# Install deno with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper, apt, dnf Secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript. Version 2.9.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-01. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:deno ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install deno ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install deno ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/deno/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add deno ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: deno from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#deno ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/de/deno/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S deno ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: deno from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install deno ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: deno from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install dx ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: dx from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install dx ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dx from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install deno ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: deno from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','dell-omsa' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/deno ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/deno.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id DenoLand.Deno -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: DenoLand.Deno from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:deno - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.9.1 - **Source summary:** Secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-01T18:57:24Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - deno (cli) - dx (cli) - deno (alias) - dx (alias) ## Dependencies - little-cms2 - sqlite ## Build dependencies - cmake - lld - llvm - ninja - pkgconf - rust ## Uses from macOS - libffi ## 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: 2.9.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-01 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/denoland/deno - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Deno is a modern JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly runtime with secure defaults, built-in tooling, and a single deno executable. It began as a rethink of server-side JavaScript after Node.js and later expanded toward Node and npm compatibility. ### Project history The Deno repository was created in May 2018. The official Deno 1.0 announcement framed the project as a new runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript outside the browser, influenced by lessons from Node.js and designed around browser-compatible APIs, explicit permissions, first-class TypeScript, promises, Rust, and V8. Deno 1.0 shipped in May 2020 as the stable CLI. The runtime deliberately bundled common developer tooling so users could run, test, format, lint, and document code without assembling a separate Node-style toolchain. Deno 2, announced in October 2024, marked a shift from rejecting much of the Node ecosystem to supporting Node.js and npm compatibility. The Deno team described that release as combining Deno's original simplicity and security goals with package.json, node_modules, workspaces, npm specifiers, and private npm registries. ### Adoption history Early Deno adoption centered on developers who wanted browser-like module loading, TypeScript without a separate compiler setup, and a permission model for command-line scripts. Its official docs still present the tool as a secure-by-default runtime with a built-in formatter, linter, test runner, benchmarker, and package workflow. After Deno 2, adoption broadened toward existing Node projects because Deno could run in repositories with package.json and node_modules while keeping Deno's own tooling and permission model. The release feed shows continued active releases, including Deno 2.9.0 in June 2026. ### How it is used Deno is used as a CLI runtime for scripts, services, tests, local tools, web servers, and TypeScript projects. The getting-started docs show deno init creating a project with deno.json, main.ts, and tests, then running TypeScript directly without a separate build step. Package workflows can use URL imports, JSR packages, npm: specifiers, deno.json, or package.json depending on the project. Deno 2 also supports private npm registry configuration through .npmrc, which aligns it with enterprise Node package workflows. ### Why package nerds care Deno is package-nerd catnip because it challenges the usual JavaScript runtime/package-manager split. One executable brings together runtime, installer, formatter, linter, test runner, task runner, dependency management, and docs. Its history also tracks a major ecosystem lesson: clean-slate runtimes are attractive, but compatibility wins adoption. Deno 2's Node and npm support made the package story less ideologically pure and much more operationally useful. ### Timeline - 2018: The denoland/deno repository is created on GitHub. - 2020: Deno 1.0 is announced as the first stable CLI release. - 2024: Deno 2 is announced with Node.js and npm compatibility. - 2026: Deno 2.9.0 is published on GitHub releases. ### Related projects - Node.js is the historical reference point and compatibility target for Deno 2. - V8 and Rust are core implementation technologies discussed in the Deno 1.0 announcement. - JSR is Deno's TypeScript-first package registry companion. - Fresh and Deno Deploy are related Deno ecosystem projects from Deno Land. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes doc example: JavaScript runtime. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / high - doc example: JavaScript runtime ## 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: deno.json, deno.jsonc, package.json ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** deno - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Conflicts With:** dxpy - **Requirements:** xcode - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - deno: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/de/deno/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - deno - 2.7.4-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: deno from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript | https://deno.land/ - apk - deno-bash-completion - 2.7.4-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: deno-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for deno | https://deno.land/ - apk - deno-fish-completion - 2.7.4-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: deno-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for deno | https://deno.land/ - apk - deno-zsh-completion - 2.7.4-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: deno-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for deno | https://deno.land/ - pacman - deno - 2.8.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: deno from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript | https://deno.com - zypper - deno - 2.6.10-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: deno from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A secure JavaScript and TypeScript runtime | https://github.com/denoland/deno - zypper - deno-bash-completion - 2.6.10-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: deno-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for deno | https://github.com/denoland/deno - zypper - deno-fish-completion - 2.6.10-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: deno-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for deno | https://github.com/denoland/deno - zypper - deno-zsh-completion - 2.6.10-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: deno-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for deno | https://github.com/denoland/deno - MacPorts - deno: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/deno/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Chocolatey - deno: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: deno from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','dell-omsa' - Scoop - main/deno: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/deno.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - DenoLand.Deno: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: DenoLand.Deno from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix - Debian apt - dx - 1:4.4.4-18+b1: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: dx from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | OpenDX (IBM Visualization Data Explorer) - main package | https://web.archive.org/web/20080812051658/http://www.opendx.org/ - Debian apt - dx-doc - 1:4.4.4-18: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: dx-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | OpenDX (IBM Visualization Data Explorer) - documentation | https://web.archive.org/web/20080812051658/http://www.opendx.org/ ## Related links - [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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [little-cms2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/little-cms2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [sqlite](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sqlite/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [lld](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lld/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [llvm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/llvm/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ninja](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ninja/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [yt-dlp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yt-dlp/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [duktape](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/duktape/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime. - [fibjs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fibjs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime. - [ringojs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ringojs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime. - [v8](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/v8/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime. - [boa](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/boa/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime. - [gjs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gjs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime. - [jerryscript](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jerryscript/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime. - [deno](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/deno/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: deno, javascript, runtime, typescript. - [openj9](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openj9/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cms2, language, language-runtime, little. - [deno](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/deno/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/deno.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/deno.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