# Install c3c with Homebrew, Nix, pacman Compiler for the C3 language. Version 0.8.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:c3c ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install c3c ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#c3c ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/c3/c3c/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S c3c ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: c3c from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:c3c - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.8.1 - **Source summary:** Compiler for the C3 language - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LGPL-3.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:20:11-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - c3c (cli) - c3c (alias) ## Dependencies - lld - llvm ## Build dependencies - cmake ## Uses from macOS - curl ## 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: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 0.8.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-15 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/c3lang/c3c - Upstream latest detected: v0.8.1 (current) ## Project history and usage C3C is the reference compiler for C3, a systems programming language that presents itself as an evolutionary C-like language for programmers who want C syntax, C ABI compatibility, and more modern safety and metaprogramming conveniences. ### Project history The official C3 materials describe the language as building on C syntax and semantics while retaining familiarity for C programmers. The compiler project is organized around that goal: it ships prebuilt compiler binaries, a standard library, build commands, project templates, and a declarative project.json format. The C3 project explicitly cites the C2 language as an inspiration for iterating on C without becoming a wholly new language. Its design principles emphasize procedural programming, staying close to C, C ABI compatibility, a modest language surface, and adding higher-level conveniences only where the value is high. By the 0.8.x series, the official roadmap described C3 as feature-stable enough to run in production with the usual caveats for pre-1.0 software. The roadmap targets 0.9 in 2027 and 1.0 in 2028, with 1.0 meaning a language freeze while the standard library can continue to evolve. ### Adoption history C3C adoption is still early compared with established systems languages, but the project has moved beyond an experimental compiler-only artifact. Official releases provide binaries for Windows, Linux, macOS, and OpenBSD, and the README documents verified compiler builds across Windows, macOS, Linux, OpenBSD, and NetBSD. The project uses a showcase repository and community channels to collect user projects and feedback. Its own demonstration of compiling a modified vkQuake with a portion converted to C3 is a practical adoption signal for the language's C interop story. ### How it is used Package-manager users install c3c to get the C3 compiler executable. Typical usage begins with c3c init to create a project, project.json to describe targets and build settings, and c3c build or c3c run to compile and execute a project. The language is aimed at systems and C-adjacent application work. Official materials highlight C ABI compatibility, modules, semantic macros, compile-time reflection, generic modules, slices, contracts, defer, value methods, and built-in build tooling. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, c3c is interesting because it packages an emerging C-family language as a single CLI compiler with its own project format instead of delegating all build metadata to CMake, Meson, or make. It sits in the same modern systems-language conversation as Zig, Odin, Jai, Rust, and D, but keeps a deliberate C-like surface. Its Homebrew, Nix, and pacman packaging means the compiler has crossed the threshold from source-only curiosity to something users expect to install through normal developer package channels. ### Timeline - 2025: The 0.7 release series was published through GitHub releases. - 2026-05-12: Version 0.8.0 was released. - 2026-06-10: Version 0.8.1 was released and documented as the current stable compiler in the README. - 2027-06-01: The official roadmap targets C3 0.9. - 2028-06-01: The official roadmap targets C3 1.0. ### Related projects - C2 is named by the C3 README as a direct inspiration. - vkQuake is used by the C3 project as a C interop demonstration. - The official comparison page discusses C, C++, Rust, Zig, Jai, Odin, and D as nearby systems-language reference points. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for c3c. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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: project.json - Windows: project.json ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** c3c - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - c3c: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/c3/c3c/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - c3c - 0.8.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: c3c from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Compiler for the C3 language | https://github.com/c3lang/c3c ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [lld](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lld/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [llvm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/llvm/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [dmd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dmd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, programming-language. - [idris2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/idris2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, programming-language. - [inform6](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/inform6/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, programming-language. - [lisette](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lisette/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, programming-language. - [nesc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nesc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, programming-language. - [smlnj](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/smlnj/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, programming-language. - [vala](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vala/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, programming-language. - [cython](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cython/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime. - [odin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/odin/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, compiler, language, language-runtime, lld. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, compiler, language, language-runtime, llvm. - [halide](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/halide/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, compiler, language, language-runtime, lld. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/c3c.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/c3c.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - 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