# Install sourcekitten with Homebrew, MacPorts Framework and command-line tool for interacting with SourceKit. Version 0.37.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:sourcekitten ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install sourcekitten ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install SourceKitten ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/SourceKitten/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:sourcekitten - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.37.3 - **Source summary:** Framework and command-line tool for interacting with SourceKit - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - sourcekitten (cli) - sourcekitten (alias) ## Uses from macOS - swift ## 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: 0.37.3 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/jpsim/SourceKitten - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage SourceKitten is a Swift framework and command-line tool for interacting with Apple's SourceKit service, exposing source structure, syntax, completion, indexing, module information, and documentation extraction as JSON-friendly CLI subcommands. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in August 2014. The README describes SourceKitten as a framework and CLI that links to `sourcekitd.framework` to parse Swift ASTs, extract comment docs for Swift or Objective-C projects, get Swift syntax data, and issue raw SourceKit requests. The changelog shows continuous tracking of Swift and Xcode evolution: Swift 3-era API changes, Swift 4 and Swift 5 requirements, SwiftPM and Xcode documentation support, Bazel support, and syntax/declaration kind updates through Swift 6. ### Adoption history The README lists many projects built with SourceKitten, including SwiftLint, Jazzy, Sourcery, SourceKittenDaemon, SourceDocs, Cuckoo, IBAnalyzer, and Taylor. That list makes SourceKitten infrastructure for a broad slice of Swift developer tooling. ### How it is used The `sourcekitten` CLI provides subcommands including `complete`, `doc`, `format`, `index`, `module-info`, `request`, `structure`, `syntax`, and `version`. It can be installed with Homebrew, Swift Package Manager, Bazel, Make, or a release package. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care because SourceKitten turns a platform-private compiler service into a packageable Unix-style CLI and library. It is the substrate behind linters, documentation generators, mock generators, editor completion bridges, and other Swift ecosystem tools. ### Timeline - 2014: SourceKitten repository created. - 2015: 0.3.0-era public releases were being published. - 2016: 0.15.0 adapted APIs for Swift 3 and Xcode 8. - 2019: 0.30.0 required Swift 5.1 or higher. - 2022: 0.33.0 added Bazel build support and Xcode 14 documentation support. - 2025: 0.37.0 added Swift 6 compiler and syntax/declaration support. - 2026: 0.37.3 continued dependency maintenance. ### Related projects - SwiftLint, Jazzy, Sourcery, SourceDocs, Cuckoo, IBAnalyzer, Taylor, and SourceKittenDaemon are listed by the README as projects built with SourceKitten. - SourceKit and `sourcekitd.framework` are the Apple tooling components SourceKitten communicates with. ### 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:** sourcekitten - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Requirements:** xcode - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - MacPorts - SourceKitten: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/SourceKitten/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. - [cdxgen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cdxgen/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [helm-docs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/helm-docs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, documentation-generator, markdown. - [nef](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nef/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, markdown, swift. - [terraform-docs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/terraform-docs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, documentation-generator, markdown. - [action-docs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/action-docs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, markdown. - [cmark](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmark/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, markdown. - [cmark-gfm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmark-gfm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, markdown. - [dashing](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dashing/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, documentation-generator. - [docfx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docfx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, markdown. - [sourcedocs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sourcedocs/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, code, developer, developer-tools, documentation. - [protoc-gen-doc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/protoc-gen-doc/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, code, developer, developer-tools, documentation. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sourcekitten.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/sourcekitten.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