install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install hawkeye

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#hawkeye

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ha/hawkeye/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S hawkeye

Arch Linux sync databases · hawkeye · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Simple license header checker and formatter, in multiple distribution forms

Project links

Commands and aliases

hawkeye

history

Project history and usage

HawkEye is a Rust command-line tool and GitHub Action for checking, formatting, and removing license headers in source trees. Its package history is centered on supply-chain hygiene: it packages a repetitive repository-maintenance task as a local CLI, container image, prebuilt binary, Cargo install, and CI action.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in January 2023 under the korandoru organization. The README describes the project as a simple license header checker and formatter, with a project-level licenserc.toml configuration file and commands for check, format, and remove workflows.

The project presents itself less as a general license scanner and more as a formatter for copyright/license header policy. Its native-image and prebuilt-binary distribution options fit teams that want fast CI checks without provisioning a full language toolchain.

Adoption history

The README documents several distribution paths: a GitHub Action, a Docker image, Cargo installation, Arch Linux packaging, and prebuilt release installers. Homebrew, Nix, and pacman packaging in the input facts show adoption by Unix-oriented package ecosystems beyond the upstream release channel.

How it is used

Typical use is to add a licenserc.toml file at a repository root, run hawkeye check in CI, and use hawkeye format when files need an automatic header fix. The same executable can also remove headers, which makes it useful for migrations between license-header policies.

Why package nerds care

HawkEye matters to package-maintenance workflows because license headers are a common release-review nuisance: too small to deserve a bespoke framework, but common enough to fail CI and release audits. A single static-feeling CLI with GitHub Action support is the useful boring shape for that job.

Timeline

2023: Public GitHub repository created.
2023: README-documented licenserc.toml workflow uses 2023 as the example inception year.
2020s: Distribution expands across Cargo, prebuilt binaries, Docker, GitHub Actions, and downstream package managers.

Related projects

Related tools include license scanners and formatters used in CI, but HawkEye's closest practical peers are repository policy tools that enforce source-header conventions rather than dependency-license inventories.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

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.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ./licenserc.toml
Windows: .\licenserc.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`hawkeye`	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 version6.5.1

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv6.5.1

https://github.com/korandoru/hawkeye

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:hawkeye
Version	6.5.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/hawkeye
Homepage	https://github.com/korandoru/hawkeye
Repository	https://github.com/korandoru/hawkeye
Upstream docs	https://github.com/korandoru/hawkeye#readme
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/korandoru/hawkeye/archive/refs/tags/v6.5.1.tar.gz
Build dependencies	rust
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	hawkeye
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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

hawkeye

nix profile install nixpkgs#hawkeye

normalized package name match
Matched by: Hawkeye

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

pacman95%

hawkeye 6.5.1-1

Simple license header checker and formatter

https://github.com/korandoru/hawkeye

sudo pacman -S hawkeye

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Hawkeye

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: hawkeye from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/hawkeye.yml

Used sources

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

Install hawkeye with Homebrew, Nix, pacman