# Install newlisp with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix

Lisp-like, general-purpose scripting language. Version 10.7.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-14.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:newlisp
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install newlisp
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install newlisp
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: lang/newlisp/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install newlisp
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: newlisp from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install newlisp
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: newlisp from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#newlisp
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:newlisp
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/newlisp>
- **Version:** 10.7.5
- **Source summary:** Lisp-like, general-purpose scripting language
- **Homepage:** <https://www.newlisp.org/>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.newlisp.org/downloads/newlisp_index.html>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://www.newlisp.org/downloads/newlisp-10.7.5.tgz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-14T14:47:56+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- newlisp (cli)
- newlisp-10.7.5 (cli)
- newlispdoc (cli)
- newlisp (alias)
- newlisp-10.7.5 (alias)
- newlispdoc (alias)

## Dependencies

- readline

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: If you have brew in a custom prefix, the included examples will need to be be pointed to your newlisp executable.
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 10.7.5
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-14
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.newlisp.org/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Project history and usage

newLISP is a small Lisp-family scripting language and runtime for macOS, GNU/Linux, Unix, and Windows, with a portable interpreter, REPL, command-line script execution, networking, XML/JSON-style data work, shared-library extension, and distributed-processing features.

### Project history

The official v10.7.5 manual is copyright 2019 and describes newLISP as a compact, portable Lisp focused on lists, symbols, lambda expressions, contexts, automatic memory management, and a large built-in function set. The same manual documents GPLv3 licensing for the software and GFDL licensing for documentation.

### Adoption history

Homebrew packages the official 10.7.5 source archive from newlisp.org. Its July 2026 analytics show low but continuing use, with 55 installs over 365 days, fitting a niche language runtime carried for existing scripts and Lisp experimentation.

### How it is used

Users run `newlisp` as an interactive REPL, as a script interpreter for local or URL-loaded Lisp files, or as a server process using the documented TCP/IP, daemon, HTTP, and CGI modes. Startup can load `~/.init.lsp` or `$NEWLISPDIR/init.lsp`, unless suppressed with `-n`.

### Why package nerds care

newLISP matters to package nerds as a self-contained, batteries-included language runtime: one small interpreter exposes scripting, networking, web/CGI behavior, database-oriented modules, shared-library imports, and executable linking without a large ecosystem bootstrap.

### Timeline

- 2019: Official v10.7.5 manual copyright year.
- 2026-07: Homebrew API reports stable 10.7.5 and 55 installs over 365 days.

### Related projects

- Lisp, Scheme, Common Lisp, Emscripten

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/newlisp.json>
- <https://www.newlisp.org/downloads/newlisp_index.html>
- <https://www.newlisp.org/downloads/newlisp_manual.html>


## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

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


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.init.lsp, $NEWLISPDIR/init.lsp
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** newlisp
- **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

- Debian apt - newlisp - 10.7.5-2+b3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: newlisp from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | LISP like, general purpose scripting language | http://www.newlisp.org
- Nix - newlisp: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/newlisp/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - newlisp - 10.7.5-2build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: newlisp from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | LISP like, general purpose scripting language | http://www.newlisp.org
- dnf - newlisp - 10.7.5-22.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: newlisp from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Lisp-like general purpose scripting | http://www.newlisp.org
- MacPorts - newlisp: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/newlisp/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

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- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
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- [nu](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nu/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, language, language-runtime, like, lisp.
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## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph