# 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 ```sh sudo av install brew:dcd ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dcd ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install dcd ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/dcd/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S dcd ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: dcd from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dcd - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.16.2 - **Source summary:** Auto-complete program for the D programming language - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - dcd-client (cli) - dcd-server (cli) - dcd-client (alias) - dcd-server (alias) ## Build dependencies - ldc ## 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: 0.16.2 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/dlang-community/DCD - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## 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 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:** dcd - **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 - pacman - dcd - 1:0.16.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: dcd from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | D Completion Daemon: auto-complete for the D programming language | https://github.com/dlang-community/DCD - MacPorts - dcd: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/dcd/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/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. - [ldc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ldc/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [docker-compose-langserver](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docker-compose-langserver/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, language-tools. - [dtools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dtools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, dlang, language-tools. - [lua-language-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lua-language-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tool, developer-tools, language-server. - [neocmakelsp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/neocmakelsp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: autocomplete, cli, developer-tools, language-server. - [scala-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/scala-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-tools. - [solargraph](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/solargraph/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: autocomplete, cli, developer-tools, language-server. - [ansible-language-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ansible-language-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server. - [asm-lsp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/asm-lsp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server. - [sql-language-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sql-language-server/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: autocomplete, cli, developer, developer-tools, language. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dcd.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dcd.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