# Install ragel with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop

State machine compiler. Version 6.11 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-22. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install ragel.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ragel
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ragel
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ragel
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: lang/ragel/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add ragel
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install ragel
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: ragel from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install ragel
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ragel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ragel
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S ragel
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: ragel from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install ragel
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ragel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/ragel
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ragel
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 6.11
- **Source summary:** State machine compiler
- **Homepage:** <https://www.colm.net/open-source/ragel/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-22T01:06:20Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ragel (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 6.11

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - ragel - 6.10-5: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ragel from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | compiles finite state machines into code in various languages | https://github.com/adrian-thurston/ragel
- Nix - ragel: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: ragel from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- Ubuntu apt - ragel - 6.10-4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ragel from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | compiles finite state machines into code in various languages | https://github.com/adrian-thurston/ragel
- apk - ragel - 6.10-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ragel from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Finite state machine compiler | https://www.colm.net/open-source/ragel/
- apk - ragel-doc - 6.10-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ragel-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Finite state machine compiler (documentation) | https://www.colm.net/open-source/ragel/
- dnf - ragel - 7.0.4-10.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ragel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Finite state machine compiler | http://www.colm.net/open-source/ragel/
- pacman - ragel - 7.0.4-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: ragel from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Compiles finite state machines from regular languages into executable C, C++, Objective-C, or D code | https://www.colm.net/open-source/ragel/
- zypper - ragel - 7.0.4-1.19: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ragel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Finite state machine compiler | https://www.colm.net/open-source/ragel/
- MacPorts - ragel: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/ragel/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - extras/ragel: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ragel.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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