macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install chapellocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install chapelMacPorts ports tree · lang/chapel/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 3451
Install chapel with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts
Programming language for productive parallel computing at scale. Version 2.9.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-28. Also installable with dnf: sudo dnf install chapel.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install chapelFedora Rawhide package metadata · chapel · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
overview
Package summary
Programming language for productive parallel computing at scale
Project links
Commands and aliases
- c2chapel
- chpl
- chpl-language-server
- chpl-shim
- chplcheck
- chpldoc
- chplrun-udp
- mason
history
Project history and usage
Chapel is a parallel programming language and compiler toolchain for productive computing at scale, designed for laptops, clusters, cloud systems, GPUs, and supercomputers.
Project history
Chapel was developed as a high-performance parallel programming language, historically associated with Cray and now maintained openly under the chapel-lang organization. The official README describes a portable language intended for CPUs and GPUs from desktops to supercomputers.
Adoption history
Chapel moved from an HPC research language into a routinely released open-source language runtime and compiler. The GitHub release stream shows semiannual 1.x releases by 2014 and quarterly-style 2.x releases by 2024-2026, while the supplied package facts show distribution through Homebrew, Fedora/DNF, and MacPorts.
How it is used
Users compile Chapel programs with `chpl`; the Homebrew package also installs developer tools such as `chpldoc`, `chplcheck`, `chpl-language-server`, and Mason, Chapel's package/build tool.
Why package nerds care
Chapel matters to package nerds because it is a full language distribution rather than a single utility: compiler, runtime, language server, documentation generator, package tooling, and configuration-file discovery all arrive through a package-manager install.
Timeline
- 2014: chapel-lang/chapel public GitHub repository created and 1.10.0 GitHub release published.
- 2015: 1.11.0 and 1.12.0 releases continued the regular open release cadence.
- 2024: Chapel 2.x release series was underway.
- 2026: Chapel 2.9.0 released as the Summer 2026 release.
Related projects
- Mason is Chapel's package/build tool and is installed with the Homebrew formula.
- The Chapel project is listed by its README alongside the High Performance Software Foundation and Linux Foundation branding.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: yellow
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal.
Risk classifier
yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
Signals
- text:programming language
- text:server
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.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
$CHPL_CONFIG/chplconfig$CHPL_CONFIG/.chplconfig~/chplconfig~/.chplconfig$CHPL_HOME/chplconfig$CHPL_HOME/.chplconfig
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
c2chapel | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
chpl | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
chpl-language-server | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
chpl-shim | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
chplcheck | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
chpldoc | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
chplrun-udp | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mason | executable | indexed executable | Discovered 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 version2.9.0
manager updated2026-07-28
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:chapel |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.9.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://chapel-lang.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel |
| Last updated | 2026-07-28T08:08:36Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none 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.
dnf95%
chapel 2.6.0-5.fc44
A Productive Parallel Programming Language
sudo dnf install chapel- License: Apache-2.0 AND (GPL-3.0-or-later WITH Bison-exception-2.2) AND (Apache-2.0 AND MIT)
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: chapel
- 22 dependencies
- 5 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Chapel
MacPorts95%
chapel
sudo port install chapel- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Chapel
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation