# Install cbmbasic with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix Commodore BASIC V2 as a scripting language. Version 1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cbmbasic ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cbmbasic ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install cbmbasic ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: lang/cbmbasic/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#cbmbasic ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cb/cbmbasic/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cbmbasic - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.0 - **Source summary:** Commodore BASIC V2 as a scripting language - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-2-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cbmbasic (cli) - cbmbasic (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/mist64/cbmbasic - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## 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 Notes generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - cbmbasic: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cb/cbmbasic/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - cbmbasic: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/cbmbasic/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [bas55](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bas55/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: basic, cli, interpreter, language-runtime. - [bic](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bic/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: basic, cli, interpreter, language-runtime. - [jimtcl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jimtcl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, interpreter, language-runtime, scripting-language. - [newlisp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/newlisp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, interpreter, language-runtime, scripting-language. - [abcl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abcl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, interpreter, language-runtime. - [algol68g](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/algol68g/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, interpreter, language-runtime. - [arturo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/arturo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, interpreter, language-runtime. - [befunge93](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/befunge93/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, interpreter, language-runtime. - [chibi-scheme](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chibi-scheme/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: as, cli, interpreter, language, language-runtime. - [umka-lang](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/umka-lang/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, language, language-runtime, runtime, scripting. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cbmbasic.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cbmbasic.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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