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Install cbmbasic with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

Commodore BASIC V2 as a scripting language. Version 1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cbmbasic.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cbmbasic

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install cbmbasic

MacPorts ports tree · lang/cbmbasic/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#cbmbasic

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/cb/cbmbasic/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Commodore BASIC V2 as a scripting language

Commands and aliases

  • cbmbasic

history

Project history and usage

cbmbasic is a portable native implementation of Commodore BASIC V2, presented as a command-line interpreter and Unix scripting language.

Project history

The official README describes cbmbasic as a 100% compatible version of Commodore's Microsoft BASIC 6502 as found on the Commodore 64, but implemented natively rather than by emulating 6502 code. The public GitHub repository was created in 2014.

Adoption history

The README documents testing on Mac OS X, Debian Linux, and Windows NT-era Visual Studio toolchains, while supplied package facts show packaging in Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix. Its audience is retro-computing users who want Commodore BASIC available as a normal host executable.

How it is used

Users can run cbmbasic interactively, pass an ASCII BASIC file on the command line, or add a hashbang line to run BASIC programs as Unix scripts. The README also documents a plugin-style extension path for additional statements and functions.

Why package nerds care

cbmbasic is a small package-manager gem: installing it drops a historically recognizable 8-bit BASIC dialect into a modern shell, with no emulator stack. It matters less as infrastructure and more as a portable preservation and scripting curiosity.

Timeline

  • 2014: Public GitHub repository created.
  • 2026: Repository metadata showed recent activity and an unarchived project.

Related projects

  • The README ties cbmbasic directly to Commodore BASIC V2, Microsoft BASIC 6502, the Commodore 64, and optional ANSI-style extensions documented in the repository.

security posture

Risk level: yellow

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

  • generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

  • text:scripting language

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
cbmbasicexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:cbmbasic
Version1.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/mist64/cbmbasic
Repositoryhttps://github.com/mist64/cbmbasic
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

cbmbasic

nix profile install nixpkgs#cbmbasic
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cbmbasic
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cb/cbmbasic/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
MacPorts95%

cbmbasic

sudo port install cbmbasic
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cbmbasic
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: lang/cbmbasic/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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