# Install valabind with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, pacman Vala bindings for radare, reverse engineering framework. Version 2.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:valabind ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install valabind ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install valabind ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/valabind/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install valabind ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: valabind from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S valabind ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: valabind from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:valabind - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.1.0 - **Source summary:** Vala bindings for radare, reverse engineering framework - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:06:33-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - valabind (cli) - valabind-cc (cli) - valabind (alias) - valabind-cc (alias) ## Dependencies - gettext - glib - swig - vala ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## 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: 2.1.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/radare/valabind - Upstream latest detected: 2.1.0 (current) ## Project history and usage valabind is a Vala-oriented binding generator from the radare ecosystem. It parses Vala or VAPI files and turns them into SWIG interface files, C++, NodeJS-ffi, or GIR output so APIs written in Vala or described by VAPI files can be bound into other languages. ### Project history The official README describes valabind as a tool for transforming Vala or VAPI files into binding-oriented outputs. It preserves older language in the README referring to a Mercurial repository, but the current official source is the GitHub repository under the radare organization. GitHub releases show a modest public release history, with 1.5.0 published in 2018, 1.7.2 in 2020, and 2.0.0 in 2026. The repository remains small compared with Vala itself, but it occupies a specific interoperability niche. ### Adoption history The package appears in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, and Arch according to the input, which suggests adoption mainly by users who need radare/Vala binding workflows rather than broad application development. Its adoption is tied to radare and reverse-engineering tooling: the input describes it as Vala bindings for the radare reverse-engineering framework, and the README's repository ownership and contact point are within the radare ecosystem. ### How it is used Users invoke `valabind` and `valabind-cc` to generate binding glue from Vala/VAPI descriptions. The README documents building with either the traditional configure/make flow or Meson, then installing the tools. The practical package-manager use case is installing the generator as part of a binding build chain, often alongside Vala, SWIG, and radare-related source packages. ### Why package nerds care valabind is interesting to package nerds because it sits in the narrow space between Vala's VAPI metadata, SWIG-style bindings, and reverse-engineering tooling. It is the kind of small generator package that only appears when a build wants language bindings rather than a user-facing program. Its significance is therefore mostly historical and infrastructural: it shows how Vala's compile-time API descriptions were reused to generate bindings for non-Vala consumers in the radare ecosystem. ### Timeline - 2018: 1.5.0 GitHub release published. - 2020: 1.7.2 GitHub release published. - 2026: 2.0.0 GitHub release published. ### Related projects - Vala and VAPI files are the input language and metadata format valabind understands. - SWIG is a key output target for generating language bindings. - radare and radare2 are the reverse-engineering ecosystem associated with the project. ### Sources - - - source_facts.description - source_facts.executables - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal. - **Geiger risk:** red / medium - escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** valabind - **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 - valabind - 1.8.0-1+b4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: valabind from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | converts vapi files to SWIG, C++, GIR or GEAR files | https://github.com/radare/valabind - Ubuntu apt - valabind - 1.8.0-1build5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: valabind from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | converts vapi files to SWIG, C++, GIR or GEAR files | https://github.com/radare/valabind - pacman - valabind - 2.1.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: valabind from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Create bindings from vapi to nodejs, python, swig, c++ | https://github.com/radare/valabind - MacPorts - valabind: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/valabind/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control 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. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [swig](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/swig/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [vala](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vala/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pybind11](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pybind11/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bindings, cli, developer-tools, language-bindings. - [sip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bindings, cli, developer-tools, language-bindings. - [cbindgen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cbindgen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bindings, cli, code-generation, developer-tools. - [wxlua](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/wxlua/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-bindings. - [wxpython](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/wxpython/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-bindings. - [apktool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apktool/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, reverse-engineering. - [autogen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autogen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools. - [vala-language-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vala-language-server/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, code, developer, developer-tools, gettext. - [rpcsvc-proto](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rpcsvc-proto/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, code, code-generation, developer, developer-tools. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/valabind.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/valabind.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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