# Install lefthook

Fast and powerful Git hooks manager for any type of projects. Version 2.1.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:lefthook
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install lefthook
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install lefthook
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/lefthook/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add lefthook
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lefthook from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#lefthook
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/lefthook
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/lefthook.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id evilmartians.lefthook -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: evilmartians.lefthook from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:lefthook
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lefthook>
- **Version:** 2.1.9
- **Source summary:** Fast and powerful Git hooks manager for any type of projects
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/evilmartians/lefthook>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/evilmartians/lefthook>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://lefthook.dev/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/archive/refs/tags/v2.1.9.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-29T09:11:57Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- lefthook (cli)
- lefthook (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- go

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2.1.9
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-29
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/evilmartians/lefthook
- Upstream latest detected: v2.1.9 (current)

## Sicherheitshinweise

no executable entrypoint in the package index.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- no executable entrypoint in the package index

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** lefthook
- **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

- Nix - lefthook: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/le/lefthook/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - lefthook - 2.1.4-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lefthook from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fast and powerful Git hooks manager | https://github.com/evilmartians/lefthook
- apk - lefthook-doc - 2.1.4-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lefthook-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fast and powerful Git hooks manager (documentation) | https://github.com/evilmartians/lefthook
- MacPorts - lefthook: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/lefthook/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/lefthook: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/lefthook.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - evilmartians.lefthook: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: evilmartians.lefthook from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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## 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