# Install cpi with Homebrew, MacPorts Tiny c++ interpreter. Version 2.2.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-21. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cpi ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cpi ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install cpi ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: lang/cpi/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cpi - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.2.4 - **Source summary:** Tiny c++ interpreter - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-21T15:37:37Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cpi (cli) - cpi (alias) ## Dependencies - qtbase ## Uses from macOS - llvm ## 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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.2.4 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-21 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/treefrogframework/cpi - Upstream latest detected: v2.2.4 (current) ## Project history and usage cpi is a small C++ interpreter-style command-line tool from the TreeFrog Framework organization. Its upstream description and README present it as a tiny interpreter for C++20 or C++23 rather than as a separate language implementation. ### Project history The public GitHub repository was created in December 2012. The README documents a design that uses an installed C++ compiler internally, with Qt 6 and a C++ compiler as build/runtime requirements, so the package sits between a REPL, a script runner, and a thin compile-and-run wrapper. ### Adoption history Package-manager adoption appears niche: the supplied package facts list Homebrew and MacPorts. That is consistent with cpi's role as a developer convenience tool rather than a core language runtime. ### How it is used The README shows interactive mode, execution of saved C++ source files, per-file compile options, pkg-config integration, and Qt examples. For package users, the important behavior is that cpi depends on the host compiler toolchain rather than shipping an independent C++ execution engine. ### Why package nerds care cpi is interesting to packagers because it exposes C++ as something close to a scripting workflow while still needing normal C++ and Qt build dependencies. Its documented per-user INI file also means an otherwise small CLI has a real configuration surface. ### Timeline - 2012: Public GitHub repository created. - 2025: README examples document cpi 2.2.0 and C++20/C++23 usage. - 2026: Upstream tags include 2.2.x releases and test-release tags. ### Related projects - TreeFrog Framework is the upstream GitHub organization for cpi. - Qt and GCC, LLVM, or MSVC are documented build/runtime requirements. ### 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:** cpi - **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 - MacPorts - cpi: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/cpi/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. - [qtbase](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/qtbase/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cling](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cling/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cpp, interpreter, language-runtime, repl. - [regina-rexx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/regina-rexx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, interpreter, interpreters, language-runtime, scripting. - [yaegi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yaegi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, interpreter, language-runtime, repl, scripting. - [ammonite-repl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ammonite-repl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime, repl, scripting. - [gauche](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gauche/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, interpreter, language-runtime, scripting. - [gnu-apl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gnu-apl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, interpreter, language-runtime, scripting. - [gnu-smalltalk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gnu-smalltalk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, interpreter, language-runtime, scripting. - [lua](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lua/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, interpreter, language-runtime, scripting. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cpi.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cpi.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