# Install picat with Homebrew, apk, Nix

Simple, and yet powerful, logic-based multi-paradigm programming language. Version 3.9.11 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-17. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#picat.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:picat
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install picat
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add picat
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: picat from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#picat
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pi/picat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:picat
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.9.11
- **Source summary:** Simple, and yet powerful, logic-based multi-paradigm programming language
- **Homepage:** <https://picat-lang.org/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-17T10:59:21Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- picat (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.9.11

## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - picat: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pi/picat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - picat - 3.9.11-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: picat from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Logic-based multi-paradigm programming language | https://picat-lang.org/
- apk - picat-doc - 3.9.11-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: picat-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Logic-based multi-paradigm programming language (documentation) | https://picat-lang.org/


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph