# Install pdm with Homebrew, apt, Nix

Modern Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP standards. Version 2.28.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-24.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pdm
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pdm
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install python3-pdm
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: python3-pdm from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pdm
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pdm
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pdm>
- **Version:** 2.28.0
- **Source summary:** Modern Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP standards
- **Homepage:** <https://pdm-project.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pdm-project/pdm>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://pdm-project.org/en/latest>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f9/d9/dd3739cb451b3ebe95ce27868e145fb108b8fc0d728d0768c6f3e51a83a0/pdm-2.28.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-24T05:04:06Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00

## Executables

- pdm (cli)
- pdm (alias)

## Dependencies

- certifi
- 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: 2026-07-09
- Package-manager version: 2.28.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-24
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://pdm-project.org
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Security Notes

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal


## 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

- Linux: <PROJECT_ROOT>/pdm.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pdm/config.toml, ~/.config/pdm/config.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/pdm/config.toml, /etc/xdg/pdm/config.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pdm/global-project/pdm.toml
- macOS: <PROJECT_ROOT>/pdm.toml, ~/Library/Application Support/pdm/config.toml, /Library/Application Support/pdm/config.toml, ~/Library/Application Support/pdm/global-project/pdm.toml
- Windows: <PROJECT_ROOT>\pdm.toml, %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\pdm\pdm\config.toml, %ProgramData%\pdm\pdm\config.toml, %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\pdm\pdm\global-project\pdm.toml

## Credential files

- Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pdm/config.toml, ~/.config/pdm/config.toml
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/pdm/config.toml
- Windows: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\pdm\pdm\config.toml
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** pdm
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - python3-pdm - 2.20.1+ds1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-pdm from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | next generation Python package management tool | https://github.com/pdm-project/pdm
- Nix - pdm: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pd/pdm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Package publisher tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry 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.
- [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [poetry](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/poetry/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools, package-management, package-manager.
- [pipx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pipx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, python.
- [rye](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rye/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools, package-manager, python.
- [abi3audit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abi3audit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, packaging, python.
- [clib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dependency-management, developer-tools, package-management, package-manager.
- [conan](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/conan/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, package-manager, python.
- [conda-lock](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/conda-lock/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, package-manager, python.
- [flit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, packaging, python.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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