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General purpose programming language in the ML family. Version 5.4.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install ocaml

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install ocaml

MacPorts ports tree · lang/ocaml/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add ocaml

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · ocaml · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libcompiler-libs-ocaml-dev

Debian stable package indexes · libcompiler-libs-ocaml-dev · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install ocaml

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · ocaml · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#ocaml

nixpkgs package indexes · ocaml · source: raw.githubusercontent.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S ocaml

Arch Linux sync databases · ocaml · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install ocaml

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · ocaml · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

General purpose programming language in the ML family

Commands and aliases

  • ocaml
  • ocamlc
  • ocamlc.byte
  • ocamlc.opt
  • ocamlcmt
  • ocamlcp
  • ocamldebug
  • ocamldep
  • ocamldep.byte
  • ocamldep.opt
  • ocamldoc
  • ocamldoc.opt
  • ocamllex
  • ocamllex.byte
  • ocamllex.opt
  • ocamlmklib
  • ocamlmktop
  • ocamlobjinfo
  • ocamlobjinfo.byte
  • ocamlobjinfo.opt
  • ocamlopt
  • ocamlopt.byte
  • ocamlopt.opt
  • ocamloptp
  • ocamlprof
  • ocamlrun
  • ocamlrund
  • ocamlruni
  • ocamlyacc

history

Project history and usage

OCaml is the main implementation of the Caml branch of the ML family: a strict, statically typed, type-inferred language with functional, imperative, modular, and object-oriented features. The brewed ocaml package installs the compiler suite, runtime tools, lexer and parser generators, documentation tools, debugger, dependency analyzer, and native-code and bytecode compilers.

Project history

OCaml grew out of Caml work at INRIA. Caml Special Light arrived in 1995 with an optimizing native-code compiler and a module system inspired by Standard ML; Objective Caml followed in 1996 after Didier Remy and Jerome Vouillon's object-type work was integrated into the language. The official name became OCaml in 2011.

The language evolved through major compiler and ecosystem changes. OCaml 4.0 in 2012 added GADTs and first-class modules; OCaml 4.03 in 2016 split ocamlbuild out of the compiler distribution; OCaml 5.0 in 2022 rewrote the runtime, removed the global runtime lock, and introduced support for shared-memory parallelism and effect handlers.

Adoption history

OCaml began with a strong academic base and gained industrial users around the Objective Caml period documented by ocaml.org. The official history page identifies adoption in static analysis tools, compilers, financial systems, and web development, and the language ecosystem later consolidated around opam, Dune, odoc, ocamlformat, merlin, and related platform tools.

How it is used

Developers use OCaml for compilers, formal-methods tooling, static analysis, developer tools, financial infrastructure, web services, and systems where strong static typing and fast native code are useful. The package exposes both bytecode and native compilers, the interactive toplevel, ocamldebug, ocamldep, ocamldoc, ocamllex, ocamlyacc, and object-inspection tools.

Why package nerds care

OCaml is package-nerd rich because the compiler version is also an ecosystem axis. opam switches, findlib package names, Dune language versions, compiler-libs compatibility, PPX AST versions, and long-lived compiler branches all affect whether an OCaml package can build.

Timeline

  • 1995: Caml Special Light introduced an optimizing native-code compiler and a stronger module system.
  • 1996: Objective Caml was released, combining object-oriented programming with ML-style polymorphic type inference.
  • 2000: Optional arguments and polymorphic variants were added.
  • 2011: The official language name became OCaml.
  • 2012: OCaml 4.0 added GADTs and first-class modules.
  • 2013: opam 1.0 established a source-based package manager for OCaml switches and packages.
  • 2022-12-16: OCaml 5.0.0 introduced runtime support for shared-memory parallelism and effect handlers.
  • 2026-06: The OCaml manual describes the 5.5 release line.

Related projects

  • opam is the source-based package manager for OCaml; Dune is the dominant build system; ocamlfind/findlib is the older library discovery layer; ocamlbuild is the legacy build manager; merlin and ocaml-lsp-server provide editor integration; odoc and ocamldoc cover documentation generation.

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 6 platform targets.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
ocamlcliglobal executable
ocamlccliglobal executable
ocamlc.bytecliglobal executable
ocamlc.optcliglobal executable
ocamlcmtcliglobal executable
ocamlcpcliglobal executable
ocamldebugcliglobal executable
ocamldepcliglobal executable
ocamldep.bytecliglobal executable
ocamldep.optcliglobal executable
ocamldoccliglobal executable
ocamldoc.optcliglobal executable
ocamllexcliglobal executable
ocamllex.bytecliglobal executable
ocamllex.optcliglobal executable
ocamlmklibcliglobal executable
ocamlmktopcliglobal executable
ocamlobjinfocliglobal executable
ocamlobjinfo.bytecliglobal executable
ocamlobjinfo.optcliglobal executable
ocamloptcliglobal executable
ocamlopt.bytecliglobal executable
ocamlopt.optcliglobal executable
ocamloptpcliglobal executable
ocamlprofcliglobal executable
ocamlruncliglobal executable
ocamlrundcliglobal executable
ocamlrunicliglobal executable
ocamlyacccliglobal 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 version5.4.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://ocaml.org/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://ocaml.org/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:ocaml
Version5.4.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ocaml
Homepagehttps://ocaml.org/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/ocaml/ocaml
Upstream docshttps://ocaml.org/docs
LicenseLGPL-2.1-only WITH OCaml-LGPL-linking-exception
Source archivehttps://caml.inria.fr/pub/distrib/ocaml-5.4/ocaml-5.4.1.tar.xz
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameocaml
Aliases
  • o-caml
  • ocaml@5
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

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%

libcompiler-libs-ocaml-dev 5.3.0-3

OCaml compiler library (development files)

https://ocaml.org/

sudo apt install libcompiler-libs-ocaml-dev
  • Section: ocaml
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: ocaml
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ocaml
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libcompiler-libs-ocaml-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libstdlib-ocaml 5.3.0-3

OCaml standard library (runtime files)

https://ocaml.org/

sudo apt install libstdlib-ocaml
  • Section: ocaml
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: ocaml
  • 2 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ocaml
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libstdlib-ocaml from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libstdlib-ocaml-dev 5.3.0-3

OCaml standard library (development files)

https://ocaml.org/

sudo apt install libstdlib-ocaml-dev
  • Section: ocaml
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: ocaml
  • 1 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ocaml
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libstdlib-ocaml-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

ocaml 5.3.0-3

ML language implementation with a class-based object system

https://ocaml.org/

sudo apt install ocaml
  • Section: ocaml
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 8 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • 4 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ocaml
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: ocaml from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

ocaml-base 5.3.0-3

Runtime system for OCaml bytecode executables

https://ocaml.org/

sudo apt install ocaml-base
  • Section: ocaml
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: ocaml
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ocaml
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: ocaml-base from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

ocaml-base-nox 5.3.0-3

transitional package for ocaml-base

https://ocaml.org/

sudo apt install ocaml-base-nox
  • Section: ocaml
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: ocaml
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ocaml
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: ocaml-base-nox from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

ocaml-compiler-libs 5.3.0-3

transitional package for libcompiler-libs-ocaml-dev

https://ocaml.org/

sudo apt install ocaml-compiler-libs
  • Section: ocaml
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: ocaml
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ocaml
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: ocaml-compiler-libs from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

ocaml-interp 5.3.0-3

OCaml interactive interpreter and standard libraries

https://ocaml.org/

sudo apt install ocaml-interp
  • Section: ocaml
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: ocaml
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ocaml
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: ocaml-interp from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

ocaml-man 5.3.0-3

OCaml interpreter and standard libraries (lib manpages)

https://ocaml.org/

sudo apt install ocaml-man
  • Section: ocaml
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: ocaml
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ocaml
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: ocaml-man from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

ocaml-nox 5.3.0-3

transitional package for ocaml

https://ocaml.org/

sudo apt install ocaml-nox
  • Section: ocaml
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: ocaml
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ocaml
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: ocaml-nox from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

ocaml-source 5.3.0-3

Sources for Objective Caml

https://ocaml.org/

sudo apt install ocaml-source
  • Section: ocaml
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: ocaml
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ocaml
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: ocaml-source from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

ocaml

nix profile install nixpkgs#ocaml
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ocaml
nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: ocaml from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
Ubuntu apt95%

libcompiler-libs-ocaml-dev 4.14.1-1ubuntu1

OCaml compiler library (development files)

https://ocaml.org/

sudo apt install libcompiler-libs-ocaml-dev
  • Section: universe/ocaml
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: ocaml
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ocaml
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcompiler-libs-ocaml-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libstdlib-ocaml 4.14.1-1ubuntu1

OCaml standard library (runtime files)

https://ocaml.org/

sudo apt install libstdlib-ocaml
  • Section: universe/ocaml
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: ocaml
  • 1 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ocaml
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libstdlib-ocaml from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libstdlib-ocaml-dev 4.14.1-1ubuntu1

OCaml standard library (development files)

https://ocaml.org/

sudo apt install libstdlib-ocaml-dev
  • Section: universe/ocaml
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: ocaml
  • 1 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ocaml
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libstdlib-ocaml-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

ocaml 4.14.1-1ubuntu1

ML language implementation with a class-based object system

https://ocaml.org/

sudo apt install ocaml
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 6 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • 4 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ocaml
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ocaml from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

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