# Install standardese with Homebrew Next-gen documentation generator for C++. Version 0.5.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:standardese ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install standardese ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:standardese - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.5.2 - **Source summary:** Next-gen documentation generator for C++ - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:38:08+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - standardese (cli) - standardese (alias) ## Dependencies - boost - cmark-gfm - llvm ## Build dependencies - cmake ## 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: 0.5.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/standardese/standardese - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage standardese is a C++ documentation generator positioned by its maintainers as a next-generation Doxygen-style tool. It combines a libclang-backed library with a command-line program for generating documentation from C++ headers. ### Project history The project describes itself as a library and command-line tool: the library parses C++ code with libclang, and the tool generates output such as Markdown and HTML. Its README emphasizes documentation in a style close to the C++ standard, including section commands such as effects, requires, returns, and throws. ### Adoption history Official installation notes recommend a distribution package when available, with conda-forge packages for Windows, Linux, and macOS, Docker images, and source builds as alternatives. The GitHub release list records a 0.4.0 stabilization effort and later 0.5.x releases. ### How it is used The basic invocation is `standardese [options] inputs`, where inputs may be files or directories. The documentation notes that users should normally pass header files and may provide configuration options on the command line or in an INI-style config file. ### Why package nerds care Package maintainers care about standardese because C++ documentation generators often have heavy parser and compiler dependencies. Its packaging story is about making a libclang-based CLI reproducible across package managers, Docker, and source builds. ### Timeline - 2020: Version 0.4.0 is described as the first stable release in a while after rewrites. - 2020: Version 0.5.0 adds command-line and comment parsing options and requires a C++17 compiler. - 2021: Version 0.5.2 is marked as the latest GitHub release on the official repository. ### Related projects - standardese is explicitly compared with Doxygen and depends on libclang for C++ parsing; its installation notes also mention conda-forge and Docker packaging. ### 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:** standardese - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 23 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## 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. - [cmark-gfm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmark-gfm/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [llvm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/llvm/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [dashing](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dashing/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, documentation-generator. - [doxymacs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doxymacs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, doxygen. - [gi-docgen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gi-docgen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, documentation-generator. - [helm-docs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/helm-docs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, documentation-generator. - [help2man](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/help2man/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, documentation-generator. - [jsdoc3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jsdoc3/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, documentation-generator. - [naturaldocs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/naturaldocs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, documentation-generator. - [protoc-gen-doc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/protoc-gen-doc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, documentation-generator. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/standardese.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/standardese.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph