# Install pygments

Generic syntax highlighter. Version 2.20.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-03-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pygments
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pygments
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install python-pygments-doc
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install python3-pygments
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-pygments from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S python-pygments
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: python-pygments from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:pygments
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pygments>
- **Version:** 2.20.0
- **Source summary:** Generic syntax highlighter
- **Homepage:** <https://pygments.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pygments/pygments>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://pygments.org/docs>
- **License:** BSD-2-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c3/b2/bc9c9196916376152d655522fdcebac55e66de6603a76a02bca1b6414f6c/pygments-2.20.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-29T15:18:44Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- pygmentize (cli)
- pygmentize (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: 2.20.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-03-29
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://pygments.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:** pygments
- **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 - python-pygments-doc - 2.18.0+dfsg-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python-pygments-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | documentation for the Pygments | https://pygments.org/
- Debian apt - python3-pygments - 2.18.0+dfsg-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-pygments from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | syntax highlighting package written in Python 3 | https://pygments.org/
- Ubuntu apt - python-pygments-doc - 2.17.2+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python-pygments-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | documentation for the Pygments | https://pygments.org/
- Ubuntu apt - python3-pygments - 2.17.2+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-pygments from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | syntax highlighting package written in Python 3 | https://pygments.org/
- dnf - python3-pygments - 2.20.0-1.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-pygments from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Syntax highlighting engine written in Python | https://pygments.org/
- pacman - python-pygments - 2.20.0-1: installed executable or alias match | Arch Linux sync databases: python-pygments from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Python syntax highlighter | https://pygments.org/


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- [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
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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
