# Install min-lang with Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget

Small but practical concatenative programming language and shell. Version 0.48.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:min-lang
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install min-lang
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#min
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/min/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/min
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/min.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id MinBrowser.Min -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: MinBrowser.Min from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:min-lang
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/min-lang>
- **Version:** 0.48.0
- **Source summary:** Small but practical concatenative programming language and shell
- **Homepage:** <https://min-lang.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/h3rald/min>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://h3rald.com/min/Min_DeveloperGuide.htm>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/h3rald/min/archive/refs/tags/v0.48.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:05:29-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- min (cli)
- min (alias)

## Dependencies

- nim
- openssl@3
- pcre2

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.48.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/h3rald/min
- Upstream latest detected: v0.48.0 (current)
## Project history and usage

min is a small concatenative programming language and shell created and implemented by Fabio Cevasco, with named contributors including Peter Munch-Ellingsen, Yanis Zafiropulos, and baykus871. The developer guide says the source repository was created on November 8, 2014, and that the language was made public at the end of July 2017.

### Project history

The language is implemented in Nim. Its parser began as an adaptation of Nim's JSON parser, reshaped for a concatenative language with fewer primitive types. The language uses postfix notation and a stack model familiar from Forth, Factor, Joy, and RPN calculators, while also emphasizing functional style, homoiconicity, quotations, dictionaries, and a compact standard library.

### How it is used

min is used through an interactive shell, inline evaluation, scripts, standard input, and a compile command that emits Nim code before invoking the Nim compiler. Its ecosystem is intentionally small: syntax support exists for editors, managed modules can be installed with the built-in module tooling, and package-manager entries mainly serve language hobbyists and developers who want a single-file, Nim-embeddable concatenative runtime.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/h3rald/min>
- <https://h3rald.com/min/Min_DeveloperGuide.htm>
- <https://min-lang.org/>
- <https://min-lang.org/get-started/>
- <https://min-lang.org/mmm/>


## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** min-lang
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - min: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/min/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - extras/min: installed executable or alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/min.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - MinBrowser.Min: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: MinBrowser.Min from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/min-lang.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/min-lang.yml)


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