alloy-analyzer ☆

« Back to VersTracker

Description:
Open-source language and analyzer for software modeling

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 6.2.0@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | @alloytools | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: modeling formal-verification sat-solver software-design analysis

Install: brew install alloy-analyzer

About:
Alloy Analyzer is a declarative modeling language and analysis tool for software design. It enables you to model complex structures and constraints, and automatically finds counterexamples using a SAT solver. This helps developers discover flaws in their designs before writing any code.

Key Features:

Declarative relational modeling language
Automatic counterexample generation using SAT solvers
Interactive visualization of models and their execution
Extensible with custom Java functions and modules

Use Cases:

Designing and verifying complex software architectures
Modeling and analyzing security policies and access control
Validating data models and database schemas
Exploring and debugging concurrent and distributed systems

Alternatives:

TLA+ Toolbox – TLA+ is focused on temporal logic for concurrent and distributed systems, while Alloy is based on relational logic and first-order modeling.
Z3 Theorem Prover – Z3 is a general-purpose constraint solver requiring more manual setup, whereas Alloy provides a specialized language and IDE for relational modeling.

License: Apache-2.0

Dependencies: openjdk

Bottles available for: all

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit