macOS
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kin mit Homebrew installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für kin in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
Weitere Installationsbefehle
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
Sane PBXProj files
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- kin
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
Kin is a small command-line syntax checker for Xcode project.pbxproj files. Its README frames the tool around a familiar iOS/macOS team problem: broken Xcode projects after merges.
Projektgeschichte
Kin was built as a minimal parser-backed checker rather than a full Xcode project editor. The project uses ANTLR 4 to generate the pbxproj parser and keeps a thin command-line layer around that grammar.
The repository's license block is dated 2023, and GitHub listed 30 releases with version 2.1.14 published on 2025-05-08. That points to a maintained niche tool rather than a one-off gist.
Adoptionsgeschichte
Kin's adoption is narrow but real: the GitHub repository showed about 1.1k stars, Homebrew installation is documented in the README, and the package is available as a Homebrew formula in this batch.
The README also names flycheck-pbxproj as an editor integration, showing that Kin's parser work became useful beyond one direct CLI invocation.
Wie es verwendet wird
Users run kin from an Xcode project directory and let it auto-detect project.pbxproj, or pass a project.pbxproj path explicitly. A successful parse prints CORRECT; parse failures return a line and grammar error.
It is most useful in pre-commit hooks, CI checks, and merge-conflict recovery for teams that store Xcode project files in Git.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
Kin is package-nerd interesting because it turns an opaque Apple project-file grammar into a tiny reproducible CLI check. It is not a broad developer platform, but it solves one painful file-format failure mode in a scriptable way.
The package also shows why Homebrew carries niche tools: if a project.pbxproj merge breaks a build, a small parser utility can save more time than a much larger IDE plugin.
Zeitleiste
- 2023: The repository license block credits Serchinastico.
- 2025: GitHub listed Kin 2.1.14 as a release dated 2025-05-08.
- 2026: The README documented pipx, easy_install, and Homebrew installation paths.
Related projects
- ANTLR 4 is the parser generator used by Kin.
- Xcode project.pbxproj files are the target file format.
- flycheck-pbxproj is the Emacs integration named by the README.
Quellen
Sicherheitslage
Risikostufe: grün
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risikoklassifikator
grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance
Warum
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signale
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Installationsverhalten
- In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
- Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 1 Plattformziele verfügbar.
- Installiert mit 1 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
Empfohlene Prüfung
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local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- macOS
*.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
kin | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
Version und Aktualität
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Seite generiert2026-07-26
Manager-Version2.1.15
Manager aktualisiert2026-07-15
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt
https://github.com/Serchinastico/Kin
- InfoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/Serchinastico/Kinnone Konfidenz
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:kin |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.1.15 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kin |
| Homepage | https://github.com/Serchinastico/Kin |
| Repository | https://github.com/Serchinastico/Kin |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/Serchinastico/Kin#readme |
| Lizenz | Apache-2.0 |
| Quellarchiv | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f7/2d/d4d20d47503442712758f31215f1d38a67910babd3fb2a4ff02deb4fad53/kin-2.1.15.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-07-15T15:58:29Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Abhängigkeiten | python@3.14 |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf all) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
Details aus der Quelldatenbank
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | kin |
| 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 |
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Quellspur
Aus Repository-Daten generiert
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Verwendete Quellen
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
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- package-page enrichment