# Install pkl

CLI for the Pkl programming language. Version 0.31.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-03-26.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pkl
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pkl
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install pkl
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pkl
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pk/pkl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Apple.Pkl -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Apple.Pkl from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:pkl
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pkl>
- **Version:** 0.31.1
- **Source summary:** CLI for the Pkl programming language
- **Homepage:** <https://pkl-lang.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/apple/pkl>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://pkl-lang.org/main/current>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/apple/pkl/archive/refs/tags/0.31.1.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-26T19:12:03Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- pkl (cli)
- pkl (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- gradle
- openjdk@21

## 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: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 0.31.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-03-26
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/apple/pkl
- Upstream latest detected: 0.31.1 (current)

## 安全说明

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:** pkl
- **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

- Nix - pkl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pk/pkl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - pkl: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/pkl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Apple.Pkl: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Apple.Pkl from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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