macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install llvm@18local Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install llvm-18MacPorts ports tree · lang/llvm-18/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install llvm@18 with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, apk, dnf, pacman, zypper, chocolatey, Nix, scoop, winget
Next-gen compiler infrastructure. Version 18.1.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install llvm-18Debian stable package indexes · llvm-18 · source: deb.debian.org
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add clang18Alpine Linux edge package indexes · clang18 · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install llvm18Fedora Rawhide package metadata · llvm18 · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S llvm18Arch Linux sync databases · llvm18 · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install clang18openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · clang18 · source: download.opensuse.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#llvmnixpkgs package indexes · llvm · source: raw.githubusercontent.com
Windows
Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install llvmChocolatey community package catalog · llvm · source: community.chocolatey.org
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/llvmScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/llvm.json · source: api.github.com
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id LLVM.LLVM -eWindows Package Manager source index · LLVM.LLVM · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Next-gen compiler infrastructure
Project links
Commands and aliases
- clang-18
history
Project history and usage
LLVM 18 is the Homebrew versioned formula for the LLVM 18.x toolchain, including LLVM libraries and command-line tools, Clang, clang-tools, LLD, MLIR utilities, and related compiler infrastructure.
Project history
LLVM began as a University of Illinois research project to provide a modern SSA-based compilation strategy for static and dynamic compilation. The project made its 1.0 release in October 2003 and later grew into an umbrella for compiler, debugger, runtime, linker, and analysis subprojects.
The upstream project describes LLVM as a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies rather than a single compiler. Its core libraries provide optimizer and code-generation infrastructure around LLVM IR, while Clang, LLD, LLDB, libc++, compiler-rt, MLIR, OpenMP, and other subprojects build on that base.
Adoption history
LLVM moved from academic compiler infrastructure into mainstream production use across commercial, open source, and research projects. The project highlights external users spanning language implementations, JITs, static analysis tools, linkers, debuggers, and high-performance computing toolchains.
For package managers, LLVM's release train and large set of CLI tools made it a common versioned dependency. Versioned formulae such as llvm@18 let users pin a major compiler stack while newer major releases continue to land.
How it is used
Package users install LLVM for Clang and clang++, clang-format, clang-tidy, clangd, LLD, llvm-ar, llvm-objdump, llvm-config, opt, llc, FileCheck, MLIR tools, and many other compiler-development utilities. Upstream getting-started documentation centers on cloning llvm-project, configuring with CMake, and selecting enabled subprojects such as clang and lld.
Clang is documented as a C, C++, and Objective-C compiler driver that handles preprocessing, parsing, optimization, code generation, assembly, and linking, while transparently invoking lower-level compiler and linker tools.
Why package nerds care
LLVM is one of the canonical package-manager stress tests: huge source trees, many binaries, CMake builds, multiple runtime libraries, and a steady major-version cadence. Versioned formulae matter because downstream projects often need a specific Clang/LLVM ABI or tool behavior.
LLVM 18 is especially useful as a stable major-series target for projects that have not moved to later LLVM APIs, for reproducible builds that pin clang-format or clang-tidy behavior, and for language runtimes that embed or link against LLVM libraries.
Timeline
- 2000: LLVM starts as a University of Illinois research project.
- 2003-10-24: LLVM 1.0 is released.
- 2012: LLVM receives the ACM Software System Award.
- 2024-03-05: LLVM 18.1.0 is released.
- 2024: Homebrew exposes LLVM 18 through the versioned llvm@18 formula.
Related projects
- Clang, LLD, LLDB, libc++, compiler-rt, MLIR, OpenMP, Flang, BOLT, and the monorepo at github.com/llvm/llvm-project are the main related upstream projects.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for llvm@18. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
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 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
clang-18 | 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 version18.1.8
manager updated2026-06-25
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/llvm/llvm-projectnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:llvm@18 |
|---|---|
| Version | 18.1.8 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/llvm@18 |
| Homepage | https://llvm.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project |
| Upstream docs | https://llvm.org/docs |
| License | Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception |
| Source archive | https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmorg-18.1.8/llvm-project-18.1.8.src.tar.xz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-25T13:37:49+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | zstd |
| Build dependencies | cmake, ninja, python@3.14 |
| Uses from macOS | libedit, libffi, ncurses |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
| Caveats | To use the bundled libc++ please add the following LDFLAGS: LDFLAGS="-L$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/llvm@18/lib/c++ -L$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/llvm@18/lib -lunwind" |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | llvm@18 |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | yes |
| 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%
llvm-18 1:18.1.8-18+b1
Modular compiler and toolchain technologies
sudo apt install llvm-18- Section: devel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: llvm-toolchain-18
- 11 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Llvm 18
Ubuntu apt95%
llvm-18 1:18.1.3-1
Modular compiler and toolchain technologies
sudo apt install llvm-18- Section: universe/devel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: llvm-toolchain-18
- 11 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Llvm 18
MacPorts95%
llvm-18
sudo port install llvm-18- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Llvm 18
Debian apt92%
clang-18 1:18.1.8-18+b1
C, C++ and Objective-C compiler
sudo apt install clang-18- Section: devel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: llvm-toolchain-18
- 12 dependencies
- 4 provides
- 4 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Clang 18
Ubuntu apt92%
clang-18 1:18.1.3-1
C, C++ and Objective-C compiler
sudo apt install clang-18- Section: universe/devel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: llvm-toolchain-18
- 12 dependencies
- 3 provides
- 4 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Clang 18
apk92%
clang18 18.1.8-r10
C language family front-end for LLVM
sudo apk add clang18- License: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: llvm18
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Llvm18
apk92%
clang18-ccache 18.1.8-r10
C language family front-end for LLVM (ccache symlinks)
sudo apk add clang18-ccache- License: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: llvm18
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Llvm18
apk92%
clang18-dev 18.1.8-r10
C language family front-end for LLVM (development files)
sudo apk add clang18-dev- License: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: llvm18
- 1 dependencies
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Llvm18
apk92%
clang18-extra-tools 18.1.8-r10
Extra tools built using Clang's tooling APIs
sudo apk add clang18-extra-tools- License: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: llvm18
- 1 dependencies
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Llvm18
apk92%
clang18-headers 18.1.8-r10
C language family front-end for LLVM (header files)
sudo apk add clang18-headers- License: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: llvm18
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Llvm18
apk92%
clang18-libclang 18.1.8-r10
C language family front-end for LLVM (C interface)
sudo apk add clang18-libclang- License: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: llvm18
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Llvm18
apk92%
clang18-libs 18.1.8-r10
C language family front-end for LLVM (C++ interface)
sudo apk add clang18-libs- License: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: llvm18
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Llvm18
apk92%
clang18-static 18.1.8-r10
C language family front-end for LLVM (static library)
sudo apk add clang18-static- License: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: llvm18
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Llvm18
apk92%
lld18 18.1.8-r10
The LLVM Linker
sudo apk add lld18- License: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: llvm18
- 1 dependencies
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Llvm18
apk92%
lld18-dev 18.1.8-r10
The LLVM Linker (development files)
sudo apk add lld18-dev- License: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: llvm18
- 1 dependencies
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Llvm18
apk92%
lld18-libs 18.1.8-r10
The LLVM Linker (libraries)
sudo apk add lld18-libs- License: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: llvm18
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Llvm18
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