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Install chaiscript with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts

Easy to use embedded scripting language for C++. Version 6.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with macports: sudo port install chai.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install chaiscript

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install chai

MacPorts ports tree · devel/chai/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install chai

Debian stable package indexes · chai · source: deb.debian.org

overview

Package summary

Easy to use embedded scripting language for C++

Commands and aliases

  • chai

history

Project history and usage

ChaiScript is an embedded scripting language designed for C++ applications. Its package identity is closer to a language runtime and embeddable library than to a standalone command, though package managers commonly expose a chai executable as well.

Project history

The public GitHub repository dates to January 2011. The README describes ChaiScript as a language designed from the ground up to target C++ and modern C++ development, with a header-only integration style and type-safe bindings between C++ and scripts.

GitHub releases show mature 4.x and 5.x releases by 2014, a 6.0.0 release in 2017, and 6.1.0 in 2018. The README states that building ChaiScript requires a C++17 compiler.

Adoption history

ChaiScript is packaged in Homebrew as chaiscript and appears in the input package facts for Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, and vcpkg-oriented usage. The README specifically documents vcpkg installation, which is important for C++ developers consuming it as a library dependency.

How it is used

Typical usage is to add the ChaiScript include directory, include chaiscript/chaiscript.hpp, instantiate chaiscript::ChaiScript, then evaluate script strings or files. Host applications register C++ functions with the engine so scripts can call into native code.

Why package nerds care

ChaiScript is package-nerd interesting because it is a C++-native embeddable language distributed across general-purpose package managers and C++ dependency managers. It represents the small but persistent category of scripting runtimes packaged primarily so native applications can embed them.

Timeline

  • 2011: GitHub repository created.
  • 2014: 4.x and 5.x releases published on GitHub.
  • 2017: 6.0.0 release published.
  • 2018: 6.1.0 release published and used by the Homebrew stable formula.
  • 2026: Repository metadata still shows the project as unarchived.

Related projects

  • The README compares ChaiScript's surface language to ECMAScript-style scripting.
  • vcpkg is an officially documented installation route for consuming ChaiScript from C++ projects.

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
chaiexecutableindexed 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 version6.1.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:chaiscript
Version6.1.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://chaiscript.com/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/ChaiScript/ChaiScript
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.

MacPorts94%

chai

sudo port install chai
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Chai
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/chai/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Debian apt92%

chai 4.3.7~ds1+~cs9.7.21-1

assertion library for Node.js

https://chaijs.com

sudo apt install chai
  • Section: web
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: node-chai
  • 7 dependencies
  • 5 provides
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Chai
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: chai from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt92%

chai 4.3.7~ds1+~cs9.7.21-1

assertion library for Node.js

https://chaijs.com

sudo apt install chai
  • Section: universe/web
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: node-chai
  • 7 dependencies
  • 5 provides
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Chai
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: chai from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

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