Racket Package Manager
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The facts
Each one read from Racket Package Manager's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Command line
- The raco pkg command provides package-management subcommands, and the graphical interface allows the same operations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Compatibility limit
- Compiled bytecode in a binary package is specific to a Racket version, and the package source may be less immediately accessible to programmers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- During installation, raco pkg can prompt to install missing dependencies or install them automatically with the --auto option.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Dependency resolution
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Find packages
- The PLT package catalog provides a centralized listing of available Racket packages.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Git integration
- The documentation describes deploying packages from GitHub and says other Git repository services, including GitLab and Bitbucket, can work when their servers support HTTP(S) or native Git.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Git integrations
- GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket repositories can serve as package sources when the repository server supports HTTP(S) or the native Git protocol.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Graphical interface
- The package manager has a graphical interface accessible through DrRacket’s File menu or through the gui-pkg-manager application.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Install sources
- Packages can be installed from a catalog name, a zip or tar file, a Git repository, or other package sources.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The package manager is for Racket users who install libraries and for package authors who publish them for other programmers to find.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Interfaces
- Package management is available through a graphical interface and the raco pkg command-line tool.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Minimal distribution
- Minimal Racket includes enough of Racket to use raco pkg to install additional packages.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Offline installation
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Package authoring
- The raco pkg tool can create a package skeleton, archive packages, and support package deployment.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Package formats
- Packages can provide source, compiled bytecode, rendered documentation, or combinations of source and compiled elements.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Package publishing
- To list a package in the PLT catalog, a publisher must create an account and log in; the catalog periodically checks the designated source for updates.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Package removal limit
- The raco pkg remove command will not remove a package that other installed packages depend on unless removal is forced.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- The package manager installs libraries and collections, and the package catalog helps Racket programmers find libraries.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Scopes
- Packages can be installed in user-specific or installation-wide scopes, and the default setup is generally user- and Racket-installation-specific.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The documentation describes package checksums for identifying implementations; its future-plans page says public-key encryption for catalog information would be desirable.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported systems
- Racket installers are listed for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux, with several processor architectures available.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported desktop platforms
- The download page lists installers for Windows x64 and Arm, Mac OS Intel and Apple Silicon, and several Linux architectures.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Windows,macOS,Linuxchecked 21 Sep 2026
