install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install statix

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#statix

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

overview

Package summary

Lints and suggestions for the nix programming language

Project links

Commands and aliases

statix

history

Project history and usage

statix is a Nix-language linter and fixer. It occupies a niche but important CLI role for Nix users: checking Nix expressions for antipatterns and applying mechanical suggestions.

Project history

The upstream GitHub repository was created in October 2021. Its README describes `statix check` as a command that highlights antipatterns in Nix code and `statix fix` as a command that can apply several suggestions.

The project is implemented in Rust and its README notes that, at least for the documented version, it works with ASTs produced by `rnix-parser` and does not evaluate Nix code.

Adoption history

The input package metadata lists statix in Homebrew and Nix. The official README documents installation through a Nix flake, nixpkgs, and Homebrew/Linuxbrew, which matches its audience: developers already working in the Nix packaging and configuration ecosystem.

How it is used

Common usage is `statix check /path/to/dir` to recursively find Nix files and report lints, or `statix fix /path/to/file` to apply suggestions. The README documents standard, JSON, and errfmt output modes, plus project-root configuration through `statix.toml`.

Why package nerds care

Package nerds care about statix because Nix expressions are package metadata, build logic, and system configuration all at once. A lightweight linter that understands Nix source helps maintain large flakes, nixpkgs overlays, and home-manager style repositories.

Its significance is narrower than language-wide linters, but it is directly relevant to package-manager culture because it improves the source language used by Nix packaging itself.

Timeline

2021: Upstream GitHub repository created.
2022: 0.5.x releases published on GitHub.
2023: v0.5.8 release published.

Related projects

The README relates statix to `rnix-parser`; in usage it sits near Nix formatters and other Nix static-analysis tools.

Sources

https://github.com/oppiliappan/statix
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oppiliappan/statix/master/readme.md
input.source_facts.description
input.source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: yellow

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

text:programming language

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 12 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: statix.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`statix`	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 version0.5.8

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.5.8

https://github.com/oppiliappan/statix

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:statix
Version	0.5.8
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/statix
Homepage	https://github.com/oppiliappan/statix
Repository	https://github.com/oppiliappan/statix
Upstream docs	https://github.com/oppiliappan/statix#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/oppiliappan/statix/archive/refs/tags/v0.5.8.tar.gz
Build dependencies	rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, 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	statix
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

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%

statix

nix profile install nixpkgs#statix

normalized package name match
Matched by: Statix

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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/statix.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

Install statix with Homebrew, Nix