# Install svlint with Homebrew, Nix SystemVerilog linter. Version 0.9.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-14. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:svlint ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install svlint ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#svlint ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sv/svlint/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:svlint - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.9.5 - **Source summary:** SystemVerilog linter - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-14T15:13:51+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - svlint (cli) - svlint (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## 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: 0.9.5 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-14 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/dalance/svlint - Upstream latest detected: v0.9.5 (current) ## Project history and usage svlint is a Rust command-line linter for SystemVerilog. It belongs to the small but important group of HDL tools that package managers expose as normal Unix-style binaries, making hardware-design checks easier to install in CI jobs and editor workflows. ### Project history The upstream README describes svlint as a SystemVerilog linter compliant with IEEE1800-2017, written in Rust and based on sv-parser. GitHub repository metadata records the dalance/svlint repository as created on 2019-10-21, and the releases API records v0.1.0 published on 2019-10-29. ### Adoption history The README documents several distribution routes: downloadable releases, Cargo installation with `cargo install svlint`, and Snap installation. The input package-manager facts also show it packaged for Homebrew and Nix, which reflects its use beyond Rust-only environments. ### How it is used Typical usage is the direct CLI pattern: run `svlint --help` to inspect options, `svlint --version` to identify the installed binary, and configure lint rules through `.svlint.toml`. The manual says svlint searches upward from the current directory for `.svlint.toml`, allows `--config`, and supports `SVLINT_CONFIG` for explicit project-wide rules. ### Why package nerds care svlint matters to package nerds because it brings hardware linting into the same install-and-run model as software linters. It also exposes prewritten rulesets and wrapper scripts, so the packaging boundary affects how much of the upstream release is available beyond the main binary. ### Timeline - 2019: GitHub repository created for dalance/svlint. - 2019: v0.1.0 release published. - 2025: v0.9.5 release published. ### Related projects - svlint is based on sv-parser, is integrated into svls, and has an official sample repository for external svlint plugins. ### 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: .svlint.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** svlint - **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 - svlint: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sv/svlint/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. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [svls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/svls/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, hdl, systemverilog. - [doc8](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doc8/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, linting. - [elvis](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/elvis/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, linting. - [falco](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/falco/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, linting. - [gitlint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitlint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, linting. - [htmlhint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/htmlhint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, linting. - [iblinter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/iblinter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, linting. - [mado](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mado/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, linting. - [sv2v](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sv2v/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, eda, hdl. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/svlint.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/svlint.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