# Install cppinsights with Homebrew See your source code with the eyes of a compiler. Version 21.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cppinsights ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cppinsights ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cppinsights - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 21.1 - **Source summary:** See your source code with the eyes of a compiler - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:05-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - insights (cli) - insights (alias) ## Dependencies - llvm@21 ## Build dependencies - cmake ## 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: 21.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/andreasfertig/cppinsights - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage C++ Insights is a Clang-based source-to-source transformation tool that shows C++ code in a form closer to what the compiler sees. ### Project history Andreas Fertig describes the project as emerging from 2017 work on C++11, C++14, and C++17 features such as lambdas, range-based for loops, and structured bindings. The tool started with transformations for those features and grew into a broader educational compiler-visualization tool. ### Adoption history The project is distributed both as an online service at cppinsights.io and as a buildable command-line tool, which helped it become useful for teaching, talks, and local experimentation with compiler transformations. ### How it is used The packaged command is insights. Typical local usage passes a C++ file followed by compiler arguments, for example a language standard flag, so the tool can perform Clang-backed transformations with the intended compilation context. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, C++ Insights is interesting because it packages a Clang-dependent educational tool rather than a conventional compiler. Its build can be done inside or outside the LLVM/Clang source tree, and upstream documents platform-specific build considerations. ### Timeline - 2017: Fertig began the work that led to C++ Insights while exploring newer C++ language features. - 2020s: Upstream documentation continues to track newer C++ standards and Clang behavior. ### Related projects - Upstream explicitly relates the tool to Clang AST dumps and Compiler Explorer, while distinguishing C++ Insights by producing transformed C++ source rather than assembly or raw AST output. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cppinsights. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** cppinsights - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [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. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [llvm@21](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/llvm-21/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cargo-llvm-lines](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-llvm-lines/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-analysis, developer-tools. - [castxml](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/castxml/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-plus-plus, cli, code-analysis, developer-tools. - [clang-include-graph](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clang-include-graph/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-analysis, developer-tools. - [clang-uml](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clang-uml/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-analysis, developer-tools. - [cloc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cloc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-analysis, developer-tools. - [fallow](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fallow/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-analysis, developer-tools. - [loc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/loc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-analysis, developer-tools. - [ohcount](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ohcount/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-analysis, developer-tools. - [creduce](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/creduce/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: c-plus-plus, cli, compiler, developer, developer-tools. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cppinsights.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cppinsights.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph