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Install svls with Homebrew, apk, Nix

SystemVerilog language server. Version 0.2.14 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install svls

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add svls

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · svls · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#svls

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

overview

Package summary

SystemVerilog language server

Commands and aliases

  • svls

history

Project history and usage

svls is a SystemVerilog language server. It packages Language Server Protocol support for HDL editing as a standalone executable, so editors can discover it the same way they discover other language servers.

Project history

The upstream README describes svls as a SystemVerilog language server and states that its linter feature is based on svlint. GitHub repository metadata records dalance/svls as created on 2019-11-15, with the first v0.1.0 GitHub release published the same day.

Adoption history

The README presents svls through the normal language-server distribution channels: downloaded release binaries, Snap, and Cargo. The input package-manager facts also show packages for Alpine, Homebrew, and Nix, which makes the server easy to install in editor containers and workstation setup scripts.

How it is used

svls is usually launched by an editor or LSP client rather than typed directly. The official README gives examples for Visual Studio Code, Vim and Neovim clients, coc.nvim, nvim-lspconfig, Emacs lsp-mode, and verilog-ext. It reads `.svls.toml` for language-server settings and can use `.svlint.toml` for lint rules.

Why package nerds care

Language servers are packaging-sensitive because editor integrations often assume the binary is already on PATH. svls is notable for bringing a Rust-based SystemVerilog LSP and svlint-backed diagnostics into package-manager workflows rather than requiring every editor plugin to bundle its own analyzer.

Timeline

  • 2019: GitHub repository created for dalance/svls.
  • 2019: v0.1.0 release published.
  • 2025: v0.2.14 release published.

Related projects

  • svls is directly related to svlint and sv-parser, and its README documents editor integrations including svls-vscode, LanguageClient-neovim, vim-lsp, coc.nvim, nvim-lspconfig, Emacs lsp-mode, and verilog-ext.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:server

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 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
.svls.toml.svlint.toml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
svlscliglobal 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 version0.2.14
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.2.14

https://github.com/dalance/svls

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:svls
Version0.2.14
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/svls
Homepagehttps://github.com/dalance/svls
Repositoryhttps://github.com/dalance/svls
Upstream docshttps://github.com/dalance/svls#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/dalance/svls/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.14.tar.gz
Build dependenciesrust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namesvls
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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%

svls

nix profile install nixpkgs#svls
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Svls
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sv/svls/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

svls 0.2.14-r0

SystemVerilog language serer

https://github.com/dalance/svls

sudo apk add svls
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: svls
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Svls
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: svls from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

svls-doc 0.2.14-r0

SystemVerilog language serer (documentation)

https://github.com/dalance/svls

sudo apk add svls-doc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: svls
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Svls
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: svls-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • ansible-language-serverShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp.
  • bash-language-serverShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp.
  • clojure-lspShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp.
  • codebook-lspShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp.
  • crystallineShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp.
  • ctags-lspShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp.

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.

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