# Install ast-grep with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Code searching, linting, rewriting. Version 0.44.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-04. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ast-grep ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ast-grep ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install ast-grep ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/ast-grep/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add ast-grep ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ast-grep from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#ast-grep ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/as/ast-grep/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S ast-grep ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: ast-grep from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install ast-grep ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ast-grep from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/ast-grep ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ast-grep.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id ast-grep.ast-grep -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: ast-grep.ast-grep from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ast-grep - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.44.1 - **Source summary:** Code searching, linting, rewriting - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-04T14:40:32Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - ast-grep (cli) - sg (cli) - ast-grep (alias) - sg (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## 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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.44.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-04 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ast-grep/ast-grep - Upstream latest detected: 0.44.1 (current) ## Project history and usage ast-grep is a Rust command-line tool for structural code search, linting, and rewriting. It combines a grep-like user experience with tree-sitter-backed abstract syntax tree matching, so patterns are written as code snippets rather than as only text regular expressions. ### Project history The ast-grep repository was created in 2022 and the official docs carry a 2022-present copyright. The README presents the tool as ast-grep or sg, with a core algorithm that searches and rewrites code using tree-sitter-produced ASTs. The project expanded beyond one-off search into project configuration, YAML lint rules, transformations, rewriters, custom languages, language injections, editor integrations, JavaScript and Python APIs, and a browser playground. The official sgconfig documentation positions sgconfig.yml as the root configuration file for multi-rule scans, similar in role to tsconfig.json or ESLint configuration. ### Adoption history ast-grep was packaged early across developer ecosystems rather than through a single language channel. The official README lists npm, pip, cargo, cargo-binstall, Homebrew, Scoop, mise, MacPorts, Nix shell, and source builds, while the supplied package facts add Alpine, Arch, winget, zypper, and Nix availability. The tool gained attention because it serves several audiences with one binary: maintainers doing codemods for breaking changes, teams enforcing project-specific static rules, and security researchers writing structural queries faster than full compiler plugins. ### How it is used The simplest usage is a command such as ast-grep --pattern ... --rewrite ... --lang ts. Larger projects add sgconfig.yml at the project root, define ruleDirs, and run scan; ast-grep discovers sgconfig.yml by walking up from the working directory, and can also use a home-directory sgconfig.yml for global configuration. ### Why package nerds care ast-grep is significant because it occupies the middle ground between grep, semgrep-style structural search, ESLint-style linting, and codemod frameworks. Package maintainers care because it ships as a native Rust CLI but is distributed through npm, pip, cargo, Homebrew, and OS package managers, which makes binary packaging, completions, and config discovery part of the user experience. ### Timeline - 2022: ast-grep/ast-grep repository created on GitHub. - 2022-present: Official docs copyright period begins. - 2020s: README documents installation via npm, pip, cargo, Homebrew, Scoop, mise, MacPorts, Nix shell, and source builds. - 2026: GitHub metadata showed active development and a large star/fork footprint for a developer-tool CLI. ### Related projects - tree-sitter supplies the parsing foundation for ast-grep's AST matching. - ESLint and tsconfig.json are referenced by the docs as familiar configuration analogies. - semgrep, codemod tools, ripgrep/grep, and language-specific linters occupy adjacent search, rewrite, and policy-enforcement space, though the official sources emphasize ast-grep's code-pattern syntax and tree-sitter core. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ast-grep. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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 - Unix: ./sgconfig.yml, ~/sgconfig.yml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ast-grep - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - ast-grep: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/as/ast-grep/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - ast-grep - 0.28.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ast-grep from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A CLI tool for code structural search, lint and rewriting | https://github.com/ast-grep/ast-grep - apk - ast-grep-bash-completion - 0.28.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ast-grep-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for ast-grep | https://github.com/ast-grep/ast-grep - apk - ast-grep-fish-completion - 0.28.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ast-grep-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for ast-grep | https://github.com/ast-grep/ast-grep - apk - ast-grep-zsh-completion - 0.28.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ast-grep-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for ast-grep | https://github.com/ast-grep/ast-grep - pacman - ast-grep - 0.43.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: ast-grep from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | CLI tool for code structural search, lint and rewriting | https://ast-grep.github.io/ - zypper - ast-grep - 0.43.0-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ast-grep from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A CLI tool for code structural search, lint and rewriting | https://ast-grep.github.io/ - MacPorts - ast-grep: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/ast-grep/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/ast-grep: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ast-grep.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - ast-grep.ast-grep: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: ast-grep.ast-grep from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ack](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ack/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-search, developer-tools. - [astgen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/astgen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ast, cli, developer-tools. - [castxml](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/castxml/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ast, cli, developer-tools. - [cgrep](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cgrep/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-search, developer-tools. - [cgvg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cgvg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-search, developer-tools. - [codequery](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/codequery/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-search, developer-tools. - [comby](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/comby/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-search, developer-tools. - [cscope](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cscope/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-search, developer-tools. - [ast-grep](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/ast-grep/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: ast, ast-grep, code, grep. - [ast-grep](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/ast-grep/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ast-grep.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ast-grep.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph