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Install htmlhint with Homebrew, Nix

Static code analysis tool you need for your HTML. Version 1.9.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15.

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install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install htmlhint

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#htmlhint

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

overview

Package summary

Static code analysis tool you need for your HTML

Commands and aliases

  • htmlhint

history

Project history and usage

HTMLHint is a JavaScript/TypeScript-oriented static analysis tool for HTML, distributed as a command-line linter and reusable library. In package-manager terms it is the HTML counterpart to project linters: small, scriptable, configurable with `.htmlhintrc`, and useful in editors and CI jobs.

Project history

The official site and repository describe HTMLHint as a static code analysis tool for HTML. Its documentation centers on installation, configuration, CLI options, formatters, and programmatic use through the `HTMLHint.verify` API, which made it usable both as a standalone linter and as a library embedded in tooling.

The repository tag stream includes early 0.x releases in 2018 and later 1.x releases. The changelog shows the project continuing to add rules and output formats, including SARIF improvements useful for GitHub Code Scanning and new HTML rules such as duplicate attribute-value detection and obsolete-tag detection.

Adoption history

HTMLHint's adoption is tied to the JavaScript tooling ecosystem: it can be installed with npm, run as a CLI, used programmatically, and integrated into editors. The input package facts record Homebrew and Nix packaging, which gives non-Node package-manager users a system-level install path for the same linter.

How it is used

Typical use is to lint project HTML files from the command line, configure rules in `.htmlhintrc`, choose formatter output for humans or machines, or call the library API from custom build tools. Its history tracks the broader move from browser-only HTML checking toward repeatable CI-friendly linting.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, HTMLHint is significant as a clean example of a web-tooling package that crosses ecosystems: npm package, editor extension family, website docs, Homebrew formula, and Nix package. It makes HTML style and correctness checks available without asking every workflow to run a browser or a full validator service.

Timeline

  • 2018: The GitHub tag stream includes early 0.x releases.
  • 2025: The changelog records 1.6.0 with SARIF formatter improvements and new rules.
  • 2025: The tag stream includes 1.6.x releases around the documented changelog entries.
  • Package-manager era: The input package facts record HTMLHint in Homebrew and Nix.

Related projects

  • HTMLHint sits alongside linters such as ESLint and Stylelint, but focuses on HTML markup. Its related ecosystem includes the official VS Code extension, CI code-scanning formats such as SARIF, and browser or validator-based HTML checking tools.

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 1 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

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local files

Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

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

Unix
.htmlhintrc

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
htmlhintcliglobal 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 version1.9.2
manager updated2026-06-15
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://htmlhint.com

  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://htmlhint.comnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:htmlhint
Version1.9.2
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/htmlhint
Homepagehttps://htmlhint.com
Repositoryhttps://github.com/htmlhint/HTMLHint
Upstream docshttps://htmlhint.com/
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://registry.npmjs.org/htmlhint/-/htmlhint-1.9.2.tgz
Last updated2026-06-15T10:20:18-04:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesnode
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namehtmlhint
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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%

htmlhint

nix profile install nixpkgs#htmlhint
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Htmlhint
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ht/htmlhint/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

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

Related tools

  • nodeRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • htmlhintSame normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: analysis, code, html, htmlhint, javascript.

Same workflow

  • quick-lint-jsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, javascript, linter, linting.
  • elvisShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, linting, static-analysis.
  • eslintShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools, javascript, linter.
  • flake8Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools, linting, static-analysis.
  • oxlintShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, javascript, linter, linting.
  • pmdShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools, javascript, linter.
  • htmlhintSame normalized package name in another local ecosystem.

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.

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