# Install quickjs-ng with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop QuickJS, the Next Generation: a mighty JavaScript engine. Version 0.16.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-09-19. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#quickjs-ng. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:quickjs-ng ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install quickjs-ng ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install quickjs-ng ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/quickjs-ng/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add quickjs-ng ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: quickjs-ng from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install quickjs-ng ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: quickjs-ng from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#quickjs-ng ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/qu/quickjs-ng/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S quickjs-ng ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: quickjs-ng from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/quickjs-ng ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/quickjs-ng.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:quickjs-ng - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.16.2 - **Source summary:** QuickJS, the Next Generation: a mighty JavaScript engine - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-09-19T01:46:45+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-09-19T06:45:57+00:00 ## Executables - qjs (cli) - qjsc (cli) - qjs (alias) - qjsc (alias) ## Build dependencies - cmake ## 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: 2026-09-19 - Package-manager version: 0.16.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-09-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/quickjs-ng/quickjs - Upstream latest detected: v0.16.2 (current) ## Project history and usage QuickJS-NG is a community-maintained fork of QuickJS focused on a small, embeddable JavaScript engine with current ECMAScript support. ### Project history QuickJS-NG is a community fork of the original QuickJS project by Fabrice Bellard and Charlie Gordon. Its maintainers created the fork after the original project became largely dormant, intending to reignite development and advance standards support. ### Adoption history QuickJS-NG retained the small, embeddable character of QuickJS while restarting active community development. It is packaged across Homebrew, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, and Scoop according to the supplied package-manager metadata. ### How it is used Users run JavaScript with the `qjs` interpreter, compile scripts with `qjsc`, or embed the engine in C applications. It is commonly selected for constrained tools and applications that need a compact JavaScript runtime. ### Why package nerds care The project matters to runtime enthusiasts because it offers a compact ECMAScript engine, a bytecode compiler, and an embeddable C API outside the dominant V8, JavaScriptCore, and SpiderMonkey families. The NG fork also illustrates how a community can revive a mostly dormant upstream runtime. ### Timeline - 2019: The original QuickJS was publicly released by Fabrice Bellard and Charlie Gordon. - 2023: QuickJS-NG development began as a community fork intended to revive active development. - Current era: The fork publishes its own releases and maintains dedicated documentation. ### Related projects - QuickJS-NG derives from QuickJS and retains its `qjs` interpreter and `qjsc` compiler model. It occupies the same lightweight-runtime niche while following an independently maintained development line. ### Sources - Official documentation: https://quickjs-ng.github.io/quickjs/ - Official repository README and history statement: https://github.com/quickjs-ng/quickjs#readme ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for quickjs-ng. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** quickjs-ng - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Conflicts With:** quickjs - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - quickjs-ng: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/qu/quickjs-ng/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - quickjs-ng - 0.16.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: quickjs-ng from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Embeddable JavaScript engine in C (NG fork) | https://quickjs-ng.github.io/quickjs/ - apk - quickjs-ng-dev - 0.16.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: quickjs-ng-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Embeddable JavaScript engine in C (NG fork) (development files) | https://quickjs-ng.github.io/quickjs/ - apk - quickjs-ng-doc - 0.16.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: quickjs-ng-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Embeddable JavaScript engine in C (NG fork) (documentation) | https://quickjs-ng.github.io/quickjs/ - apk - quickjs-ng-libs - 0.16.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: quickjs-ng-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Embeddable JavaScript engine in C (NG fork) (libraries) | https://quickjs-ng.github.io/quickjs/ - apk - quickjs-ng-libs-static - 0.16.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: quickjs-ng-libs-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Embeddable JavaScript engine in C (NG fork) (static library) | https://quickjs-ng.github.io/quickjs/ - dnf - quickjs-ng - 0.16.2-1.fc46: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: quickjs-ng from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst | Small and embeddable JavaScript engine | https://github.com/quickjs-ng/quickjs - dnf - quickjs-ng-devel - 0.16.2-1.fc46: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: quickjs-ng-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst | Development files for quickjs-ng | https://github.com/quickjs-ng/quickjs - dnf - quickjs-ng-doc - 0.16.2-1.fc46: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: quickjs-ng-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst | Documentation for quickjs-ng | https://github.com/quickjs-ng/quickjs - dnf - quickjs-ng-libs - 0.16.2-1.fc46: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: quickjs-ng-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst | Library providing a small JavaScript engine | https://github.com/quickjs-ng/quickjs - pacman - quickjs-ng - 0.16.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: quickjs-ng from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A mighty JavaScript engine | https://quickjs-ng.github.io/quickjs - MacPorts - quickjs-ng: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/quickjs-ng/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/quickjs-ng: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/quickjs-ng.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://pkg.so/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - 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