# Install purescript with Homebrew, Nix, scoop

Strongly typed programming language that compiles to JavaScript. Version 0.15.16 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-22. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#purescript.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:purescript
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install purescript
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#purescript
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: purescript from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/purescript
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:purescript
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.15.16
- **Source summary:** Strongly typed programming language that compiles to JavaScript
- **Homepage:** <https://www.purescript.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/purescript/purescript>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-22T13:43:37Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- purs (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.15.16

## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - purescript: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: purescript from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- Scoop - main/purescript: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/purescript.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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