install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install ghalint

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#ghalint

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

overview

Package summary

GitHub Actions linter

Project links

Commands and aliases

ghalint

history

Project history and usage

ghalint is a Go command-line linter for GitHub Actions workflow files and action metadata. It turns a small set of CI security practices into repeatable checks that can fail a build before a workflow grants broad permissions, exposes secrets through environment variables, or depends on mutable third-party action references.

Project history

Shunsuke Suzuki published the first ghalint releases in January 2023. The README describes the tool as a linter for GitHub Actions security best practices, and its policy documents show the early focus: explicit job permissions, avoiding broad read-all or write-all permissions, limiting inherited secrets, and pinning actions to full-length commit SHAs.

The project later documented a port to the lintnet module ecosystem, connecting ghalint's original GitHub Actions rule set with a broader Jsonnet-powered linting framework. That migration path suggests the project became both a standalone binary and a policy corpus that could be reused by another linter.

Adoption history

ghalint is a niche security tool rather than a general CI parser. Its adoption path is package-manager friendly: the official install guide lists Homebrew, Scoop, aqua, mise, GitHub Releases, and `go install`, while Homebrew exposes it as a one-command formula. That distribution pattern fits teams that want a small CI hardening check without installing a larger platform.

How it is used

Practitioners run `ghalint run` from a repository root to inspect workflow files under `.github/workflows`, or `ghalint run-action` for `action.yaml` and `action.yml` files. A `ghalint.yaml` configuration file can disable selected policies for named workflows, jobs, or actions when a repository has an intentional exception.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, ghalint is notable because it packages CI supply-chain advice as a fast local executable. It complements tools such as actionlint by concentrating on security posture: minimum permissions, safe secret handling, pinned action references, and checkout credential handling.

Timeline

2023: v0.1.0 was published on GitHub Releases.
2023: Early policy docs covered job permissions, workflow secrets, inherited secrets, and immutable action references.
After 2023: The README documented a ghalint module for lintnet.

Related projects

lintnet reuses the ghalint policy domain in a general-purpose Jsonnet linter.
pinact is referenced by ghalint documentation as a helper for converting GitHub Actions tags to full-length commit SHAs.

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.
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: ./ghalint.yaml./ghalint.yml./.ghalint.yaml./.ghalint.yml./.github/ghalint.yaml./.github/ghalint.yml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`ghalint`	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 generated2026-09-19

manager version1.5.6

manager updated2026-09-11

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.5.6

https://github.com/suzuki-shunsuke/ghalint

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:ghalint
Version	1.5.6
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ghalint
Homepage	https://github.com/suzuki-shunsuke/ghalint
Repository	https://github.com/suzuki-shunsuke/ghalint
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/suzuki-shunsuke/ghalint/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.6.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-09-11T06:22:57Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
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	ghalint
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

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%

ghalint

nix profile install nixpkgs#ghalint

normalized package name match
Matched by: Ghalint

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gh/ghalint/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

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

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.

combined/ghalint.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
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
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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