# Install never with Homebrew

Statically typed, embedded functional programming language. Version 2.3.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-14.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:never
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install never
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:never
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.3.9
- **Source summary:** Statically typed, embedded functional programming language
- **Homepage:** <https://never-lang.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/never-lang/never>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-14T14:47:56+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- never (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.3.9
## Project history and usage

Never is a small statically typed functional language implemented mainly in C. The upstream README describes it as syntactically scoped, strongly typed, call-by-value, and useful as an embeddable language for compiling and invoking first-order functions.

### Project history

The never-lang/never repository is the main source. GitHub showed roughly 462 stars, 12 forks, 599 commits, six releases, and latest release v2.3.9 dated 2023-09-02 when researched on 2026-07-01. The Homebrew formula also reported stable 2.3.9.

### Adoption history

Never has visible source availability and modest GitHub interest, but package-manager adoption is tiny. Homebrew analytics reported 7 install-on-request events in the 30-day and 90-day windows and 19 over 365 days. That makes it a niche language package rather than a commonly used runtime.

### How it is used

The README documents building with `cmake ..; make` after installing gcc, glibc, bison/flex, libm, libdl, and libffi. It also documents Emscripten builds for asm.js and WebAssembly targets, including calling the compiled module from JavaScript via `Module.cwrap`.

Package nerds are most likely to install Never to inspect a compact compiler/runtime, try example programs, or experiment with a small language that targets native builds and browser-oriented wasm/asm.js output. There is not enough source-backed evidence to claim broad production use.

### Why package nerds care

Never is interesting as a small language implementation and Homebrew-packaged compiler, not as a major language ecosystem. Its value for av.db history is mostly provenance, target support, and the fact that it is maintained enough to have a 2023 release and a Homebrew formula.

### Timeline

- 2023-09-02: GitHub repository page listed v2.3.9 as the latest release.
- 2026-07-01: Homebrew formula API reported stable 2.3.9 and 19 install-on-request events over 365 days.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/never.json>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/never>
- <https://github.com/never-lang/never>
- <https://never-lang.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/never-lang/never/master/README.md>


## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- generalized runtime or code generation signal


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/never.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/never.yml)


## Sources

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