install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install chapel

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install chapel

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

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install chapel

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · chapel · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

overview

Package summary

Programming language for productive parallel computing at scale

Project links

Commands and aliases

chpl
chpl-language-server
chpl-shim
chplcheck
chpldoc
chplrun-udp
mason

history

Project history and usage

Chapel is a parallel programming language and compiler toolchain for productive computing at scale, designed for laptops, clusters, cloud systems, GPUs, and supercomputers.

Project history

Chapel was developed as a high-performance parallel programming language, historically associated with Cray and now maintained openly under the chapel-lang organization. The official README describes a portable language intended for CPUs and GPUs from desktops to supercomputers.

Adoption history

Chapel moved from an HPC research language into a routinely released open-source language runtime and compiler. The GitHub release stream shows semiannual 1.x releases by 2014 and quarterly-style 2.x releases by 2024-2026, while the supplied package facts show distribution through Homebrew, Fedora/DNF, and MacPorts.

How it is used

Users compile Chapel programs with `chpl`; the Homebrew package also installs developer tools such as `chpldoc`, `chplcheck`, `chpl-language-server`, and Mason, Chapel's package/build tool.

Why package nerds care

Chapel matters to package nerds because it is a full language distribution rather than a single utility: compiler, runtime, language server, documentation generator, package tooling, and configuration-file discovery all arrive through a package-manager install.

Timeline

2014: chapel-lang/chapel public GitHub repository created and 1.10.0 GitHub release published.
2015: 1.11.0 and 1.12.0 releases continued the regular open release cadence.
2024: Chapel 2.x release series was underway.
2026: Chapel 2.9.0 released as the Summer 2026 release.

Related projects

Mason is Chapel's package/build tool and is installed with the Homebrew formula.
The Chapel project is listed by its README alongside the High Performance Software Foundation and Linux Foundation branding.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: yellow

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

text:programming language
text:server

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 7 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

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

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: $CHPL_CONFIG/chplconfig$CHPL_CONFIG/.chplconfig~/chplconfig~/.chplconfig$CHPL_HOME/chplconfig$CHPL_HOME/.chplconfig

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure
`chpl`	cli	global executable
`chpl-language-server`	cli	global executable
`chpl-shim`	cli	global executable
`chplcheck`	cli	global executable
`chpldoc`	cli	global executable
`chplrun-udp`	cli	global executable
`mason`	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 version2.9.0

manager updated2026-06-18

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapelnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:chapel
Version	2.9.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/chapel
Homepage	https://chapel-lang.org/
Repository	https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel
Upstream docs	https://chapel-lang.org/docs
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/releases/download/2.9.0/chapel-2.9.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-18T20:36:12Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	cmake, gmp, hwloc, jemalloc, llvm, pkgconf, python@3.14
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared
Caveats	By default, compiled Chapel programs will be single-locale only. To compile and run multi-locale Chapel programs locally: Compile your program with: `chpl --comm=gasnet --comm-substrate=udp` And then run it with: `chplrun-udp ./your_program_name` To simulate GPU execution, you can compile your program with: `chpl --locale-model=gpu --gpu=cpu`

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	chapel
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.

dnf95%

chapel 2.6.0-5.fc44

A Productive Parallel Programming Language

https://chapel-lang.org

sudo dnf install chapel

License: Apache-2.0 AND (GPL-3.0-or-later WITH Bison-exception-2.2) AND (Apache-2.0 AND MIT)
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: chapel
22 dependencies
5 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Chapel

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

MacPorts95%

chapel

sudo port install chapel

normalized package name match
Matched by: Chapel

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: lang/chapel/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/chapel.yml

Used sources

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

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