install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install cbmbasic

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install cbmbasic

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

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#cbmbasic

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/cb/cbmbasic/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Commodore BASIC V2 as a scripting language

Project links

Commands and aliases

cbmbasic

history

Project history and usage

cbmbasic is a portable native implementation of Commodore BASIC V2, presented as a command-line interpreter and Unix scripting language.

Project history

The official README describes cbmbasic as a 100% compatible version of Commodore's Microsoft BASIC 6502 as found on the Commodore 64, but implemented natively rather than by emulating 6502 code. The public GitHub repository was created in 2014.

Adoption history

The README documents testing on Mac OS X, Debian Linux, and Windows NT-era Visual Studio toolchains, while supplied package facts show packaging in Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix. Its audience is retro-computing users who want Commodore BASIC available as a normal host executable.

How it is used

Users can run cbmbasic interactively, pass an ASCII BASIC file on the command line, or add a hashbang line to run BASIC programs as Unix scripts. The README also documents a plugin-style extension path for additional statements and functions.

Why package nerds care

cbmbasic is a small package-manager gem: installing it drops a historically recognizable 8-bit BASIC dialect into a modern shell, with no emulator stack. It matters less as infrastructure and more as a portable preservation and scripting curiosity.

Timeline

2014: Public GitHub repository created.
2026: Repository metadata showed recent activity and an unarchived project.

Related projects

The README ties cbmbasic directly to Commodore BASIC V2, Microsoft BASIC 6502, the Commodore 64, and optional ANSI-style extensions documented in the repository.

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:scripting language

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.

Recommended review

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

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`cbmbasic`	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 version1.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/mist64/cbmbasic

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/mist64/cbmbasicnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:cbmbasic
Version	1.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cbmbasic
Homepage	https://github.com/mist64/cbmbasic
Repository	https://github.com/mist64/cbmbasic
Upstream docs	https://github.com/mist64/cbmbasic#readme
License	BSD-2-Clause
Source archive	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/cbmbasic/cbmbasic/1.0/cbmbasic-1.0.tgz
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	cbmbasic
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

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%

cbmbasic

nix profile install nixpkgs#cbmbasic

normalized package name match
Matched by: Cbmbasic

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

MacPorts95%

cbmbasic

sudo port install cbmbasic

normalized package name match
Matched by: Cbmbasic

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: lang/cbmbasic/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.

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/cbmbasic.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
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

Install cbmbasic with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix