inko ☆
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Description:
Safe and concurrent object-oriented programming language
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: programming-language concurrency rust compiler development
Install: brew install inko
About:
Inko is a statically-typed programming language designed for building concurrent applications with memory safety. It uses a unique actor model combined with an ahead-of-time compiler to manage memory and isolate processes, eliminating the need for a garbage collector. This approach allows developers to write efficient, multi-threaded code without the complexity of locks or data races.
Key Features:
  • Memory safety without garbage collection
  • Actor-based concurrency model
  • Ahead-of-time compilation to machine code
  • Static type system with type inference
Use Cases:
  • Building high-performance concurrent network services
  • Developing system-level applications requiring safe parallelism
  • Creating reliable multi-threaded software
Alternatives:
  • Rust – Rust offers similar safety guarantees but uses a borrow checker, whereas Inko uses an actor model and reference counting.
  • Go – Go provides simpler concurrency via goroutines but relies on a garbage collector, unlike Inko's deterministic memory management.
Version History
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Sep 18, 2025 11:01pm 0 VERSION_BUMP ed508162
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Oct 29, 2024 6:38pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 672b3102
Oct 28, 2024 11:26pm 0 VERSION_BUMP aed30a94
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Sep 29, 2024 1:46pm 1 VERSION_BUMP 8dec23ee
Sep 14, 2024 9:04am 0 VERSION_BUMP db66f44e
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