# 使用 Homebrew, Nix 安装 ballerina 查看 ballerina 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。 ## 安装 ```sh sudo av install brew:ballerina ``` 其他安装命令: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ballerina ``` 证据: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#ballerina ``` 证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ba/ballerina/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## 软件包事实 - **软件包键:** brew:ballerina - **软件包管理器:** Homebrew - **软件包管理器页面:** - **版本:** 2201.13.4 - **来源摘要:** Programming Language for Network Distributed Applications - **主页:** - **仓库:** - **上游文档:** - **许可证:** Apache-2.0 - **源码归档:** - **最后更新:** 2026-05-11T06:50:01Z - **已生成:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## 可执行文件 - bal (cli) - bal (别名) ## 依赖 - openjdk ## 安装行为 - post-install 钩子: 未定义 - Bottle: 可用 于 all ## 版本和新鲜度 - 页面生成时间: 2026-07-08 - 管理器版本: 2201.13.4 - 管理器更新时间: 2026-05-11 - 本地数据: OK - 上游仓库: https://ballerina.io - 信息: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 项目历史与用法 Ballerina is an open-source, cloud-native programming language developed by WSO2 for integration, network services, data handling, and API-oriented applications. The Homebrew package installs the `bal` toolchain for building, running, testing, formatting, packaging, and publishing Ballerina code. ### 项目历史 The Ballerina homepage describes it as a programming language for the cloud that makes it easier to use, combine, and create network services. The same page says WSO2 has developed Ballerina since 2016 and that it was first released in February 2022. The ballerina-platform/ballerina-lang GitHub repository was created on November 16, 2016. The project positions the language around integration as code, with built-in support for network protocols, data formats, connectors, concurrency, sequence-diagram-oriented views, and cloud-native deployment. ### 采用历史 Ballerina adoption is tied to WSO2's integration ecosystem, Ballerina Central, and users building services, connectors, data pipelines, and enterprise integration patterns. The homepage lists users and case-study links including WSO2, Red Cross Elixir, Fat Tuesday, MOSIP, QHAna, RAAPID, Choreo, Tech Venturas, Visualize HR, and Avinya Foundation. Package-manager adoption is narrower than mainstream languages but present: the input facts list Homebrew and Nix packages. The Homebrew formula API reported stable version 2201.13.4 with 24 installs in the previous 30 days as of June 30, 2026. ### 使用方式 The `bal` CLI supports project and module workflows around `Ballerina.toml`, runtime configuration via `Config.toml`, package management through Ballerina Central, tests, documentation generation, OpenAPI/GraphQL/AsyncAPI/gRPC tooling, Java interop, observability, container and Kubernetes deployment guidance, and GraalVM native executable workflows. Typical use cases include REST, GraphQL, gRPC, Kafka, database, data-processing, and integration services where network and data abstractions are part of the language and standard ecosystem. ### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心 Ballerina is significant because it is not just another JVM-hosted language package; it packages a language designed around integration semantics, network resources, typed data, and service tooling. For package nerds, it is a full toolchain with its own package registry, config conventions, code generators, docs tooling, and deployment story exposed through one `bal` executable. ### 时间线 - 2016: WSO2 begins developing Ballerina, according to the official homepage. - 2016-11-16: ballerina-platform/ballerina-lang repository created on GitHub. - 2022-02: Official homepage says Ballerina was first released. - 2026-06-04: GitHub latest release endpoint reported ballerina-lang v2201.12.12. - 2026-06-30: Homebrew formula reports stable ballerina 2201.13.4. ### Related projects - Ballerina Central is the package and connector ecosystem referenced by the official Learn page. - Related tooling includes the Ballerina VS Code extension, OpenAPI, GraphQL, AsyncAPI, gRPC, health/FHIR/HL7, EDI, WSDL, XSD, persist, scan, profiler, and GraalVM executable tooling documented in the Learn section. ### 来源 - - - - - ## 安全说明 generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger 风险:** yellow / 中 - generalized runtime or code generation 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: ./Ballerina.toml, ./Config.toml, ./tests/Config.toml, ~/.ballerina/Settings.toml ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.ballerina/Settings.toml ## 源数据库详情 - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ballerina - **Aliases:** bal - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## 其他软件包管理器记录 - Nix - ballerina: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ba/ballerina/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## 相关链接 - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [algol68g](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/algol68g/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, programming-language. - [ats2-postiats](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/ats2-postiats/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, programming-language. - [chapel](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/chapel/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, programming-language. - [coconut](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/coconut/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, programming-language. - [coffeescript](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/coffeescript/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, programming-language. - [crystal](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/crystal/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, programming-language. - [fennel](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/fennel/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, programming-language. - [frege](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/frege/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, programming-language. - [kotlin](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/kotlin/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, compiler, language, language-runtime, openjdk. - [mercury](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/mercury/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, compiler, language, language-runtime, openjdk. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ballerina.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ballerina.yml) ## 来源 - 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 - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph