install

Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install gauche

provider-native install command

overview

Package summary

R7RS Scheme implementation, developed to be a handy script interpreter

Project links

Commands and aliases

gauche-cesconv
gauche-config
gauche-install
gauche-package
gosh

history

Project history and usage

Gauche is an R7RS Scheme implementation aimed at practical scripting rather than only language experimentation. Its official site presents it as a fast Scheme engine for automation, build tools, shell-like scripting, and larger real-world programs.

Project history

The project is developed by Shiro Kawai and is distributed from the Practical Scheme site, with releases and source hosted in the official GitHub repository. The homepage emphasizes long-term maintenance, backward compatibility, quick startup, operating-system integration, Unicode, networking, threads, regular expressions, and a broad library set.

Adoption history

Gauche's adoption is strongest in the Scheme and Unix scripting communities rather than in mainstream application packaging. Its presence in Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, and Scoop reflects its role as a portable Scheme runtime for users who want a Lisp-family scripting tool available from normal package managers.

How it is used

Users run Gauche through the `gosh` interpreter and supporting tools such as `gauche-config`, `gauche-install`, and `gauche-package`. Official documentation describes Scheme scripting, REPL use, modules, extension packages, standalone executables, R7RS libraries, SRFIs, and Gauche-specific libraries.

Why package nerds care

For package-manager users, Gauche is notable because it treats Scheme as a practical Unix scripting environment with its own package tooling and batteries-included runtime. It is a small but durable example of a language implementation whose packaging value is not only the compiler or interpreter, but also the ecosystem of command-line helpers around it.

Timeline

2000s: Gauche becomes a long-running Practical Scheme implementation for scripting.
2013: The official GitHub repository was created.
2020s: The project continues to publish releases and documentation for R7RS Scheme and Gauche extensions.

Related projects

Gauche is related to the R7RS Scheme standard, SRFI libraries, the `get-gauche` installer project, and the broader family of Scheme implementations. The project also maintains extension packages such as Gauche-gtk2.

Sources

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:interpreter

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

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`gauche-cesconv`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`gauche-config`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`gauche-install`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`gauche-package`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`gosh`	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 version0.9.15

manager updated2026-05-29

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gauche
Version	0.9.15
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://practical-scheme.net/gauche/
Repository	https://github.com/shirok/Gauche
Last updated	2026-05-29T14:43:09-04:00
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/gauche.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
curated package history
pkgdb category and tag curation

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