# Install lit

Portable tool for LLVM- and Clang-style test suites. Version 18.1.8 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:lit
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install lit
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#lit
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: lit from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install python311-lit
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python311-lit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:lit
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lit>
- **Version:** 18.1.8
- **Source summary:** Portable tool for LLVM- and Clang-style test suites
- **Homepage:** <https://llvm.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://llvm.org/docs/CommandGuide/lit.html>
- **License:** Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
- **Source archive:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/47/b4/d7e210971494db7b9a9ac48ff37dfa59a8b14c773f9cf47e6bda58411c0d/lit-18.1.8.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- lit (cli)
- lit (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: 18.1.8
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://llvm.org
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## セキュリティノート

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:** lit
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Conflicts With:** luvit
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - lit: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: lit from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- zypper - python311-lit - 18.1.8-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python311-lit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | A portable tool for executing test suites | http://llvm.org/cmds/lit.html
- zypper - python313-lit - 18.1.8-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python313-lit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | A portable tool for executing test suites | http://llvm.org/cmds/lit.html
- zypper - python314-lit - 18.1.8-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python314-lit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | A portable tool for executing test suites | http://llvm.org/cmds/lit.html


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- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
