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nqp

Not Quite Perl

About nqp

Not Quite Perl

This project links 9 native package records across 6 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

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Alpine Linux 3.21: 2 package records; Alpine Linux 3.22: 2 package records; Alpine Linux 3.23: 2 package records; Fedora 43: 1 package records; Fedora 44: 1 package records; openSUSE Leap 15.6: 1 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.nqp: recorded package coverageAlpine Linux 3.212 recordsAlpine Linux 3.222 recordsAlpine Linux 3.232 recordsFedora 431 recordsFedora 441 recordsopenSUSE Leap 15.61 records
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Project identity

Project
nqp
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
9
Operating systems
alpine-linux-3-21, alpine-linux-3-22, alpine-linux-3-23, fedora-43, fedora-44, opensuse-leap-15-6
License expression
Artistic-2.0
Metadata completeness
70/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
Visit upstream site
Source repository
Open source repository

Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

This is "Not Quite Perl" -- a lightweight Raku-like environment for virtual machines. The key feature of NQP is that it's designed to be a very small environment (as compared with, say, raku or Rakudo) and is focused on being a high-level way to create compilers and libraries for virtual machines like MoarVM, the JVM, and others. Unlike a full-fledged implementation of Raku, NQP strives to have as small a runtime footprint as it can, while still providing a Raku object model and regular expression engine for the virtual machine.

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Packages by operating system

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Alpine Linux 3.21

  1. nqp

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source nqp

    2024.09-r0

    Not Quite Perl

    aarch64x86_64v3.21
  2. nqp-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source nqp

    2024.09-r0

    Not Quite Perl (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.21

Alpine Linux 3.22

  1. nqp

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source nqp

    2025.05-r0

    Not Quite Perl

    aarch64x86_64v3.22
  2. nqp-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source nqp

    2025.05-r0

    Not Quite Perl (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.22

Alpine Linux 3.23

  1. nqp

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source nqp

    2025.11-r0

    Not Quite Perl

    aarch64x86_64v3.23
  2. nqp-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source nqp

    2025.11-r0

    Not Quite Perl (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.23

Fedora 43

  1. nqp

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source nqp

    2026.06-1.fc43

    Perl 6 compiler implementation that runs on MoarVM

    aarch64x86_6443

Fedora 44

  1. nqp

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source nqp

    2026.06-1.fc44

    Perl 6 compiler implementation that runs on MoarVM

    aarch64x86_6444

openSUSE Leap 15.6

  1. nqp

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Development/Languages/Other / source nqp

    2022.07-bp156.2.44

    Not Quite Perl

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-15.6

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