# Installer neko avec Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de neko pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:neko
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install neko
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install neko
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add neko
```

  Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: neko from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install neko
```

  Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: neko from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#neko
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S neko
```

  Preuve: Arch Linux sync databases: neko from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install neko
```

  Preuve: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: neko from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install neko
```

  Preuve: Chocolatey community package catalog: neko from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','multipass'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/neko
```

  Preuve: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/neko.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id ankitshuxe.Neko -e
```

  Preuve: Windows Package Manager source index: ankitshuxe.Neko from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:neko
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.4.1
- **Résumé source:** High-level, dynamically typed programming language
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://nekovm.org/>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/neko>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-06-25T13:37:56+02:00
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- neko (alias)
- nekoc (alias)
- nekoml (alias)
- nekotools (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 2.4.1
## Historique du projet et usages

Neko is both a small dynamically typed programming language and a virtual machine designed as a common runtime for multiple languages. In package-manager practice, it is most historically tied to Haxe, which supported compilation to Neko bytecode before HashLink became the preferred successor target.

### Historique du projet

The Neko website says it was developed as part of Motion-Twin's research and development work on better languages by Nicolas Cannasse. The same site describes the compiler as producing `.n` bytecode executed by the VM, with a lightweight embeddable runtime and a C foreign-function interface.

The Haxe manual records Neko as a VM originally designed for Haxe and says it was superseded by HashLink, introduced with Haxe 3.4. Nicolas Cannasse's 2016 HashLink article adds the historical detail that Neko was designed before Haxe and intended for several languages, but in practice NekoML and Haxe were the two that targeted it.

### Historique d'adoption

Neko's adoption followed Haxe's early toolchain and server/runtime story rather than becoming a mainstream standalone language. The Neko GitHub repository's README marked the project deprecated on 2021-09-09, saying it is no longer actively maintained and is kept compatible with existing Haxe standard-library and language features.

Despite that deprecation, package-manager usage persists because old Haxe projects, tooling, and runtime integrations still need it. Homebrew listed stable version 2.4.1 and showed 1,052 installs over 365 days, 174 over 90 days, and 72 over 30 days when checked on 2026-07-01. The GitHub API showed 584 stars and 110 forks the same day.

### Modes d'utilisation

Users install `neko`, `nekoc`, `nekoml`, and `nekotools` to run Neko bytecode, compile `.neko` sources, support legacy Haxe targets, or work with Neko's bundled libraries and Apache module history. Homebrew's formula notes the `NEKOPATH` environment variable, which matters because Neko expects to find its runtime libraries.

For package nerds, Neko is less about new application development and more about keeping an older cross-language VM and Haxe target buildable. Its dependencies on a garbage collector, regex, TLS, database, and build tooling also show the VM's broader ambition as an embeddable and server-capable runtime.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

Neko is significant as an early piece of the Haxe ecosystem and a predecessor to HashLink. It is a good example of a package that remains useful after deprecation because language ecosystems have long tails of bytecode targets, build scripts, and runtime assumptions.

### Chronologie

- 2005: Haxe started; Neko predates or overlaps the earliest Haxe runtime design work.
- 2013-05-25: HaxeFoundation/neko GitHub repository created.
- 2016-11-22: HashLink article described HashLink as the successor to NekoVM for Haxe system/server/desktop applications.
- 2021-09-09: Neko README marked the project deprecated and not actively maintained.
- 2026-07-01: Homebrew formula stable version observed as 2.4.1.

### Related projects

- Haxe
- HashLink
- NekoML
- Motion-Twin
- mod_neko

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/HaxeFoundation/neko>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/neko>
- <https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/neko>
- <https://haxe.org/blog/hashlink-indepth/>
- <https://haxe.org/manual/introduction-haxe-history.html>
- <https://haxe.org/manual/target-neko.html>
- <https://nekovm.org/>


## Notes de sécurité

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Risque Geiger:** yellow / moyen
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Debian apt - libapache2-mod-neko - 2.4.0-2+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libapache2-mod-neko from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Apache module for running server-side Neko programs | https://nekovm.org
- Debian apt - libneko2 - 2.4.0-2+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libneko2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Lightweight virtual machine - shared library | https://nekovm.org
- Debian apt - neko - 2.4.0-2+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: neko from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Lightweight virtual machine - compiler and tools | https://nekovm.org
- Debian apt - neko-dev - 2.4.0-2+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: neko-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Lightweight virtual machine - headers | https://nekovm.org
- Nix - neko: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/neko/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - libapache2-mod-neko - 2.3.0-2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libapache2-mod-neko from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Apache module for running server-side Neko programs | https://nekovm.org
- Ubuntu apt - libneko2 - 2.3.0-2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libneko2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Lightweight virtual machine - shared library | https://nekovm.org
- Ubuntu apt - neko - 2.3.0-2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: neko from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Lightweight virtual machine - compiler and tools | https://nekovm.org
- Ubuntu apt - neko-dev - 2.3.0-2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: neko-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Lightweight virtual machine - headers | https://nekovm.org
- apk - neko - 2.4.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: neko from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | The Neko Virtual Machine | https://nekovm.org/
- apk - neko-dev - 2.4.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: neko-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | The Neko Virtual Machine (development files) | https://nekovm.org/
- apk - neko-doc - 2.4.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: neko-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | The Neko Virtual Machine (documentation) | https://nekovm.org/
- pacman - neko - 2.4.1-4: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: neko from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | High-level dynamically typed programming language | https://nekovm.org/
- zypper - libneko2 - 2.4.1-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libneko2 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Neko virtual machine shared library | https://nekovm.org
- zypper - neko - 2.4.1-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: neko from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A cross-platform lightweight virtual machine and language | https://nekovm.org
- zypper - neko-devel - 2.4.1-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: neko-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Development files for the Neko virtual machine | https://nekovm.org


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph