install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install sourcery

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#sourcery

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/so/sourcery/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Meta-programming for Swift, stop writing boilerplate code

Project links

Commands and aliases

sourcery

history

Project history and usage

Sourcery is a Swift command-line code generator for reducing repetitive source code through templates and annotations. In package-manager culture it is most visible as a developer automation tool installed by Homebrew, CocoaPods, Mint, Swift Package Manager plugins, and pre-commit.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in December 2016 and describes Sourcery as a Swift code generator built on Apple's SwiftSyntax. The project presents its core purpose as extending Swift's language abstractions so teams can generate boilerplate automatically.

The README documents Sourcery as both a standalone command-line executable and an integrated build-tool option. It supports direct binary downloads, Homebrew, CocoaPods, Mint, Swift Package Manager plugin use, and source builds.

Adoption history

The official README states that Sourcery is used in more than 40,000 iOS and macOS projects and names Airbnb, Bumble, and The New York Times as example users. The project also claims that broad community adoption helped influence Apple's later derived Equality and automatic Codable conformance work.

For package users, Sourcery became a familiar Swift ecosystem utility because it can be installed through several package channels while still producing ordinary generated Swift files that fit into Xcode and CI workflows.

How it is used

Typical CLI usage runs `sourcery --sources <path> --templates <path> --output <path>`, or places options in a `.sourcery.yml` file. The README highlights common templates for equality, hashing, enum cases, mocks and stubs, LinuxMain, decorators, Codable support, and property diffing.

SwiftPM plugin usage is documented separately from the standalone executable: users add Sourcery as a package dependency, place `.sourcery.yml` near the target sources, and run the package plugin with write access enabled.

Why package nerds care

Sourcery matters to package nerds because it sits at the intersection of source generation, build reproducibility, and Swift package distribution. A formula or package gives teams the same generator binary locally and in CI, making generated-code diffs predictable.

Its presence across Homebrew, CocoaPods, Mint, SwiftPM, and pre-commit also makes it a useful example of a CLI that escaped a single package ecosystem and became part of routine iOS and macOS project automation.

Timeline

2016: GitHub repository created.
2017: Early public discussion and tutorials helped popularize Sourcery in Swift projects.
2022: README documents Swift Package command plugin support from package version 1.8.3.
2026: Official README still describes active community maintenance and broad project usage.

Related projects

SwiftSyntax provides the parsing foundation named by the README.
Stencil templates are part of Sourcery's template workflow.
CocoaPods, Mint, Homebrew, Swift Package Manager, and pre-commit are documented installation or integration surfaces.

Sources

https://api.github.com/repos/krzysztofzablocki/Sourcery
https://github.com/krzysztofzablocki/Sourcery#readme
https://krzysztofzablocki.github.io/Sourcery/
source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.

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: .sourcery.yml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`sourcery`	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 generated2026-07-08

manager version2.3.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detected2.3.0

https://github.com/krzysztofzablocki/Sourcery

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:sourcery
Version	2.3.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sourcery
Homepage	https://github.com/krzysztofzablocki/Sourcery
Repository	https://github.com/krzysztofzablocki/Sourcery
Upstream docs	https://github.com/krzysztofzablocki/Sourcery#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/krzysztofzablocki/Sourcery/archive/refs/tags/2.3.0.tar.gz
Uses from macOS	curl, libxml2, ncurses, sqlite, swift
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	sourcery
Version Scheme	1
Revision	1
Head Version	HEAD
Requirements	xcode
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

sourcery

nix profile install nixpkgs#sourcery

normalized package name match
Matched by: Sourcery

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

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/sourcery.yml

Used sources

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

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