# Install risor with Homebrew, Nix

Fast and flexible scripting for Go developers and DevOps. Version 2.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#risor.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:risor
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install risor
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#risor
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:risor
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/risor>
- **Version:** 2.1.0
- **Source summary:** Fast and flexible scripting for Go developers and DevOps
- **Homepage:** <https://risor.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/deepnoodle-ai/risor>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://risor.io/>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/deepnoodle-ai/risor/archive/refs/tags/v2.1.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T19:03:02+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- risor (cli)
- risor (alias)

## Build dependencies

- go

## 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: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 2.1.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-27
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/deepnoodle-ai/risor
- Upstream latest detected: v2.1.0 (current)

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** risor
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - risor: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ri/risor/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [go](https://pkg.so/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [lispkit](https://pkg.so/brew/lispkit/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime, scripting.
- [portable-ruby](https://pkg.so/brew/portable-ruby/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime, scripting-language.
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- [ryelang](https://pkg.so/brew/ryelang/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, go, language-runtime, scripting.
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- [jimtcl](https://pkg.so/brew/jimtcl/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime, scripting-language.
- [rad](https://pkg.so/brew/rad/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: automation, cli, language-runtime, scripting, scripting-language.
- [cbmbasic](https://pkg.so/brew/cbmbasic/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, language, language-runtime, runtime, scripting.
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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/risor.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/risor.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph