# Install periphery with Homebrew, Nix

Identify unused code in Swift projects. Version 3.8.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#periphery.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:periphery
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install periphery
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#periphery
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:periphery
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/periphery>
- **Version:** 3.8.0
- **Source summary:** Identify unused code in Swift projects
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/peripheryapp/periphery>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/peripheryapp/periphery>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/peripheryapp/periphery/archive/refs/tags/3.8.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T10:54:09Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- periphery (cli)
- periphery (alias)

## Uses from macOS

- curl
- libxml2
- swift

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_tahoe, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 3.8.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-25
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/peripheryapp/periphery
- Upstream latest detected: 3.8.0 (current)

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## 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

- Unix: .periphery.yml
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** periphery
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Requirements:** xcode
- **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 - periphery: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pe/periphery/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [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.
- [shellcheck](https://pkg.so/brew/shellcheck/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-analysis.
- [semgrep](https://pkg.so/brew/semgrep/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-analysis.
- [cppcheck](https://pkg.so/brew/cppcheck/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-analysis.
- [pyright](https://pkg.so/brew/pyright/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-analysis.
- [eslint](https://pkg.so/brew/eslint/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-analysis.
- [ktlint](https://pkg.so/brew/ktlint/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-analysis.
- [mypy](https://pkg.so/brew/mypy/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-analysis.
- [pylint](https://pkg.so/brew/pylint/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-analysis.
- [credo](https://pkg.so/brew/credo/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: analysis, cli, code, developer, developer-tools.
- [dscanner](https://pkg.so/brew/dscanner/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: analysis, cli, code, developer, developer-tools.
- [errcheck](https://pkg.so/brew/errcheck/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: analysis, cli, code, developer, developer-tools.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph