# Install buildifier

Format bazel BUILD files with a standard convention. Version 8.5.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:buildifier
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install buildifier
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#buildifier
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: buildifier from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:buildifier
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/buildifier>
- **Version:** 8.5.1
- **Source summary:** Format bazel BUILD files with a standard convention
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools/blob/master/buildifier/README.md>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools/archive/refs/tags/v8.5.1.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- buildifier (cli)
- buildifier (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- go

## 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: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 8.5.1
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools
- Upstream latest detected: v8.5.1 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** buildifier
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - buildifier: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: buildifier from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph