# Install statix with Homebrew, Nix Lints and suggestions for the nix programming language. Version 0.5.8 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:statix ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install statix ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#statix ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/st/statix/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:statix - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.5.8 - **Source summary:** Lints and suggestions for the nix programming language - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - statix (cli) - statix (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - 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 ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.5.8 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/oppiliappan/statix - Upstream latest detected: v0.5.8 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 - - - input.source_facts.description - input.source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## 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: statix.toml ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - statix: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/st/statix/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. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [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. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [selene](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/selene/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, rust, static-analysis. - [dscanner](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dscanner/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis. - [errcheck](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/errcheck/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis. - [eslint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/eslint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis. - [fortitude](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fortitude/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis. - [go-critic](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-critic/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis. - [ktlint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ktlint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis. - [kube-linter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kube-linter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis. - [pylyzer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pylyzer/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: analysis, cli, developer, developer-tools, language. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/statix.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/statix.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