install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install purescript

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#purescript

nixpkgs package indexes · purescript · source: raw.githubusercontent.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/purescript

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/purescript.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Strongly typed programming language that compiles to JavaScript

Project links

Commands and aliases

purs

history

Project history and usage

PureScript is a small, strongly and statically typed functional programming language, written in and inspired by Haskell, that compiles to readable JavaScript and supports direct JavaScript interoperability.

Project history

Phil Freeman created PureScript in 2013 as a small, strongly typed functional language compiling to JavaScript. The language drew on Haskell while developing JavaScript-oriented features and conventions of its own, including row polymorphism, extensible records, typed effects, and a direct foreign-function interface.

The compiler and documentation subsequently became collaborative projects under the PureScript organization. The official documentation repository covers the language, compiler, ecosystem, migration guides, editor tooling, and related projects, while the community-maintained PureScript by Example book provides a practical learning path.

Adoption history

PureScript developed from a compiler into a compact language ecosystem with community-maintained core libraries, searchable package documentation through Pursuit, build and package tooling, editor integrations, and learning resources.

The official website recommends Spago as the build tool and npm for JavaScript dependencies. This pairing lets PureScript projects retain JavaScript interoperability while using package sets, reproducible builds, and language-specific tooling.

How it is used

Developers use the purs compiler, normally through Spago, to build browser applications, Node.js services, command-line programs, and libraries. JavaScript APIs and npm packages are reached through the FFI, while generated package documentation is commonly published to Pursuit.

Why package nerds care

PureScript is important to language-package enthusiasts as a durable example of a Haskell-inspired language built specifically around JavaScript output and interoperability. Its ecosystem combines a native compiler, JavaScript FFI, package sets, a registry, Pursuit documentation, and Spago's Cargo-like project workflow.

Its appeal is less about replacing the JavaScript ecosystem than imposing a precise functional type system on projects that still need browser APIs, Node.js, and npm libraries.

Timeline

2013: Phil Freeman released the first version of PureScript.
2014: The copyright period for PureScript by Example began.
Undated: Spago became the officially recommended PureScript build tool.

Related projects

Spago is the recommended PureScript package manager and build tool. Pursuit indexes generated package documentation, and purescript-language-server exposes compiler IDE services to LSP-compatible editors.

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:programming language

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 7 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

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
`purs`	cli	global executable

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 generated2026-11-04

manager version0.15.16

manager updated2026-09-10

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.15.16

https://github.com/purescript/purescript

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:purescript
Version	0.15.16
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/purescript
Homepage	https://www.purescript.org/
Repository	https://github.com/purescript/purescript
Upstream docs	https://www.purescript.org/
License	BSD-3-Clause
Source archive	https://github.com/purescript/purescript/archive/refs/tags/v0.15.16.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-09-10T18:59:24Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	gmp
Build dependencies	cabal-install, ghc
Uses from macOS	libffi, ncurses
Bottle	available (on arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	purescript
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

purescript

nix profile install nixpkgs#purescript

normalized package name match
Matched by: Purescript

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Scoop95%

main/purescript

scoop install main/purescript

normalized package name match
Matched by: Purescript

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/purescript.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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/purescript.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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