macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install dcdlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install dcdMacPorts ports tree · net/dcd/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install dcd with Homebrew, MacPorts, pacman
Auto-complete program for the D programming language. Version 0.16.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S dcdArch Linux sync databases · dcd · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
overview
Package summary
Auto-complete program for the D programming language
Project links
Commands and aliases
- dcd-client
- dcd-server
history
Project history and usage
DCD, the D Completion Daemon, is an autocomplete program for the D programming language. Its README positions it as editor infrastructure rather than an IDE: a server caches imported files and computes completion data, while a client is called by editor integrations or the command line.
Project history
The official GitHub repository was created in 2013 under the D language community organization. The README documents a client/server design, Unix-domain socket defaults on Unix-like systems, TCP socket support, and setup paths through Homebrew, source builds, or Dub.
Adoption history
DCD sits in the era before language-server-protocol tooling fully standardized editor integration. Its adoption came through editor scripts and plugins for D programmers, with the README pointing users to a wiki page for IDE and editor support and the input package facts showing availability in Homebrew, MacPorts, and Arch packaging.
How it is used
Package users install DCD to give lightweight editors D-aware completion, call tips, symbol locations, and import completion without installing a full IDE. The server process is started before editing, and editor plugins usually invoke dcd-client on source buffers.
Why package nerds care
DCD is a classic small-language tooling package: two command-line programs, a daemon protocol, editor hooks, and a package-manager install path. It matters to package nerds because it shows how autocomplete tooling was distributed before every language tool became an LSP server.
Timeline
- 2013: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2010s: README documents Homebrew, Git/Make, and Dub installation paths.
- 2025: Official GitHub API metadata shows repository activity continuing into December 2025.
Related projects
- The README points IDE users to D editor integrations; in the wider D ecosystem, Dub and D compilers provide the build/runtime context that DCD expects.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: yellow
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal.
Risk classifier
yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
Signals
- text:client,server
- text:programming language
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
dcd-client | cli | global executable | |
dcd-server | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.16.2
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/dlang-community/DCD
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/dlang-community/DCDnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:dcd |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.16.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dcd |
| Homepage | https://github.com/dlang-community/DCD |
| Repository | https://github.com/dlang-community/DCD |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/dlang-community/DCD#readme |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/dlang-community/DCD.git |
| Build dependencies | ldc |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | dcd |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
pacman95%
dcd 1:0.16.2-1
D Completion Daemon: auto-complete for the D programming language
https://github.com/dlang-community/DCD
sudo pacman -S dcd- License: GPL-3.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dcd
MacPorts95%
dcd
sudo port install dcd- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dcd
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment