# Install compiledb with Homebrew, Nix Generate a Clang compilation database for Make-based build systems. Version 0.10.7 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:compiledb ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install compiledb ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#compiledb ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/compiledb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:compiledb - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.10.7 - **Source summary:** Generate a Clang compilation database for Make-based build systems - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - compiledb (cli) - compiledb (alias) ## Dependencies - python@3.14 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.10.7 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/nickdiego/compiledb - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage compiledb is a Python CLI for generating Clang JSON compilation databases for GNU Make-based build systems. ### Project history The official README says compiledb was written to index Android Open Source Project modules after the author found existing tools unsatisfactory. It reworked ideas from YCM-Generator and aimed to produce `compile_commands.json` quickly without always requiring a clean build, using Make dry-run and keep-going behavior to extract compile commands. ### Adoption history PyPI records public compiledb releases starting in 2018. The Homebrew input records both Homebrew and Nix packaging, reflecting its role as a small command-line bridge between traditional Make projects and Clang-aware editor or language-server tooling. ### How it is used compiledb can wrap `make`, parse build logs or stdin, and write Clang's `compile_commands.json` in arguments-list or command-string form. Its main audience is non-CMake projects that still want editor indexing, static analysis, or language-server support. ### Why package nerds care The package is significant because `compile_commands.json` became a de facto interchange file for C and C++ tooling. compiledb gives Make-based projects a lightweight way to participate in that ecosystem without migrating their build system. ### Timeline - 2018: PyPI records the first public compiledb release. - 2025: PyPI and GitHub releases record 0.10.x releases. ### Related projects - compiledb is related to Clang's JSON Compilation Database format, Bear, YCM-Generator, cquery, ccls, and editor tooling such as YouCompleteMe. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** compiledb - **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 - compiledb: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/compiledb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [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. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [colormake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/colormake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools, make. - [bmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bmake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools, make. - [ccache](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ccache/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, clang, cli, developer-tools. - [clang-build-analyzer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clang-build-analyzer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, clang, cli, developer-tools. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools, make. - [crosstool-ng](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/crosstool-ng/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools. - [fobis](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fobis/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools, python. - [fypp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fypp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-tools, cli, developer-tools, python. - [distcc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/distcc/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: build, build-tools, cli, compilation, developer. - [python-build](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-build/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: build, build-tools, cli, developer, developer-tools. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/compiledb.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/compiledb.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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