# Install redpen with Homebrew, scoop

Proofreading tool to help writers of technical documentation. Version 1.10.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-02.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:redpen
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install redpen
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/redpen
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/redpen.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:redpen
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/redpen>
- **Version:** 1.10.4
- **Source summary:** Proofreading tool to help writers of technical documentation
- **Homepage:** <https://redpen.cc/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/redpen-cc/redpen>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.redpen.cc/>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/redpen-cc/redpen/releases/download/redpen-1.10.4/redpen-1.10.4.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-02T13:53:57+03:00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- redpen (cli)
- redpen-server (cli)
- redpen-server.war (cli)
- redpen (alias)
- redpen-server (alias)
- redpen-server.war (alias)

## Dependencies

- openjdk@11

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.10.4
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-02
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/redpen-cc/redpen
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** redpen
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 2
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** yes
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Scoop - main/redpen: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/redpen.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [openjdk@11](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk-11/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
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## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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