# Install tailor with Homebrew, MacPorts Cross-platform static analyzer and linter for Swift. Version 0.12.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:tailor ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install tailor ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install tailor ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/tailor/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:tailor - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.12.0 - **Source summary:** Cross-platform static analyzer and linter for Swift - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:06:26-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - tailor (cli) - tailor (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.12.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/sleekbyte/tailor - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Tailor is a Swift static analyzer and linter packaged as a cross-platform CLI. It belongs to the early Swift tooling wave, when developers wanted package-manager-installable style checks for Swift projects before the ecosystem settled around later tools. ### Project history The public repository was created in May 2015. The README describes Tailor as a cross-platform static analyzer and linter for Swift, implemented with ANTLR parsing, supporting Mac OS X shell use, Xcode integration, Linux, and Windows. It documents Homebrew installation, release archives, and CI snippets. ### Adoption history Tailor was distributed through Homebrew and MacPorts according to the input package facts. GitHub releases show active feature work around Swift grammar updates, Code Climate output, `.tailor.yml` configuration, and Xcode integration during the Swift 2 and Swift 3 transition period. ### How it is used Users run `tailor` over Swift files or directories, configure rule selection and output through CLI flags or `.tailor.yml`, and can add it to an Xcode build phase. The wiki documents `.tailor.yml` for include/exclude lists, rule enablement, output format, and color settings. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about Tailor because it shows how early Swift static analysis escaped Xcode and became a package-manager-installed CLI. Its release history also shows the maintenance burden of grammar-driven language tooling: Swift grammar changes required parser updates, while CI and Code Climate support made the tool fit non-Apple workflows. ### Timeline - 2015: Public GitHub repository created. - 2016: Releases added Code Climate output and `.tailor.yml` configuration options. - 2016: Tailor 0.11.0 updated grammar support for Swift 3.0. - 2017: Tailor 0.12.0 updated grammar support for Swift 3.0.1. ### Related projects - Tailor relates to SwiftFormat, SwiftLint, Xcode build phases, Code Climate, ANTLR, Homebrew, and MacPorts. ### 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: .tailor.yml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** tailor - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - MacPorts - tailor: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/tailor/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/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. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools, linter. - [sonar-scanner](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sonar-scanner/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools, static-analysis. - [swiftlint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/swiftlint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis. - [tagref](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tagref/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools, linter. - [tombi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tombi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools, linter. - [addlicense](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/addlicense/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools. - [codelimit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/codelimit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-quality, developer-tools. - [dotenv-linter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dotenv-linter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, static-analysis. - [pmd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pmd/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: analysis, analyzer, cli, code, code-quality. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tailor.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/tailor.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