# Install sourcery with Homebrew, Nix Meta-programming for Swift, stop writing boilerplate code. Version 2.3.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:sourcery ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install sourcery ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#sourcery ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/so/sourcery/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:sourcery - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.3.0 - **Source summary:** Meta-programming for Swift, stop writing boilerplate code - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - sourcery (cli) - sourcery (alias) ## Uses from macOS - curl - libxml2 - ncurses - sqlite - 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: 2.3.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/krzysztofzablocki/Sourcery - Upstream latest detected: 2.3.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 --templates --output `, 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 - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Unix: .sourcery.yml ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - sourcery: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/so/sourcery/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/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. - [autogen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autogen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, templates. - [configen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/configen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, swift. - [create-api](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/create-api/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, swift. - [mockolo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mockolo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, swift. - [mogenerator](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mogenerator/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, swift. - [needle](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/needle/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, swift. - [rswift](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rswift/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, swift. - [stencil](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/stencil/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, templates. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sourcery.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/sourcery.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - 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