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Pragmatic C Software GPL Cver 2001. Version 2.12a via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gplcver

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gplcver

MacPorts ports tree · science/gplcver/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gplcver

Debian stable package indexes · gplcver · source: deb.debian.org

overview

Package summary

Pragmatic C Software GPL Cver 2001

Commands and aliases

  • cver

history

Project history and usage

GPL Cver is the GPL-distributed edition of Pragmatic C Software's Cver Verilog simulator. SourceForge describes it as an interpreted Verilog simulator with a feature set and performance similar to Verilog-XL, implementing IEEE 1364-1995 features, some Verilog-2001 features, and Verilog PLI interfaces.

Project history

The project README states that GPL Cver is a copyrighted Pragmatic C Software work distributed under the GNU General Public License, and that it represents an older Cver line while a newer commercial Cver was offered by Pragmatic C Software.

The SourceForge code tree shows an initial import of cver-2.12a on Apr 27, 2009. The same tree contains top-level documentation, PLI sources, tests, Verilog sources, and release notes, preserving the package as a source-distributed EDA tool.

Adoption history

GPL Cver has a narrow but durable package footprint: the input package-manager facts list Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, and Ubuntu packages. Homebrew describes it as 'Pragmatic C Software GPL Cver 2001' and packages version 2.12a.

Its adoption is mostly historical and specialist: users who need an open Verilog simulator with PLI support can install it from Unix package managers, but it sits beside better-known open-source Verilog tools rather than acting as a general developer utility.

How it is used

Users run the cver executable against Verilog files to simulate designs. The upstream README points users to the INSTALL file for source builds and to the doc directory for Cver documentation.

The release also includes vcddiff, a specialized diff-like utility for Verilog VCD waveform files, which makes the package more useful for regression and simulation-output comparison workflows.

Why package nerds care

GPL Cver is interesting to package maintainers because it preserves a formerly commercial-style Verilog simulator in a redistributable GPL form. That makes it a useful historical EDA package even when install counts are small.

Its package shape is old-school Unix: source tree, docs directory, prebuilt makefiles for older Unix-like platforms, and a single simulator executable.

Timeline

  • 2001: Homebrew metadata identifies the package as Pragmatic C Software GPL Cver 2001.
  • 2009: SourceForge project registration and cver-2.12a source import occurred in April 2009.
  • 2024: SourceForge activity records a maintenance update touching the source tree.

Related projects

  • Icarus Verilog and VeriWell appear as related Verilog simulator projects in SourceForge's project context.
  • Verilog-XL is the commercial simulator lineage used as a comparison point in the project description.
  • vcddiff ships with GPL Cver as a related utility for comparing Verilog VCD files.

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 13 platform targets.

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
cvercliglobal 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 version2.12a
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://gplcver.sourceforge.net/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://gplcver.sourceforge.net/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gplcver
Version2.12a
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gplcver
Homepagehttps://gplcver.sourceforge.net/
Repositoryhttps://sourceforge.net/p/gplcver/code/ci/master/tree
Upstream docshttps://gplcver.sourceforge.net/
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gplcver/gplcver/2.12a/gplcver-2.12a.src.tar.bz2
Bottleavailable (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

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

Debian apt95%

gplcver 2.12a-3

Verilog simulator

https://sourceforge.net/projects/gplcver/

sudo apt install gplcver
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gplcver
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gplcver from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt95%

gplcver 2.12a-2

Verilog simulator

sudo apt install gplcver
  • Section: universe/electronics
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gplcver
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gplcver from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
MacPorts95%

gplcver

sudo port install gplcver
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gplcver
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: science/gplcver/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

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

Same workflow

  • yosysShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, eda, verilog.
  • easyeda2kicadShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, eda.
  • gerbvShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, eda.
  • icarus-verilogShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, eda, simulation, verilog.
  • netlistsvgShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, eda.
  • uhdmShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, eda.

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
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment