# Install rustpython with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

Python Interpreter written in Rust. Version 0.5.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#rustpython.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rustpython
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rustpython
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install rustpython
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#rustpython
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rustpython
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.5.0
- **Source summary:** Python Interpreter written in Rust
- **Homepage:** <https://rustpython.github.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/RustPython/RustPython>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- rustpython (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.5.0

## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - rustpython: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ru/rustpython/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - rustpython: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/rustpython/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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