macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gravitylocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gravityMacPorts ports tree · lang/gravity/Portfile · source: api.github.com
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Install gravity with Homebrew, MacPorts
Embeddable programming language. Version 0.9.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-14.
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overview
Package summary
Embeddable programming language
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gravity
history
Project history and usage
Gravity is an embeddable, dynamically typed programming language implemented in C. It is packaged as a command-line interpreter/runtime but is historically most important as a small VM designed to be embedded in applications.
Project history
The official README says Gravity was developed from scratch for the Creo project to provide portable code across iOS and Android. It combines a class-based, concurrent scripting model with Swift-like syntax and a small native runtime.
The project site presents Gravity as a small high-performance language with no external dependencies and a VM intended to add little overhead to an application. The GitHub release series records continuing maintenance of the interpreter and runtime.
Adoption history
Gravity's adoption is specialized rather than ecosystem-wide. The official README names Creo as a core embedding target and the Untold game engine as another use case.
In package-manager terms, Gravity appeals to developers who want a lightweight scripting language or a studyable bytecode VM without pulling in a large external runtime.
How it is used
Users can run the Gravity executable for scripts or embed the language in a C/C++ application. Its documented language model supports procedural, object-oriented, functional, data-driven, and prototype-style programming patterns.
The lack of external dependencies is part of the intended deployment story: package managers can build a small C runtime, while embedders can include the VM in an application.
Why package nerds care
Gravity is interesting to package nerds because it is a compact language runtime rather than a mainstream language ecosystem. It packages cleanly as a native executable while also serving as embeddable infrastructure.
It is also a useful comparison point with Lua, Wren, Squirrel, and other application scripting languages: the package is less about global ecosystem adoption and more about how easily a host application can carry a scripting VM.
Timeline
- 2013: Marco Bambini's site associates Gravity with work beginning in 2013.
- 2018: Public attention around the Gravity site and repository highlighted the embeddable VM design.
- 2020: The maintainer opened GitHub Discussions for project questions and community discussion.
- 2026: The GitHub release page records 0.9.x maintenance releases with runtime and compiler fixes.
Related projects
- Creo: the official README describes Gravity as the core language built into Creo.
- Untold game engine: the official README names Gravity as its scripting language.
- Lua, Wren, and Squirrel are comparable embeddable scripting-language package niches, though they are separate projects.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: yellow
generalized runtime or code generation signal.
Risk classifier
yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime
Why
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
Signals
- text:programming language
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gravity | 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 version0.9.7
manager updated2026-04-14
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected0.9.7
https://github.com/marcobambini/gravity
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gravity |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.7 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gravity |
| Homepage | https://www.gravity-lang.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/marcobambini/gravity |
| Upstream docs | https://www.gravity-lang.org/ |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/marcobambini/gravity/archive/refs/tags/0.9.7.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-04-14T22:07:19Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| 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 | gravity |
| 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.
MacPorts95%
gravity
sudo port install gravity- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gravity
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