macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install vintlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install vintMacPorts ports tree · devel/vint/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install vint with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, pacman
Vim script Language Lint. Version 0.3.21 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add vintAlpine Linux edge package indexes · vint · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S vintArch Linux sync databases · vint · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
overview
Package summary
Vim script Language Lint
Project links
Commands and aliases
- vint
history
Project history and usage
Vint is a Python-implemented linter for Vim script. Its README describes the project goal as a highly extensible, customizable, and high-performance Vim script language lint tool, with command-line use, editor integration, and policy-level configuration.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in June 2014, and the PyPI package vim-vint shows a 0.1.0 upload in November 2014. The README and PyPI metadata preserve traces of the original Kuniwak/vint home while the maintained repository now lives under Vimjas/vint, reflecting the Vimjas organization stewardship used by Vim script tooling projects.
How it is used
Vint is used to lint Vimscript files and directories from the command line, emit plain or JSON output, and enforce or relax policies through command-line flags, .vintrc YAML files, and inline comments. The README also documents use through syntastic and vim-plug, which places it in the older Vim plugin quality-tooling ecosystem.
Why package nerds care
For package maintainers, Vint is notable less as a broad developer platform than as one of the few purpose-built static-analysis tools for Vimscript. It encodes style and correctness checks around a language that historically grew through editor configuration files and plugins rather than a large standalone tooling ecosystem.
Timeline
- 2014-06: The Vimjas/vint GitHub repository was created.
- 2014-11: vim-vint 0.1.0 was uploaded to PyPI.
- 2019-05: vim-vint 0.3.21, the current PyPI release observed during this run, was uploaded.
- 2026: The GitHub repository remained unarchived and active enough to have recent metadata updates.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
vint | 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 version0.3.21
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/Vimjas/vint
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/Vimjas/vintnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:vint |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.21 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vint |
| Homepage | https://github.com/Vimjas/vint |
| Repository | https://github.com/Vimjas/vint |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/Vimjas/vint#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/9c/c7/d5fbe5f778edee83cba3aea8cc3308db327e4c161e0656e861b9cc2cb859/vim-vint-0.3.21.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | libyaml, python@3.14 |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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 | vint |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 2 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
apk95%
vint 0.3.21-r10
Fast and Highly Extensible Vim script Language Lint
https://github.com/Vimjas/vint
sudo apk add vint- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: vint
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vint
apk95%
vint-pyc 0.3.21-r10
Precompiled Python bytecode for vint
https://github.com/Vimjas/vint
sudo apk add vint-pyc- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: vint
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vint
pacman95%
vint 0.3.21-5
Lint tool for Vim script Language
https://github.com/Vimjas/vint
sudo pacman -S vint- License: MIT
- Architecture: any
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vint
MacPorts95%
vint
sudo port install vint- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vint
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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment