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Install fibjs with Homebrew

JavaScript on Fiber. Version 0.37.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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macOS

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brew install fibjs

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overview

Package summary

JavaScript on Fiber

Commands and aliases

  • fibjs

history

Project history and usage

fibjs is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 engine with a fiber-based, synchronous-style, non-blocking I/O model. It targets server-side JavaScript users who want blocking-looking code paths on top of cooperative fibers.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in May 2014. The README describes fibjs as JavaScript on Fiber and emphasizes V8, fiber switching, synchronous style, and non-blocking I/O as the runtime's core design.

The earliest release returned by the GitHub API in this batch run is v0.2.1 from August 2016, while another cited release was v0.37.0 from February 2024. The repository metadata still showed activity in 2026, but the official README remains terse compared with larger JavaScript runtimes.

Adoption history

fibjs has a narrower package footprint than Node.js-family tools; the package facts in this batch show Homebrew as the listed package manager. Its GitHub repository nevertheless has a multi-thousand-star audience, suggesting a visible but specialized community around its fiber-first runtime model.

How it is used

Users run JavaScript with the `fibjs` executable and use the project's documentation for the guide, manual, download page, and module reference. The README directs users to fibjs.org docs and a separate fibjs_docs repository.

Why package nerds care

fibjs is interesting to package nerds as an alternative JavaScript runtime with a distinct concurrency model rather than as another Node.js package manager companion. Packaging it means providing a standalone V8-based runtime for a smaller ecosystem.

Timeline

  • 2014: GitHub repository created.
  • 2016: Earliest GitHub API release in this batch run, v0.2.1, published.
  • 2024: v0.37.0 published in the GitHub release stream cited for this record.
  • 2026: Repository metadata showed continued activity.

Related projects

  • fibjs is conceptually related to V8-based JavaScript runtimes and to fiber/coroutine concurrency models used to present synchronous-looking APIs over non-blocking I/O.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 10 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

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

CommandKindExposureNote
fibjscliglobal 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 version0.37.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/fibjs/fibjs

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:fibjs
Version0.37.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fibjs
Homepagehttps://fibjs.org/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/fibjs/fibjs
Upstream docshttps://fibjs.org/docs
LicenseGPL-3.0-only
Source archivehttps://github.com/fibjs/fibjs/releases/download/v0.37.0/fullsrc.zip
Build dependenciescmake
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namefibjs
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • nodeShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime, server-side.
  • denoShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime.
  • duktapeShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime.
  • ringojsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime.
  • v8Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime.
  • boaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime.

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.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment