Install biome with Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper

Project links

• Homepage
• Repository
• Upstream docs
• Package manager page

Commands and aliases

• biome

Project history

Biome's predecessor was Rome, whose GitHub repository was created in 2020 and is now archived with the description 'Unified developer tools for JavaScript, TypeScript, and the web'. The Biome repository was created in July 2023, and the official blog includes an 'Announcing Biome' entry during that transition.

Biome shipped its CLI v1.0.0 in August 2023. The official package README describes it as the 'Toolchain of the web', with a formatter, linter, CLI, LSP/editor integration, WebAssembly playground, and a goal of unifying functions that had previously been separate tools.

The v2 line arrived in June 2025, followed by frequent 2.x releases. By the v2.5 blog post in June 2026, the project said Biome had crossed 500 lint rules and added features such as plugin code fixes, cross-file linting, watcher mode, and new formatter options.

Adoption history

Biome's adoption is visible in several official/project-backed signals: the README advertises npm, VS Code Marketplace, Open VSX, Discord, sponsorship, Open Collective, and enterprise support surfaces; the GitHub repository has tens of thousands of stars; and the input package metadata lists Homebrew, Alpine/apk, Nix, Arch/pacman, Scoop, Winget, and openSUSE/zypper.

It grew by addressing a common package-manager pain point in web projects: replacing formatter, linter, import organization, diagnostics, and editor wiring with one fast native binary and one configuration model.

How it is used

The README documents package usage through `npm install --save-dev --save-exact @biomejs/biome`, then commands such as `biome format --write`, `biome lint --write`, `biome check --write`, and `biome ci`. It also notes an online WebAssembly playground and first-class LSP/editor usage.

Biome is commonly used as a project-local development dependency in JavaScript and TypeScript repos, but package managers such as Homebrew make the standalone CLI convenient for editor integrations, monorepo tooling, and system-level developer setups.

Why package nerds care

Biome is package-nerd significant because it is part of the post-Node-script era of JavaScript tooling: a single native binary, written in Rust, distributed through npm and OS package managers, doing work that historically meant wiring together Prettier, ESLint, typescript-eslint, import tools, JSON formatters, and editor plugins.

It also carries the Rome lineage without requiring users to care about that history. For maintainers and package curators, Biome is the rare web tool that wants to be both npm-native and distro-friendly: fast executable, clear releases, editor extensions, configuration docs, and no requirement that Node.js be present for manual installation.

Timeline

• 2020: Rome tools repository created.
• 2023: biomejs/biome repository created.
• 2023: Biome CLI v1.0.0 released.
• 2024: Biome v1.5 and v1.6 releases continued the stable CLI line.
• 2025: Biome CLI v2.0.0 released.
• 2026: Biome v2.5 blog announced more than 500 lint rules.

Related projects

• Biome is historically related to Rome and functionally related to Prettier, ESLint, typescript-eslint, JSON/CSS/GraphQL formatters, language-server tooling, and editor extensions for VS Code, Open VSX-compatible editors, and JetBrains IDEs.
• The project also absorbed GritQL under the Biome organization, using it as a plugin language according to the official Biome blog.

Sources

• https://biomejs.dev/blog/announcing-biome/
• https://biomejs.dev/blog/biome-v2-5/
• https://github.com/biomejs/biome
• https://github.com/biomejs/biome/releases
• https://github.com/rome/tools
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/biomejs/biome/main/packages/%40biomejs/biome/README.md
• source_facts.package-manager