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Install never with Homebrew

Statically typed, embedded functional programming language. Version 2.3.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-14.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install never

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Statically typed, embedded functional programming language

Commands and aliases

  • never

history

Project history and usage

Never is a small statically typed functional language implemented mainly in C. The upstream README describes it as syntactically scoped, strongly typed, call-by-value, and useful as an embeddable language for compiling and invoking first-order functions.

Project history

The never-lang/never repository is the main source. GitHub showed roughly 462 stars, 12 forks, 599 commits, six releases, and latest release v2.3.9 dated 2023-09-02 when researched on 2026-07-01. The Homebrew formula also reported stable 2.3.9.

Adoption history

Never has visible source availability and modest GitHub interest, but package-manager adoption is tiny. Homebrew analytics reported 7 install-on-request events in the 30-day and 90-day windows and 19 over 365 days. That makes it a niche language package rather than a commonly used runtime.

How it is used

The README documents building with `cmake ..; make` after installing gcc, glibc, bison/flex, libm, libdl, and libffi. It also documents Emscripten builds for asm.js and WebAssembly targets, including calling the compiled module from JavaScript via `Module.cwrap`.

Package nerds are most likely to install Never to inspect a compact compiler/runtime, try example programs, or experiment with a small language that targets native builds and browser-oriented wasm/asm.js output. There is not enough source-backed evidence to claim broad production use.

Why package nerds care

Never is interesting as a small language implementation and Homebrew-packaged compiler, not as a major language ecosystem. Its value for av.db history is mostly provenance, target support, and the fact that it is maintained enough to have a 2023 release and a Homebrew formula.

Timeline

  • 2023-09-02: GitHub repository page listed v2.3.9 as the latest release.
  • 2026-07-01: Homebrew formula API reported stable 2.3.9 and 19 install-on-request events over 365 days.

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 12 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 2 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

CommandKindExposureNote
nevercliglobal 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 version2.3.9
manager updated2026-06-14
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.3.9

https://github.com/never-lang/never

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:never
Version2.3.9
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/never
Homepagehttps://never-lang.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/never-lang/never
Upstream docshttps://github.com/never-lang/never#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/never-lang/never/archive/refs/tags/v2.3.9.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-14T14:47:56+02:00
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesbison, cmake
Uses from macOSlibffi
Bottleavailable (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

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

package graph

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

Related tools

  • bisonBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

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  • mercuryShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, functional-programming, language-runtime, programming-language.
  • nimShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, programming-language, statically-typed.

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
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment