# Install goredo with Homebrew, Nix

Go implementation of djb's redo, a Makefile replacement that sucks less. Version 2.9.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-02.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:goredo
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install goredo
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#goredo
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:goredo
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/goredo>
- **Version:** 2.9.2
- **Source summary:** Go implementation of djb's redo, a Makefile replacement that sucks less
- **Homepage:** <http://www.goredo.stargrave.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://www.git.stargrave.org/goredo.git>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.goredo.stargrave.org/>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <http://www.goredo.stargrave.org/download/goredo-2.9.2.tar.zst>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-02T09:38:52Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- goredo (cli)
- redo-affects (cli)
- redo-cleanup (cli)
- redo-dep2rec (cli)
- redo-depfix (cli)
- redo-dot (cli)
- redo-inode (cli)
- goredo (alias)
- redo-affects (alias)
- redo-cleanup (alias)
- redo-dep2rec (alias)
- redo-depfix (alias)
- redo-dot (alias)
- redo-inode (alias)

## Build dependencies

- go

## 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: 2.9.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-02
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: http://www.goredo.stargrave.org/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Project history and usage

goredo is Sergey Matveev's Go implementation of Daniel J. Bernstein's redo build-system design, positioned by its own documentation as a make replacement for POSIX-like systems.

### Project history

The project began as a rewrite of redo-c and then grew to include many features from apenwarr/redo, another influential implementation of Bernstein's unreleased redo idea. Its public NEWS file records an initial tarballed release at 0.10.0, then a 1.0.0 series that changed state-file storage and out-of-date detection, and a later 2.0.0 release that replaced recfile dependency storage with a smaller binary dependency format.

### Adoption history

goredo occupies the smaller redo ecosystem rather than the mainstream make/CMake/Ninja ecosystem. Its official install page nevertheless documents packaging across distribution channels including Arch AUR, FreeBSD ports, Homebrew, NetBSD packages, NixOS, Fedora RPM Sphere, and container images.

### How it is used

Users write redo .do scripts and invoke the goredo-provided redo commands to rebuild targets recursively. The project emphasizes dependency tracking, checksum-based change detection, parallel builds, serialized logs, jobserver compatibility with GNU Make and NetBSD bmake, and diagnostic commands such as redo-affects, redo-cleanup, redo-dot, and redo-inode.

### Why package nerds care

For package-manager users, goredo is interesting because it packages an intentionally small but opinionated alternative build model: shell-script rules, explicit dependencies, POSIX portability, BLAKE3-based change checks, and Make jobserver interoperation without adopting a large build framework.

### Timeline

- 0.10.0: Initial tarballed release
- 1.0.0: State storage changed for faster out-of-date detection
- 1.7.0: Added optional GNU Make and NetBSD bmake jobserver compatibility
- 2.0.0: Introduced binary dependency files and performance optimizations
- 2.9.2: Changed Go module namespace to go.stargrave.org

### Related projects

- Daniel J. Bernstein's redo design is the conceptual origin.
- redo-c was the initial implementation goredo rewrote.
- apenwarr/redo supplied many feature and behavior references.
- redo-sh supplies tests referenced by the goredo documentation.

### Sources

- <http://www.goredo.stargrave.org/>
- <http://www.goredo.stargrave.org/Features.html>
- <http://www.goredo.stargrave.org/INSTALL.html>
- <http://www.goredo.stargrave.org/NEWS.html>


## 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:** goredo
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Conflicts With:** redo
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** yes
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - goredo: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/goredo/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

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- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [mage](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mage/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-system, cli, developer-tools, go, make-alternative.
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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/goredo.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/goredo.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
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- package version freshness
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- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph