# Install odin with Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget Programming language with focus on simplicity, performance and modern systems. Version 2027-07 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-08. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:odin ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install odin ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install odin ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: lang/odin/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add odin ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: odin from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libodin-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libodin-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#odin ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/od/odin/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S odin ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: odin from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install versions/odin ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/odin.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Versions/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id AsimAftab.Odin -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: AsimAftab.Odin from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:odin - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2027-07 - **Source summary:** Programming language with focus on simplicity, performance and modern systems - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Zlib - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-08T01:53:01Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - odin (cli) - odin (alias) ## Dependencies - glfw - lld - llvm - raylib ## 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: 2027-07 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-08 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Odin is a systems programming language positioned by its project as a pragmatic C alternative for performance-oriented, data-oriented software. Its public identity emphasizes distinct typing, high performance, modern systems work, built-in data-oriented data types, and a standard library large enough for practical native development. ### Project history Creator Bill Hall, known as Ginger Bill, lists Odin as a public project running from 2016 onward, and the GitHub repository was created on November 23, 2016. The project grew around a language design that favors explicitness, simple control flow, manual memory management, compile-time facilities, and direct interop rather than a managed runtime. The repository and official release feed show an active compiler, standard library, vendor binding, and tooling project rather than only a language specification. Development snapshots such as dev-2026-06 package compiler changes, language features, cryptography packages, bindings, and core-library fixes into downloadable artifacts for Linux, macOS, and Windows. ### Adoption history Odin's adoption path has been language-community driven: the official site, GitHub repository, package documentation site, examples, and monthly development builds make the compiler and library surface easy for enthusiasts to follow. Packaging across Homebrew, Arch, Nix, Scoop, MacPorts, Winget, and Linux distributions reflects a language that package managers treat as a developer tool worth shipping directly. On July 1, 2026, the GitHub repository API reported 10,935 stars and 990 forks, which places Odin among the visible independent systems-language projects while still far outside the scale of mainstream platform languages. ### How it is used Developers use the `odin` executable to build native programs, run examples, generate documentation, and experiment with data-oriented designs. The official package browser exposes core and vendor packages, while the repository ships examples and tests that function as both compiler validation and learning material. Odin is most relevant where developers want C-like control with a more opinionated type system and built-in features such as slices, dynamic arrays, SOA-oriented data layout, context passing, reflection, and package-based organization. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, Odin is interesting because its package is the language: installing `brew install odin` gives a compiler, standard library, vendor bindings, tools, and examples that move together in development snapshots. The formula tracks a fast-moving upstream rather than a long-term-stable ABI ecosystem. The package also illustrates how newer languages spread through multi-manager availability before they reach a 1.0-style maturity marker: Homebrew, Nix, Arch, Scoop, Winget, and other channels become part of the language's adoption surface. ### Timeline - 2016: Ginger Bill lists Odin as a project beginning in 2016, and the GitHub repository was created on November 23, 2016. - 2023-2026: Odin's public site, package browser, examples, and dev releases present it as a usable systems language with ongoing compiler and library work. - June 10, 2026: The dev-2026-06 release shipped downloadable builds and changes across language features, compiler improvements, new crypto packages, core packages, and vendor bindings. ### Related projects - Odin's ecosystem includes OLS, the Odin language server, and odinfmt, the formatter packaged separately by Homebrew. The package browser at pkg.odin-lang.org is also central because it exposes the standard and vendor package surface that developers evaluate before adopting the language. ### Sources - - - - - - - ## 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:** odin - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libodin-dev - 2.0.5-7+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libodin-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | static libraries and header for ODIN sequences | https://od1n.sourceforge.net - Debian apt - mitools - 2.0.5-7+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mitools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | view, convert and perform basic maths with medical image datasets | https://od1n.sourceforge.net - Debian apt - odin - 2.0.5-7+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: odin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | develop, simulate and run magnetic resonance sequences | https://od1n.sourceforge.net - Nix - odin: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/od/odin/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libodin-dev - 2.0.5-5build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libodin-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | static libraries and header for ODIN sequences | https://od1n.sourceforge.net - Ubuntu apt - mitools - 2.0.5-5build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mitools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | view, convert and perform basic maths with medical image datasets | https://od1n.sourceforge.net - Ubuntu apt - odin - 2.0.5-5build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: odin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | develop, simulate and run magnetic resonance sequences | https://od1n.sourceforge.net - apk - odin - 0.2026.05-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: odin from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fast, concise, readable, pragmatic and open sourced programming language | https://odin-lang.org/ - apk - odin-doc - 0.2026.05-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: odin-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fast, concise, readable, pragmatic and open sourced programming language (documentation) | https://odin-lang.org/ - apk - odin-vendor - 0.2026.05-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: odin-vendor from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Vendor collection for Odin programming language | https://odin-lang.org/ - pacman - odin - dev_2026_06-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: odin from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Data-oriented programming language | https://odin-lang.org/ - MacPorts - odin: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/odin/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - versions/odin: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/odin.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Versions/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - AsimAftab.Odin: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: AsimAftab.Odin from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix - winget - odin-lang.Odin: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: odin-lang.Odin from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - 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