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PureScript package manager and build tool. Version 1.0.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
PureScript package manager and build tool
Project links
Commands and aliases
- spago
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Project history and usage
Spago is the PureScript package manager and build tool. It sits in the small-language tooling tradition where a single CLI handles project initialization, dependency resolution, builds, tests, REPL workflows, and publishing.
Project history
The public repository was created in 2018 under the PureScript organization. The current README notes a rewrite of Spago in PureScript and directs users looking for versions up to 0.21.x to the legacy Haskell codebase.
Adoption history
Spago became important in PureScript because it wrapped older ecosystem tools and ideas into one workflow. Its README names Cargo, Stack, psc-package, Pulp, and Bazel as inspirations, and its migration notes explicitly cover moving from `bower` and from the older `spago.dhall` configuration to `spago.yaml`.
How it is used
A typical session is `spago init`, edit `spago.yaml`, then use commands such as `spago run`, `spago build`, `spago test`, `spago repl`, and package-set queries. The README recommends installing with npm across Windows, Linux, and macOS, while Homebrew packages it for users who prefer system package-manager workflows.
Why package nerds care
Spago is interesting to package-tool people because it exposes PureScript's package-set model, registry migration, lock files, monorepo support, and JavaScript output workflow in one CLI. It shows how a niche language ecosystem can converge on Cargo-like ergonomics without simply copying npm.
Timeline
- 2018: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2020s: Current README documents the PureScript rewrite and legacy Haskell-codebase cutoff at versions up to 0.21.x.
- 2020s: `spago.yaml` replaces the older Dhall-based configuration path for the new codebase.
Related projects
- Related PureScript tooling includes the PureScript compiler, psc-package, Pulp, PureScript package sets, the PureScript registry, and spago-legacy.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: orange
generalized runtime or code generation signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
Why
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal
Signals
- text:build tool
- text:package manager
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
spago.yaml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
spago | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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 generated2026-08-03
manager version1.0.4
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:spago |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/purescript/spago |
| Repository | https://github.com/purescript/spago |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation