# Install errcheck with Homebrew, Nix

Finds silently ignored errors in Go code. Version 1.20.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-12.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:errcheck
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install errcheck
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#errcheck
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/er/errcheck/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:errcheck
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/errcheck>
- **Version:** 1.20.0
- **Source summary:** Finds silently ignored errors in Go code
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck/archive/refs/tags/v1.20.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-12T20:52:34Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- errcheck (cli)
- errcheck (alias)

## Build dependencies

- go

## 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: 1.20.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-12
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck
- Upstream latest detected: v1.20.0 (current)

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for errcheck. 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:** errcheck
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - errcheck: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/er/errcheck/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.
- [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.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [go-critic](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-critic/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, linter, static-analysis.
- [revive](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/revive/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, linter, static-analysis.
- [staticcheck](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/staticcheck/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, linter, static-analysis.
- [dscanner](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dscanner/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis.
- [eslint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/eslint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis.
- [fortitude](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fortitude/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis.
- [ktlint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ktlint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis.
- [kube-linter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kube-linter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis.
- [swiftlint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/swiftlint/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: analysis, cli, code, developer, developer-tools.
- [statix](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/statix/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: analysis, cli, developer, developer-tools, linter.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/errcheck.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/errcheck.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph