# Install cxgo with Homebrew

Transpiling C to Go. Version 0.5.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:cxgo
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cxgo
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:cxgo
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.5.2
- **Source summary:** Transpiling C to Go
- **Homepage:** <https://gotranspile.dev>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/gotranspile/cxgo>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T22:04:06+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cxgo (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.5.2
## Project history and usage

CxGo is an experimental source-to-source compiler for translating C source code into Go.

### Project history

The official README describes CxGo as a practical C-to-Go translator that uses modernc.org/cc for preprocessing and parsing C, then applies a custom type-checker and AST translation layer. Its stated goals are correctness, human-readable output, and configurable translation.

### Adoption history

The project documents successful tests on several real-world ports, including Potrace, G722, PortableGL, and Physac, while warning users not to rely on it in production or sensitive environments.

### How it is used

Users install cxgo with go install or a release binary, run cxgo against a C file for simple cases, and use cxgo.yml for larger conversions that need roots, include paths, file lists, replacements, identifier hints, VCS input, and pre/post commands.

### Why package nerds care

CxGo is notable to package maintainers because it sits at the boundary between porting and packaging: it can turn legacy C codebases into Go projects, but its experimental status means the package is most useful for controlled migrations and inspection rather than blind production conversion.

### Timeline

- The README marks CxGo experimental and documents compiler-test coverage.
- GitHub release metadata lists v0.5.2 among the published releases.
- The config reference documents cxgo.yml as the YAML project configuration file.

### Related projects

- CxGo depends on the Go ecosystem, modernc.org/cc, and its own translated example projects such as gotrace and g722.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/gotranspile/cxgo>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gotranspile/cxgo/main/README.md>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gotranspile/cxgo/main/docs/config.md>
- <https://github.com/gotranspile/cxgo/releases>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## 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

- Unix: ./cxgo.yml

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph