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brew install scrutineer

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overview

Package summary

Security through scrutiny

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Commands and aliases

scrutineer

history

Project history and usage

Scrutineer is a local application-security workbench that scans open-source repositories with configurable agent skills, containerized language profiles, conventional analysis tools, and human-gated vulnerability-disclosure workflows. It combines a CLI-launched service with a local web interface for triage, verification, reporting, and release tracking.

Project history

Alpha-Omega introduced the public Scrutineer repository in April 2026 to make repeatable, evidence-focused open-source security review practical without overwhelming maintainers with untriaged reports. The project was packaged as a Go executable with embedded skills and runner profiles, and its first public GitHub release was v2026.07.14.1 in July 2026.

Adoption history

Scrutineer is an early-stage project. Its distribution includes precompiled Linux and macOS archives, source builds, container images, and a Homebrew formula; the official README also supports Docker, rootless Podman, and Apple's container runtime for isolated scans.

How it is used

An operator starts Scrutineer, opens its local web UI, and adds a repository URL, organization, SBOM, external finding report, or local source directory. A triage skill fans out into metadata, dependency, advisory, static-analysis, threat-modeling, and model-backed audit tasks, after which the operator verifies findings and controls disclosure through explicit workflow gates.

Why package nerds care

Scrutineer treats package metadata as security context: it discovers manifests, builds SBOMs, looks up registry versions and dependents, checks advisories, and can import dependencies for deeper scans. Its per-ecosystem runner profiles cover common package managers and native-extension cases, making it especially relevant to maintainers interested in the boundary between package graphs, reproducible tooling, and vulnerability disclosure.

Timeline

2026-04: Public repository development began.
2026-07: First public GitHub release, v2026.07.14.1.

Related projects

Semgrep, zizmor, git-pkgs, and brief are integrated as conventional analysis and repository-inspection tools.
Claude Code, Codex, and opencode are supported as pluggable agent backends.
Docker, Podman, and Apple's container CLI provide the supported isolated runner environments.

Sources

https://alpha-omega.dev/blog/scrutineer-scanning-open-source-without-flooding-maintainers/
https://github.com/alpha-omega-security/scrutineer
https://github.com/alpha-omega-security/scrutineer/releases
source_facts.package-manager.brew

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for scrutineer. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

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: ./scrutineer.yaml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`scrutineer`	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 generated2026-07-25

manager version2026.07.14.1

manager updated2026-07-14

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/alpha-omega-security/scrutineer

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/alpha-omega-security/scrutineernone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:scrutineer
Version	2026.07.14.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/scrutineer
Homepage	https://github.com/alpha-omega-security/scrutineer
Repository	https://github.com/alpha-omega-security/scrutineer
Upstream docs	https://github.com/alpha-omega-security/scrutineer
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/alpha-omega-security/scrutineer/archive/refs/tags/v2026.07.14.1.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-07-14T21:44:50Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
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	scrutineer
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

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/scrutineer.yml

Used sources

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

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