macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gplcverlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gplcverMacPorts ports tree · science/gplcver/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 19064
Install gplcver with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts
Pragmatic C Software GPL Cver 2001. Version 2.12a via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install gplcver.
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Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gplcverDebian stable package indexes · gplcver · source: deb.debian.org
overview
Package summary
Pragmatic C Software GPL Cver 2001
Project links
Commands and aliases
- cver
history
Project history and usage
GPL Cver is the GPL-distributed edition of Pragmatic C Software's Cver Verilog simulator. SourceForge describes it as an interpreted Verilog simulator with a feature set and performance similar to Verilog-XL, implementing IEEE 1364-1995 features, some Verilog-2001 features, and Verilog PLI interfaces.
Project history
The project README states that GPL Cver is a copyrighted Pragmatic C Software work distributed under the GNU General Public License, and that it represents an older Cver line while a newer commercial Cver was offered by Pragmatic C Software.
The SourceForge code tree shows an initial import of cver-2.12a on Apr 27, 2009. The same tree contains top-level documentation, PLI sources, tests, Verilog sources, and release notes, preserving the package as a source-distributed EDA tool.
Adoption history
GPL Cver has a narrow but durable package footprint: the input package-manager facts list Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, and Ubuntu packages. Homebrew describes it as 'Pragmatic C Software GPL Cver 2001' and packages version 2.12a.
Its adoption is mostly historical and specialist: users who need an open Verilog simulator with PLI support can install it from Unix package managers, but it sits beside better-known open-source Verilog tools rather than acting as a general developer utility.
How it is used
Users run the cver executable against Verilog files to simulate designs. The upstream README points users to the INSTALL file for source builds and to the doc directory for Cver documentation.
The release also includes vcddiff, a specialized diff-like utility for Verilog VCD waveform files, which makes the package more useful for regression and simulation-output comparison workflows.
Why package nerds care
GPL Cver is interesting to package maintainers because it preserves a formerly commercial-style Verilog simulator in a redistributable GPL form. That makes it a useful historical EDA package even when install counts are small.
Its package shape is old-school Unix: source tree, docs directory, prebuilt makefiles for older Unix-like platforms, and a single simulator executable.
Timeline
- 2001: Homebrew metadata identifies the package as Pragmatic C Software GPL Cver 2001.
- 2009: SourceForge project registration and cver-2.12a source import occurred in April 2009.
- 2024: SourceForge activity records a maintenance update touching the source tree.
Related projects
- Icarus Verilog and VeriWell appear as related Verilog simulator projects in SourceForge's project context.
- Verilog-XL is the commercial simulator lineage used as a comparison point in the project description.
- vcddiff ships with GPL Cver as a related utility for comparing Verilog VCD files.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
cver | 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 version2.12a
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gplcver |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.12a |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://gplcver.sourceforge.net/ |
| 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.
Debian apt95%
gplcver 2.12a-3
Verilog simulator
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gplcver/
sudo apt install gplcver- Section: devel
- Architecture: amd64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gplcver
Ubuntu apt95%
gplcver 2.12a-2
Verilog simulator
sudo apt install gplcver- Section: universe/electronics
- Architecture: amd64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gplcver
MacPorts95%
gplcver
sudo port install gplcver- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gplcver
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 package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation