# Install cspell

Spell checker for code. Version 10.0.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-01.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:cspell
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cspell
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#cspell
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cs/cspell/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:cspell
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cspell>
- **Version:** 10.0.1
- **Source summary:** Spell checker for code
- **Homepage:** <https://cspell.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/streetsidesoftware/cspell>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://cspell.org/docs>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/cspell/-/cspell-10.0.1.tgz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-01T13:13:33Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- cspell (cli)
- cspell (alias)

## Dependencies

- node

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 10.0.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-01
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://cspell.org
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** cspell
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cspell: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cs/cspell/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related Links

- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [node](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pyspelling](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pyspelling/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, quality, spell-checker.
- [pre-commit](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pre-commit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools, linting.
- [typos-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/typos-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools, spell-checker.
- [codespell](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/codespell/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools, linting.
- [flake8](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/flake8/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools, linting.
- [precious](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/precious/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools, linting.
- [checkstyle](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/checkstyle/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools, linting.
- [hlint](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/hlint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools, linting.
- [cspell](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/npm/cspell/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: checker, code, cspell, spell.
- [codebook-lsp](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/codebook-lsp/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: checker, cli, code, code-quality, developer.
- [cspell](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/npm/cspell/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph