# Install isort

Sort Python imports automatically. Version 8.0.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:isort
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install isort
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install isort
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: isort from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#isort
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:isort
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/isort>
- **Version:** 8.0.1
- **Source summary:** Sort Python imports automatically
- **Homepage:** <https://pycqa.github.io/isort/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/PyCQA/isort>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/PyCQA/isort#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ef/7c/ec4ab396d31b3b395e2e999c8f46dec78c5e29209fac49d1f4dace04041d/isort-8.0.1.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- isort (cli)
- isort-identify-imports (cli)
- isort (alias)
- isort-identify-imports (alias)

## Dependencies

- python@3.14

## Install Behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 8.0.1
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://pycqa.github.io/isort/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- 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:** isort
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - isort - 6.0.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: isort from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | utility for sorting Python imports | https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
- Debian apt - python3-isort - 6.0.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-isort from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | library for sorting Python imports (Python 3) | https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
- Nix - isort: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/is/isort/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - isort - 5.6.4-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: isort from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | utility for sorting Python imports | https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort
- Ubuntu apt - python3-isort - 5.6.4-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-isort from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | library for sorting Python imports (Python 3) | https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort


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- cross-ecosystem install command graph
