
- bglafile.sh (cli)
- bgldepend (cli)
- bgldepend.sh (cli)
- bgljas (cli)
- bgljas.sh (cli)
- bgljfile (cli)
- bgljfile.sh (cli)
- bglmake (cli)
- bglmake.sh (cli)
- bglmco (cli)
- bglmco.sh (cli)
- bglpp (cli)
- bglpp.sh (cli)
- bglprof (cli)
- bglprof.sh (cli)
- bgltags (cli)
- bgltags.sh (cli)
- bigloo (cli)
- bigloo.sh (cli)
- bigloo4.6a (cli)
- bglafile (alias)
- bglafile.sh (alias)
- bgldepend (alias)
- bgldepend.sh (alias)
- bgljas (alias)
- bgljas.sh (alias)
- bgljfile (alias)
- bgljfile.sh (alias)
- bglmake (alias)
- bglmake.sh (alias)
- bglmco (alias)
- bglmco.sh (alias)
- bglpp (alias)
- bglpp.sh (alias)
- bglprof (alias)
- bglprof.sh (alias)
- bgltags (alias)
- bgltags.sh (alias)
- bigloo (alias)
- bigloo.sh (alias)
- bigloo4.6a (alias)

## Dependencies

- bdw-gc
- gmp
- libunistring
- libuv
- openjdk
- openssl@3
- pcre2
- sqlite

## Build dependencies

- autoconf
- automake
- libtool
- pkgconf

## 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: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 4.7a
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-05
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www-sop.inria.fr/indes/fp/Bigloo/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## 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 Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## 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

- Unix: .bigloorc, ~/.bigloorc
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** bigloo
- **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 - bigloo: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bi/bigloo/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - bigloo - 4.6a-9.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bigloo from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A compiler for the Scheme programming language | https://www-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/fp/Bigloo
- dnf - bigloo-doc - 4.6a-9.fc44: normalized package name match | 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 | Bigloo documentation | https://www-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/fp/Bigloo
- dnf - bigloo-libs - 4.6a-9.fc44: normalized package name match | 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 | Bigloo runtime libraries | https://www-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/fp/Bigloo
- pacman - bigloo - 4.6a-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: bigloo from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Fast scheme compiler | https://www-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/fp/Bigloo/
- MacPorts - bigloo: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/bigloo/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [pcre2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pcre2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [sqlite](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sqlite/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [autoconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [automake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bigloo.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/bigloo.yml)


## Sources

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