# Install sisc-scheme with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts

Extensive Java based Scheme interpreter. Version 1.16.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-14. Also installable with macports: sudo port install sisc.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sisc-scheme
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sisc-scheme
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install sisc
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install sisc
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sisc-scheme
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sisc-scheme>
- **Version:** 1.16.6
- **Source summary:** Extensive Java based Scheme interpreter
- **Homepage:** <https://sisc-scheme.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://sourceforge.net/p/sisc/code>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.sisc-scheme.org/documentation.php>
- **License:** MPL-1.1 OR GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/sisc/SISC%20Lite/1.16.6/sisc-lite-1.16.6.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-14T15:13:50+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-26T07:20:29+00:00

## Executables

- sisc (cli)
- sisc (alias)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-26
- Package-manager version: 1.16.6
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-14
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://sisc-scheme.org/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## 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:** sisc-scheme
- **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

- MacPorts - sisc: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/sisc/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Debian apt - sisc - 1.16.6-1.3: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: sisc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | A Java integrated, fully R5RS compliant Scheme system | http://www.sisc-scheme.org/
- Ubuntu apt - sisc - 1.16.6-1.3: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sisc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | A Java integrated, fully R5RS compliant Scheme system | http://www.sisc-scheme.org/


## Related links

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- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
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- [chicken](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chicken/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, interpreter, language-runtime, scheme.
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- [bigloo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bigloo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime, scheme.
- [chezscheme](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chezscheme/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime, scheme.
- [kawa](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kawa/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime, scheme.
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- [regina-rexx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/regina-rexx/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, interpreter, language, language-runtime, runtime.
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## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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