# Install lizard-analyzer with Homebrew, MacPorts Extensible Cyclomatic Complexity Analyzer. Version 1.23.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-03. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:lizard-analyzer ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install lizard-analyzer ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install lizard ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: archivers/lizard/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:lizard-analyzer - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.23.0 - **Source summary:** Extensible Cyclomatic Complexity Analyzer - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-03T09:53:20Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - lizard (cli) - lizard (alias) ## Dependencies - python@3.14 ## 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: 1.23.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-03 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/terryyin/lizard - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Lizard is a Python-based cyclomatic-complexity and static-analysis command-line tool. Its package history is mildly confusing because Homebrew names this formula lizard-analyzer while the executable is lizard, avoiding collision with a separate compression utility also named lizard. ### Project history The terryyin/lizard repository was created on GitHub in June 2012. The README describes the tool as an extensible cyclomatic complexity analyzer for many programming languages, with an emphasis on scanning C/C++ without needing complete header search paths and Java without resolving all imports. Over time the tool expanded beyond basic cyclomatic complexity counts into duplicate-code detection and other static-code metrics. Its language list in the README spans C/C++, Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Rust, Swift, Solidity, Zig, and other languages. ### Adoption history The README documents both direct script usage and installation through pip, which made Lizard convenient for CI jobs and local quality gates before language-specific static-analysis suites were always present in package-manager workflows. Homebrew packaging under lizard-analyzer gives macOS users a CLI install path while avoiding the formula-name collision with the unrelated lizard compressor. ### How it is used Lizard is commonly used as a lightweight metric pass over source trees: run lizard on a path, optionally select languages, exclude paths, and fail builds when complexity or parameter-count thresholds are exceeded. Because it intentionally measures how complex code looks rather than trying to fully compile or semantically resolve a project, it fits quick scans, pre-commit checks, and repository audits where low setup cost matters. ### Why package nerds care The formula is a small example of package-manager disambiguation: the upstream project, command name, and common Python package name are lizard, but Homebrew has to call the formula lizard-analyzer because brew:lizard is already the compression tool. It also shows how scripting-language tools enter Unix package managers even when pip installation is available, because packaging the CLI gives users a repeatable system-level binary without managing a Python environment by hand. ### Timeline - 2012: terryyin/lizard repository created on GitHub. - 2026: GitHub releases 1.20.0 and 1.23.0 were published for the analyzer. - 2026: Homebrew formula lizard-analyzer identified the executable as lizard and the package as an extensible cyclomatic complexity analyzer. ### Related projects - The package sits near linters, static analyzers, and code-metric tools such as cloc, radon, cppcheck, and language-specific complexity plugins. - It is unrelated to brew:lizard, the compression utility packaged in the same batch. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** lizard-analyzer - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Conflicts With:** lizard - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - MacPorts - lizard: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: archivers/lizard/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. - [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. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gnu-complexity](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gnu-complexity/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-analysis, code-metrics, developer-tools, metrics. - [gocloc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gocloc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-analysis, code-metrics, developer-tools, metrics. - [pmccabe](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pmccabe/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-analysis, code-metrics, cyclomatic-complexity, developer-tools. - [include-what-you-use](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/include-what-you-use/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-analysis, code-quality, developer-tools, static-analysis. - [ohcount](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ohcount/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-analysis, developer-tools, metrics. - [vulture](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vulture/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-analysis, code-quality, developer-tools, static-analysis. - [ccheck](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ccheck/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-analysis, developer-tools, static-analysis. - [tokei](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tokei/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-analysis, code-metrics, developer-tools. - [sarif-tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sarif-tools/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: analysis, cli, code, code-analysis, developer. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/lizard-analyzer.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/lizard-analyzer.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