# Install saxon

XSLT and XQuery processor. Version 13.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:saxon
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install saxon
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install saxon
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:saxon
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/saxon>
- **Version:** 13.0
- **Source summary:** XSLT and XQuery processor
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Saxonica/Saxon-HE>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Saxonica/Saxon-HE>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/Saxonica/Saxon-HE#readme>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause AND MIT AND MPL-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/Saxonica/Saxon-HE/releases/download/SaxonHE13-0/SaxonHE13-0J.zip>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-29T21:00:02Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- gizmo (cli)
- saxon (cli)
- gizmo (alias)
- saxon (alias)

## Dependencies

- openjdk

## Install Behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 13.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-29
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/Saxonica/Saxon-HE
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## 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:** saxon
- **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

- MacPorts - saxon: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/saxon/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
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- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph