# Install spago with Homebrew PureScript package manager and build tool. Version 1.0.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:spago ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install spago ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:spago - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.0.4 - **Source summary:** PureScript package manager and build tool - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - spago (cli) - spago (alias) ## Dependencies - node - purescript ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.0.4 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/purescript/spago - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Spago is the PureScript package manager and build tool. It sits in the small-language tooling tradition where a single CLI handles project initialization, dependency resolution, builds, tests, REPL workflows, and publishing. ### Project history The public repository was created in 2018 under the PureScript organization. The current README notes a rewrite of Spago in PureScript and directs users looking for versions up to 0.21.x to the legacy Haskell codebase. ### Adoption history Spago became important in PureScript because it wrapped older ecosystem tools and ideas into one workflow. Its README names Cargo, Stack, psc-package, Pulp, and Bazel as inspirations, and its migration notes explicitly cover moving from `bower` and from the older `spago.dhall` configuration to `spago.yaml`. ### How it is used A typical session is `spago init`, edit `spago.yaml`, then use commands such as `spago run`, `spago build`, `spago test`, `spago repl`, and package-set queries. The README recommends installing with npm across Windows, Linux, and macOS, while Homebrew packages it for users who prefer system package-manager workflows. ### Why package nerds care Spago is interesting to package-tool people because it exposes PureScript's package-set model, registry migration, lock files, monorepo support, and JavaScript output workflow in one CLI. It shows how a niche language ecosystem can converge on Cargo-like ergonomics without simply copying npm. ### Timeline - 2018: Public GitHub repository created. - 2020s: Current README documents the PureScript rewrite and legacy Haskell-codebase cutoff at versions up to 0.21.x. - 2020s: `spago.yaml` replaces the older Dhall-based configuration path for the new codebase. ### Related projects - Related PureScript tooling includes the PureScript compiler, psc-package, Pulp, PureScript package sets, the PureScript registry, and spago-legacy. ### Sources - - - - input.source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes generalized runtime or code generation signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - generalized runtime or code generation signal - infrastructure mutation or orchestration 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: spago.yaml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** spago - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Package publisher tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [purescript](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/purescript/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [bower](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bower/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, javascript, package-management, package-manager. - [cabal-install](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cabal-install/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, cli, developer-tools, package-management, package-manager. - [dub](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dub/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tool, cli, developer-tools, package-management, package-manager. - [pnpm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pnpm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, javascript, package-management, package-manager. - [psc-package](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/psc-package/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, package-manager, purescript. - [akku](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/akku/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, package-manager. - [clib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, package-manager. - [composer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/composer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, package-manager. - [corepack](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/corepack/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, javascript, management. - [mcp-get](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mcp-get/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, management, manager. - [ni](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ni/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, management, manager. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/spago.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/spago.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph