# Install expert with Homebrew, MacPorts

Official Elixir Language Server Protocol implementation. Version 0.1.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with macports: sudo port install expert.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:expert
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install expert
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install expert
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/expert/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:expert
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/expert>
- **Version:** 0.1.8
- **Source summary:** Official Elixir Language Server Protocol implementation
- **Homepage:** <https://expert-lsp.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/expert-lsp/expert>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://expert-lsp.org>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/expert-lsp/expert/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.8.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T12:46:13Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- expert (cli)
- expert (alias)

## Dependencies

- openssl@3

## Build dependencies

- elixir
- erlang
- just

## Uses from macOS

- ncurses

## 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: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 0.1.8
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-27
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/expert-lsp/expert
- Upstream latest detected: v0.1.8 (current)
## Project history and usage

Expert is the official Language Server Protocol implementation for Elixir. It provides editor-facing language intelligence and ships as a standalone executable.

### Project history

The official GitHub repository was created in 2024 under expert-lsp/expert and describes Expert as the official Elixir language server implementation. Its documentation presents installation via editor extensions, Homebrew, Mason, Nix, Mise, GitHub releases, and source builds.

### Adoption history

Expert reached the 0.1.0 release line in March 2026 after several release candidates. The official installation page includes Homebrew as a supported package-manager path, and the supplied package metadata confirms a Homebrew formula.

### How it is used

Expert is typically installed on PATH and configured through an editor's LSP client. The official README notes that clients should pass --stdio when the editor does not do so automatically, and the configuration page documents settings such as workspaceSymbols.minQueryLength.

### Why package nerds care

Expert is interesting to package maintainers because language servers are editor infrastructure: users expect repeatable binary installs, architecture-specific releases, and integration through Homebrew, Nix, Mason, Mise, and editor-managed downloads.

### Timeline

- 2024: GitHub API reports expert-lsp/expert repository creation.
- 2026-02: Official changelog records 0.1.0 release candidates.
- 2026-03-27: Official changelog records Expert 0.1.0.
- 2026-07: GitHub tags list v0.1.6.

### Related projects

- Expert is related to the Elixir language and the Language Server Protocol ecosystem.
- Official docs mention editor extensions, Mason, Nix, Mise, GitHub releases, and just-based source builds.

### Sources

- <https://expert-lsp.org/docs/changelog/>
- <https://expert-lsp.org/docs/configuration/>
- <https://expert-lsp.org/docs/installation/>
- <https://github.com/expert-lsp/expert>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

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

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** expert
- **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

- MacPorts - expert: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/expert/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

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- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [openssl@3](https://pkg.so/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [just](https://pkg.so/brew/just/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [erlang](https://pkg.so/brew/erlang/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [elixir](https://pkg.so/brew/elixir/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [gopls](https://pkg.so/brew/gopls/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, editor-integration, language-server, lsp.
- [python-lsp-server](https://pkg.so/brew/python-lsp-server/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, editor-integration, language-server, lsp.
- [jq-lsp](https://pkg.so/brew/jq-lsp/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, editor-integration, language-server, lsp.
- [actions-languageserver](https://pkg.so/brew/actions-languageserver/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, editor-integration, language-server, lsp.
- [elixir-ls](https://pkg.so/brew/elixir-ls/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, elixir, language-server, lsp.
- [ansible-language-server](https://pkg.so/brew/ansible-language-server/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp.
- [fish-lsp](https://pkg.so/brew/fish-lsp/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, editor-integration, language-server, lsp.
- [ruby-lsp](https://pkg.so/brew/ruby-lsp/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp.
- [dhall-lsp-server](https://pkg.so/brew/dhall-lsp-server/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, editor, editor-integration.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/expert.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/expert.yml)


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