macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
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Interpreter for the brainfuck language. Version 2.7.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Linux
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
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overview
Package summary
Interpreter for the brainfuck language
Project links
Commands and aliases
- brainfuck
history
Project history and usage
fabianishere/brainfuck is a C implementation of a Brainfuck interpreter. It packages the esoteric language as a conventional Unix-style CLI with file execution, direct evaluation, an interactive console, examples, and a small C API.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in November 2011. The official README describes the project as a Brainfuck interpreter written in C, built with CMake and a C compiler, with libedit used for interactive console support.
Official Git tags show a long-lived small project, from early 0.1.x tags through 2.7.x tags. The repository README lists multiple contributors and includes an examples directory of Brainfuck programs with attribution where possible.
Adoption history
The input package facts record Homebrew and Fedora DNF packaging. That is modest adoption, but enough to make the interpreter available through mainstream package managers rather than only as source code.
As a package, its role is mostly educational and recreational: it gives users a ready-made interpreter for an esoteric language often used in programming-language demonstrations and code-golf culture.
How it is used
The README documents running brainfuck with files, using --eval to run code directly, --version and --help, and opening an interactive console when no arguments are passed.
The project also exposes a C API around parsing, execution context creation, execution, and cleanup, so it can be embedded or used as a small interpreter library in addition to the command-line binary.
Why package nerds care
This package is not historically important as a unique interpreter, but it is a neat package-manager specimen: an esoteric language runtime small enough to ship everywhere and useful for testing terminals, compilers, examples, and packaging workflows.
Its significance comes from Brainfuck's cultural footprint among programmers, plus the practical convenience of having a maintained C interpreter available from Homebrew and DNF.
Timeline
- 2011-11: The GitHub repository was created.
- 2011-2012: Official Git tags include early 0.1.x and 0.2.x releases.
- 2022: Official repository metadata shows activity into February 2022.
- 2022: Official Git tags include the 2.7.x release line.
Related projects
- Brainfuck is the esoteric programming language implemented by the package.
- libedit is the line-editing dependency named by the README.
- CMake, Clang, and GCC are listed build-time tools for compiling the interpreter.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: yellow
generalized runtime or code generation signal.
Risk classifier
yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime
Why
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
Signals
- text:interpreter
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
brainfuck | cli | global 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 version2.7.3
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected2.7.3
https://github.com/fabianishere/brainfuck
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:brainfuck |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.7.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/brainfuck |
| Homepage | https://github.com/fabianishere/brainfuck |
| Repository | https://github.com/fabianishere/brainfuck |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/fabianishere/brainfuck#readme |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://github.com/fabianishere/brainfuck/archive/refs/tags/2.7.3.tar.gz |
| Build dependencies | cmake |
| Uses from macOS | libedit |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | brainfuck |
| 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 |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
dnf95%
brainfuck 0.1.0.4-9.fc44
Brainfuck interpreter
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/brainfuck
sudo dnf install brainfuck- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: brainfuck
- 6 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Brainfuck
dnf95%
ghc-brainfuck 0.1.0.4-9.fc44
Haskell brainfuck library
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/brainfuck
sudo dnf install ghc-brainfuck- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: brainfuck
- 11 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Brainfuck
dnf95%
ghc-brainfuck-devel 0.1.0.4-9.fc44
Haskell brainfuck library development files
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/brainfuck
sudo dnf install ghc-brainfuck-devel- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: brainfuck
- 3 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Brainfuck
dnf95%
ghc-brainfuck-doc 0.1.0.4-9.fc44
Haskell brainfuck library documentation
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/brainfuck
sudo dnf install ghc-brainfuck-doc- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: brainfuck
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Brainfuck
dnf95%
ghc-brainfuck-prof 0.1.0.4-9.fc44
Haskell brainfuck profiling library
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/brainfuck
sudo dnf install ghc-brainfuck-prof- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: brainfuck
- 2 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Brainfuck
source trail
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Combined YAML source
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- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment