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Install latino with Homebrew
Open source programming language for Latinos and Hispanic speakers. Version 1.4.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Open source programming language for Latinos and Hispanic speakers
Project links
Commands and aliases
- latino
history
Project history and usage
Latino is an open-source programming language and interpreter with Spanish syntax. It is written in C, influenced by Python and Lua, and aimed at Spanish-speaking learners and developers who want programming constructs expressed closer to their natural language.
Project history
The official manual describes Latino as starting in 2015 and frames it as a fully functional language with Spanish syntax. The GitHub README says the project was created from the need to increase basic and advanced computer-science education so children, teenagers, and adults could be motivated to build applications in syntax closer to their own language.
The repository's tagged history includes v1.0 work dated 2017-05-22 and v1.4.4 work dated 2024-11-09. The project organization also separates related pieces such as latino-Core, reflecting an ecosystem around the language rather than a single throwaway interpreter.
Adoption history
Latino's adoption story is educational and community-oriented. Its manual says Hispanic users around the world have supported, popularized, and contributed to the source code, while Homebrew packaging made the interpreter available to macOS and Linux users through a mainstream developer package manager.
How it is used
The manual positions Latino for web development on the server side, database connectivity, mathematics, and system scripting. In package-manager terms, the brew formula primarily installs the latino executable for running programs written in the language.
Why package nerds care
Latino is notable in package catalogs as a non-English-based programming language with an explicitly educational mission. It is a reminder that language runtimes are not only about performance or industrial adoption; sometimes the packaging value is making a culturally specific learning tool installable with the same command used for mainstream compilers and interpreters.
Timeline
- 2015: Official manual says Latino started as a Spanish-syntax programming language.
- 2017: v1.0 tagged commit dated 2017-05-22.
- 2024: v1.4.4 tagged commit dated 2024-11-09.
Related projects
- Related projects and influences include Python, Lua, the lenguaje-latino GitHub organization, and latino-Core.
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 8 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
latino | 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 version1.4.4
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/lenguaje-latino/latino
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/lenguaje-latino/latinonone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:latino |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.4.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/latino |
| Homepage | https://www.lenguajelatino.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/lenguaje-latino/latino |
| Upstream docs | https://manual.lenguajelatino.org/en/stable |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/lenguaje-latino/latino.git |
| Build dependencies | cmake |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, 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 | latino |
| 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 trail
Generated from repository data
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Combined YAML source
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Used sources
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- Nucleus package database
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