haskell/cabal

Official upstream development repository for Cabal and cabal-install observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/haskell/cabal · homepage · Haskell · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

89/100

Activity 99
Release rhythm 71
Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: 108
age_days: 5284
days_rel: 35
days_push: 7
n_releases_24m: 6

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1745 stars · 747 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Cabal is the official build and packaging system for Haskell, comprising the Cabal library, the .cabal file format specification, and the cabal-install tool. It handles building Haskell projects, resolving dependencies from Hackage, and distributing packages in a portable way.

Use cases

build and package a Haskell library or application
manage Haskell project dependencies from Hackage
initialize a new Haskell project with cabal init
resolve version constraints for Haskell packages
install Haskell packages from Hackage
define portable build metadata in .cabal files

When to choose

you are developing any Haskell project and need a standard build tool
you want dependency resolution and package installation from Hackage
you need a portable, spec-driven packaging format for Haskell libraries

When to avoid

you prefer Stack's curated snapshot workflows for reproducible builds
you are not working with Haskell or GHC
you need a general-purpose build system for non-Haskell languages

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

build-tool package-manager cli developer-tools developer-tools programming-languages windows cli cross-platform haskell cabal hackage package-management build-system dependency-solver command-line automation linux macos

3 sources

readme: https://github.com/haskell/cabal · fetched 2026-08-28 · b23ff42f6bc8
homepage: https://haskell.org/cabal · fetched 2026-08-29 · 00e16bd2b135
site_page: https://www.haskell.org/cabal/FAQ.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · f1f606a0fbf9

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
haskell/cabal	main	89

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