macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gosulocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install gosu with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix
Pragmatic language for the JVM. Version 1.18.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-04.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add gosuAlpine Linux edge package indexes · gosu · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gosuDebian stable package indexes · gosu · source: deb.debian.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gosunixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/go/gosu/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Pragmatic language for the JVM
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gosu
history
Project history and usage
Gosu is a pragmatic statically typed programming language for the JVM. The official project pages describe it as designed for Java developers, with Java interoperability, type inference, enhancements, structural typing, lambdas, null-safety operators, program files, and support for scripting-style use through classpath statements and shebangs.
Project history
Gosu originated in the Guidewire ecosystem and later became an open-source JVM language. Guidewire's developer page describes Gosu as an open-source language used in property-and-casualty insurance enterprises, while the gosu-lang project pages present the language as a general JVM language rather than only a product extension language.
The GitHub project and gosu-lang.github.io documentation focus on build, language, and learning surfaces: Maven builds, Gosu Lab, the IntelliJ plugin, Gradle/Maven starter projects, grammar documentation, and examples. Release feed entries show Maven-release-plugin generated tags for the 1.18 line.
Adoption history
Gosu has an unusual adoption profile for a package-manager language runtime: it has enterprise use through Guidewire, but the open-source distribution also appears in developer package managers such as Homebrew, Nix, Alpine, Debian, and Ubuntu in the batch input. The official docs also point to Maven and Gradle usage where dependencies can be resolved without a local Gosu installation.
How it is used
Users can experiment through Gosu Lab, install an IntelliJ plugin, run command-line examples, or use Maven and Gradle projects that pull Gosu JARs. The language is positioned for Java developers who want productivity features while retaining JVM type safety and interoperability.
Why package nerds care
Gosu is significant to package nerds because it sits between enterprise platform language and standalone JVM language runtime. It is not as broadly culturally visible as Scala, Kotlin, Groovy, or Clojure, but package indexes preserve its open-source toolchain and make its command-line distribution discoverable outside Guidewire installations.
Timeline
- 2014: The gosu-lang/gosu-lang GitHub repository line is identified by GitHub release metadata.
- 2016: The official site news links Gosu 1.14.16 with Java 8 and Java 11 support.
- 2026: The GitHub release feed shows 1.18.x tagged releases generated by the Maven release plugin.
Related projects
- Guidewire products are the enterprise environment from which Gosu is documented by Guidewire.
- The Gosu IntelliJ plugin is the official recommended IDE path in the project docs.
- Manifold is linked from the Gosu site as a Java compiler plugin carrying some Gosu-like benefits into Java.
Sources
- https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gosu
- https://github.com/gosu-lang/gosu-lang
- https://github.com/gosu-lang/gosu-lang/releases.atom
- https://gosu-lang.github.io/
- https://gosu-lang.github.io/docs.html
- https://gosu-lang.github.io/quickstart.html
- https://www.guidewire.com/developers/developer-tools-and-guides/gosu-programming-language
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 1 runtime dependencies.
- 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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gosu | 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 generated2026-07-08
manager version1.18.7
manager updated2026-05-04
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.18.7
https://github.com/gosu-lang/gosu-lang
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gosu |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.18.7 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gosu |
| Homepage | https://gosu-lang.github.io/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/gosu-lang/gosu-lang |
| Upstream docs | https://gosu-lang.github.io/docs.html |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://github.com/gosu-lang/gosu-lang/archive/refs/tags/v1.18.7.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-05-04T14:06:24Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | openjdk@17 |
| Build dependencies | maven |
| 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 | gosu |
| 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 |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
gosu 1.17-3+b4
Simple Go-based setuid+setgid+setgroups+exec
https://github.com/tianon/gosu
sudo apt install gosu- Section: admin
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gosu
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gosu
Nix95%
gosu
nix profile install nixpkgs#gosu- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gosu
Ubuntu apt95%
gosu 1.17-1
Simple Go-based setuid+setgid+setgroups+exec
https://github.com/tianon/gosu
sudo apt install gosu- Section: universe/admin
- Architecture: amd64
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gosu
apk95%
gosu 1.19-r4
Simple Go-based setuid+setgid+setgroups+exec
https://github.com/tianon/gosu
sudo apk add gosu- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gosu
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gosu
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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment