macOS
Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install noweblocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install nowebMacPorts ports tree · devel/noweb/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com
安装
其他安装命令
Linux
Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#nowebnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/no/noweb/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com
概览
软件包摘要
WEB-like literate-programming tool
历史
项目历史与用法
noweb is Norman Ramsey's language-independent literate-programming tool. It was designed as a simpler, extensible alternative to WEB-style systems: the homepage emphasizes five control sequences, a four-page manual, and back ends for TeX, LaTeX, HTML, and troff.
The project is historically important even though modern package-manager usage is tiny. Ramsey's homepage says noweb has been used for thirty-five years at universities and industrial sites and for tens of thousands of lines of code in languages including awk, C, C++, Haskell, Icon, Modula-3, OCaml, Perl, Promela, R, Turing, and Standard ML.
项目历史
The Hacker's Guide is dated September 1992, with revisions in August 1994 and December 1997. Ramsey's 1994 IEEE Software article 'Literate programming simplified' and the October 1997 Linux Journal article introduced the tool and its approach to a broader audience.
noweb's core idea is a pipeline. The Hacker's Guide describes how every tool begins with a noweb source file, transforms it through simple stages, and then emits code through notangle or documentation through noweave. That architecture let users add behavior by inserting pipeline stages rather than recompiling the tool.
The homepage notes that in 2018 Ramsey released version 2.12 and put noweb on GitHub. GitHub releases later list v2_12 in 2023 and v2_13 in 2023; Homebrew packages version 2.13.
采用历史
noweb's adoption was strongest in academic and research programming circles that valued literate programming across multiple languages. The homepage links a maintained user/project list, example programs, a postcard gallery online since April 1998, and LyX support since March 1999.
Homebrew's formula API reported only 49 install-on-request events in its 365-day analytics window. That does not erase the project's historical footprint; it shows that noweb is mostly legacy, archival, academic, or enthusiast infrastructure in modern macOS package usage.
使用方式
Users write source in noweb chunks, run notangle to extract compilable code, and run noweave to generate human-readable documentation. The tool intentionally avoids language-specific prettyprinting, trading that feature away for language independence and a small syntax.
Package nerds value noweb because it is old, portable, and inspectable. It ships a cluster of Unix-style tools such as notangle, noweave, noindex, noroots, nodefs, and noweb itself, making it a small literate-programming toolkit rather than a single renderer.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
noweb is a landmark in literate-programming tooling: less famous than WEB/CWEB, but influential because it made literate programming language-neutral and Unix-pipeline friendly. Its modern package presence is low, but its design remains a reference point for simple documentation/code extraction systems.
时间线
- 1992-09: Noweb Hacker's Guide dated September 1992.
- 1994-09: Ramsey's 'Literate programming simplified' published in IEEE Software.
- 1997-10: Linux Journal article on literate programming using noweb published.
- 1999-03: LyX support for noweb noted on the noweb homepage.
- 2018-06-28: homepage states version 2.12 was the supported 2.x version and that the project had been put on GitHub.
- 2023-08-11: GitHub release v2_13 published.
Related projects
- WEB
- CWEB
- nuweb
- LyX
- Pretzel
来源
安全态势
风险级别：绿色
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
风险分类器
绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance
原因
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
信号
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
安装行为
- 未记录 Homebrew bottle 元数据。
建议审查
在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
cpif | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
htmltoc | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
nodefs | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
noindex | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
noroff | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
noroots | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
notangle | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
nountangle | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
noweave | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
noweb | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
nuweb2noweb | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
sl2h | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
新鲜度
版本和新鲜度
这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。
页面生成时间2026-08-03
管理器版本2.13
管理器更新时间2026-06-14
本地数据未知
上游不可用
检测到的最新版本未检测到
- OK没有生成新鲜度警告。
安装元数据
软件包元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:noweb |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 2.13 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 主页 | https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/noweb/ |
| 仓库 | https://github.com/nrnrnr/noweb |
| 最后更新 | 2026-06-14T14:47:57+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | 未记录 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
源数据库匹配
其他软件包管理器记录
匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。
Debian apt95%
noweb 2.13-2
WEB-like literate-programming tool
https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/noweb
sudo apt install noweb- Section: devel
- Architecture: amd64
- 4 依赖
- 1 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Noweb
Nix95%
noweb
nix profile install nixpkgs#noweb- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Noweb
Ubuntu apt95%
noweb 2.12-4
WEB-like literate-programming tool
https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/noweb
sudo apt install noweb- Section: universe/devel
- Architecture: amd64
- 4 依赖
- 1 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Noweb
MacPorts95%
noweb
sudo port install noweb- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Noweb
来源线索
由仓库数据生成
此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
使用的来源
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation