# Install eslint_d with Homebrew, Nix, pacman Speed up eslint to accelerate your development workflow. Version 15.0.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:eslint_d ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install eslint_d ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#eslint_d ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/es/eslint_d/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S eslint_d ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: eslint_d from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:eslint_d - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 15.0.2 - **Source summary:** Speed up eslint to accelerate your development workflow - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - eslint_d (cli) - eslint_d (alias) ## Dependencies - node ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Service: declared - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 15.0.2 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/mantoni/eslint_d.js - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage eslint_d is a daemonized wrapper around ESLint that keeps an ESLint server process alive so repeated lint runs from editors and shells avoid much of Node.js startup and module-loading cost. ### Project history The npm package was first published in 2015, shortly after ESLint 1.0.0, and its upstream README still presents it as a workflow accelerator rather than a replacement linter. It supports multiple ESLint generations and forwards normal ESLint arguments to a background server. ### Adoption history eslint_d found its niche in editor-driven JavaScript development, especially Vim, Neovim, Emacs, and other environments where a linter may be invoked repeatedly for a single buffer. The README documents integrations for editor linting packages and notes that some editors already cache ESLint themselves. ### How it is used Users install `eslint_d`, run it as a drop-in `eslint` replacement, and let it start, stop, or restart the daemon automatically. It can use the local project ESLint package, fall back to a bundled ESLint, report daemon status, and provide an extra `--fix-to-stdout` option for editor save hooks. ### Why package nerds care Its significance is mostly ergonomic: it is a small package-manager-era workaround for the cost of repeatedly starting a large JavaScript toolchain. Package nerds care because it shows how wrapper commands, local dependency resolution, daemon files, and editor integrations can change perceived tool speed without changing the underlying linter. ### Timeline - 2015: eslint_d first published to npm. - 2024: v14.2.0 adds documented debug mode. - 2026: v15.x line supports modern ESLint and Node.js versions. ### Related projects - eslint_d is directly tied to ESLint and overlaps in use with editor integrations that cache ESLint processes internally. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - formula declares a Homebrew service ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** eslint_d - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - eslint_d: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/es/eslint_d/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - eslint_d - 15.0.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: eslint_d from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Makes eslint the fastest linter on the planet. | https://github.com/mantoni/eslint_d.js ## 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. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [eslint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/eslint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, javascript, linter, static-analysis. - [pmd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pmd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, javascript, linter, static-analysis. - [dscanner](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dscanner/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis. - [errcheck](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/errcheck/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis. - [flow](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flow/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, javascript, static-analysis. - [fortitude](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fortitude/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis. - [go-critic](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-critic/) - 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. - [eslint_d](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/eslint-d/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: accelerate, cli, daemon, developer, developer-tools. - [pyright](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pyright/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: analysis, cli, developer, developer-tools, node. - [eslint_d](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/eslint-d/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/eslint_d.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/eslint_d.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