install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install gleam

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install gleam

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

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add gleam

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · gleam · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#gleam

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gl/gleam/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S gleam

Arch Linux sync databases · gleam · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install gleam

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gleam · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/gleam

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/gleam.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id Gleam.Gleam -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Gleam.Gleam · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Statically typed language for the Erlang VM

Project links

Commands and aliases

gleam

history

Project history and usage

Gleam is a statically typed functional programming language and toolchain for the Erlang VM, with JavaScript runtime support added as the language matured. Its package-manager identity is unusually compact: the same `gleam` command covers compiling, formatting, project management, package publishing, and editor integration.

Project history

Louis Pilfold announced Gleam v0.1 in April 2019 as a friendly language for maintainable, scalable systems on the Erlang virtual machine. The early design combined ML-family type-system ideas with BEAM interoperability, so Gleam modules could call Erlang and Elixir code and expose libraries back to the wider BEAM ecosystem.

The 1.0 release in March 2024 marked the language, compiler, build tool, package manager, formatter, language server, and WASM/JavaScript compiler API as stable public surfaces. That milestone turned Gleam from a promising BEAM experiment into a production-oriented language with a semver promise for its core tooling.

Adoption history

Gleam grew around BEAM developers who wanted static types without giving up Erlang's runtime model or Elixir's library reach. Official documentation also points learners from Elixir, Elm, Erlang, PHP, Python, and Rust toward migration guides, which reflects the language's role as a bridge between functional-web communities.

The project maintains its own package index and documentation flow, making third-party libraries visible without depending solely on Hex package pages. That helped Gleam develop a recognizable ecosystem around web services, deployment guides, editor tooling, and core-team packages.

How it is used

Practitioners use `gleam new`, `gleam build`, `gleam test`, `gleam format`, and `gleam publish` as the normal project loop. In package-manager terms, installing the Homebrew formula gives the compiler plus the build and package tools, with `gleam.toml` as the project manifest.

Gleam is most often chosen for network services, web backends, command-backed project automation, and typed libraries that need BEAM interoperation. The JavaScript target extends the same source language to browsers and other JavaScript runtimes.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, Gleam is a small but complete language stack: one binary, one manifest, official docs, official package search, and reproducible project commands. That makes it easy to package compared with language ecosystems that split compiler, formatter, package manager, and language server into separate distributions.

Timeline

2019: Gleam v0.1 announced as the first public release.
2024: Gleam v1.0 released with stable language and tooling APIs.

Related projects

Gleam is related to Erlang and Elixir through the BEAM runtime, and to Elm, OCaml, and Rust through type-system and developer-experience influences.

Sources

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 6 platform targets.
Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 2 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.

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: gleam.toml
Windows: gleam.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`gleam`	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 generated2026-07-07

manager version1.17.0

manager updated2026-06-02

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.17.0

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

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gleam
Version	1.17.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gleam
Homepage	https://gleam.run
Repository	https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam
Upstream docs	https://gleam.run/documentation
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/archive/refs/tags/v1.17.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-02T15:52:40Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	erlang, rebar3
Build dependencies	pkgconf, rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

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

Nix95%

gleam

nix profile install nixpkgs#gleam

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gleam

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gl/gleam/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

apk95%

gleam 1.17.0-r0

Statically-typed language that compiles to Erlang and JS

https://gleam.run/

sudo apk add gleam

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: gleam
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Gleam

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gleam from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

pacman95%

gleam 1.16.0-2

Friendly programming language for building type-safe and scalable systems

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

sudo pacman -S gleam

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
4 dependencies
1 provides
2 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Gleam

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: gleam from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

zypper95%

gleam 1.17.0-1.1

A friendly language for building type-safe, scalable systems!

https://gleam.run/

sudo zypper install gleam

License: Apache-2.0
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: gleam
6 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Gleam

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gleam from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

gleam

sudo port install gleam

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gleam

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: lang/gleam/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop95%

main/gleam

scoop install main/gleam

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gleam

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gleam.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

Gleam.Gleam

winget install --id Gleam.Gleam -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gleam

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Gleam.Gleam from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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/gleam.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

Install gleam with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper