macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mkdocs-materiallocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install mkdocs-material with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, pacman, Nix
Material Design theme for MkDocs. Version 9.7.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-18. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install mkdocs-material.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add mkdocs-materialAlpine Linux edge package indexes · mkdocs-material · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install mkdocs-materialDebian stable package indexes · mkdocs-material · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install mkdocs-materialFedora Rawhide package metadata · mkdocs-material · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S mkdocs-materialArch Linux sync databases · mkdocs-material · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mkdocsnixpkgs package indexes · mkdocs · source: raw.githubusercontent.com
Windows
Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install mkdocs-materialChocolatey community package catalog · mkdocs-material · source: community.chocolatey.org
overview
Package summary
Material Design theme for MkDocs
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mkdocs
history
Project history and usage
Material for MkDocs is the Python package and MkDocs theme maintained under Martin Donath's squidfunk project. The GitHub repository was created in 2016 and presents the package as a documentation framework built on top of MkDocs: authors write Markdown, configure MkDocs, and select the Material theme to get search, responsive navigation, localization, extensions, and a polished documentation UI without moving to a hosted documentation platform.
Project history
The project became one of the central packages in the MkDocs ecosystem because it expanded the role of a theme into a batteries-included documentation layer. Its documentation and changelog describe feature milestones such as instant navigation, navigation tabs and sections, search configuration, social cards, blog support, tags, privacy-aware asset handling, and integrations for common Markdown extensions. Its adoption is visible both in GitHub metadata and in testimonial use by projects and organizations; the project homepage names FastAPI/Typer/SQLModel and Hummingbot Foundation as users of the theme for their public documentation.
How it is used
In package-manager terms, mkdocs-material is slightly unusual because it installs an executable named mkdocs, the same command as the core MkDocs package. Homebrew records that mkdocs and mkdocs-material conflict for that reason, even though the package is conceptually a theme and plugin bundle layered on MkDocs rather than a replacement for the static site generator itself.
Sources
- https://api.github.com/repos/squidfunk/mkdocs-material
- https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/mkdocs-material.json
- https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material
- https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/
- https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/changelog/
- https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/setup/setting-up-navigation/
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mkdocs-material. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 3 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.
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
mkdocs.yml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
mkdocs | 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 generated2026-08-04
manager version9.7.7
manager updated2026-07-18
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mkdocs-material |
|---|---|
| Version | 9.7.7 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mkdocs-material |
| Homepage | https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/ |
| Upstream docs | https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/ |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f1/cd/c05d3a530ba7934f144fb45f7203cd236adc25c7bdcc34673d202f4b0278/mkdocs_material-9.7.7.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-07-18T21:09:33Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | certifi, 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 | mkdocs-material |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Conflicts With |
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| 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.
Debian apt95%
mkdocs-material 9.6.4-1
Material Design theme for MkDocs
https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/
sudo apt install mkdocs-material- Section: python
- Architecture: all
- 12 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mkdocs Material
Ubuntu apt95%
mkdocs-material 9.4.0-2
Material Design theme for MkDocs
https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/
sudo apt install mkdocs-material- Section: universe/python
- Architecture: all
- 11 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mkdocs Material
apk95%
mkdocs-material 9.5.5-r2
Material Design theme for MkDocs
https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material
sudo apk add mkdocs-material- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mkdocs-material
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mkdocs Material
apk95%
mkdocs-material-pyc 9.5.5-r2
Precompiled Python bytecode for mkdocs-material
https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material
sudo apk add mkdocs-material-pyc- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mkdocs-material
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mkdocs Material
dnf95%
mkdocs-material 9.7.1-3.fc45~bootstrap
Material design theme for MkDocs
https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material
sudo dnf install mkdocs-material- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: mkdocs-material
- 2 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mkdocs Material
dnf95%
mkdocs-material+imaging 9.7.1-3.fc45~bootstrap
Metapackage for mkdocs-material: imaging extras
https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material
sudo dnf install mkdocs-material+imaging- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: mkdocs-material
- 3 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mkdocs Material
pacman95%
mkdocs-material 9.7.6-1
Documentation that simply works
https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material
sudo pacman -S mkdocs-material- License: ISC
- Architecture: any
- 9 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mkdocs Material
Chocolatey95%
mkdocs-material
choco install mkdocs-material- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mkdocs Material
Debian apt92%
mkdocs 1.6.1+dfsg1-2
Static site generator geared towards building project documentation
https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs
sudo apt install mkdocs- Section: python
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: python-mkdocs
- 22 dependencies
- 1 provides
- 3 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Mkdocs
Nix92%
mkdocs
nix profile install nixpkgs#mkdocs- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Mkdocs
Ubuntu apt92%
mkdocs 1.5.3+dfsg-1
Static site generator geared towards building project documentation
sudo apt install mkdocs- Section: universe/text
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: python-mkdocs
- 25 dependencies
- 1 provides
- 3 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Mkdocs
apk92%
mkdocs 1.6.1-r1
Project documentation with Markdown
sudo apk add mkdocs- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mkdocs
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Mkdocs
apk92%
mkdocs-pyc 1.6.1-r1
Precompiled Python bytecode for mkdocs
sudo apk add mkdocs-pyc- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mkdocs
- 1 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Mkdocs
dnf92%
mkdocs 1.6.1-11.fc45
Python tool to create HTML documentation from markdown sources
sudo dnf install mkdocs- License: BSD-2-Clause AND OFL-1.1-RFN AND Apache-2.0 AND OFL-1.1 AND MIT AND (MIT OR GPL-2.0-only) AND MPL-1.1
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: mkdocs
- 6 dependencies
- 4 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Mkdocs
pacman92%
mkdocs 1.6.1-3
Project documentation with Markdown
sudo pacman -S mkdocs- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Architecture: any
- 16 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Mkdocs
Chocolatey92%
mkdocs
choco install mkdocs- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Mkdocs
source trail
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