gauche ☆

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Description:
R7RS Scheme implementation, developed to be a handy script interpreter

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: scheme programming-language r7rs scripting ffi

Install: brew install gauche

About:
Gauche is an R7RS Scheme implementation designed as a robust, embeddable scripting language for applications. It provides a comprehensive set of standard libraries and native C interface, making it ideal for rapid prototyping and extending C-based software.

Key Features:

R7RS (Scheme) standards compliant
Native C/C++ foreign function interface (FFI)
Rich standard library including OOP, threads, and networking
Fast startup time for scripting tasks

Use Cases:

Rapid prototyping of system utilities
Scripting and automation within C applications
Learning and teaching computer science concepts

Alternatives:

Chicken Scheme – Chicken focuses on generating small C code, while Gauche emphasizes a rich standard library and embeddability.
Guile – Guile is the GNU extension language, whereas Gauche is lighter weight and prioritizes R7RS compliance.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 26, 2023 7:57pm		3	VERSION_BUMP	b110e923