# Install quicktype with Homebrew, Nix

Generate types and converters from JSON, Schema, and GraphQL. Version 26.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-21. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#quicktype.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:quicktype
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install quicktype
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#quicktype
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:quicktype
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/quicktype>
- **Version:** 26.0.0
- **Source summary:** Generate types and converters from JSON, Schema, and GraphQL
- **Homepage:** <https://app.quicktype.io>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://app.quicktype.io>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/quicktype/-/quicktype-26.0.0.tgz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-21T21:20:04Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- quicktype (cli)
- quicktype (alias)

## Dependencies

- node

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 26.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-21
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://app.quicktype.io
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Security Notes

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:** quicktype
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - quicktype: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/qu/quicktype/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [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.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [node](https://pkg.so/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [jsonschema2pojo](https://pkg.so/brew/jsonschema2pojo/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, json, json-schema.
- [json2ts](https://pkg.so/brew/json2ts/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, json-schema.
- [plank](https://pkg.so/brew/plank/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, json-schema.
- [sourcery](https://pkg.so/brew/sourcery/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools.
- [mockolo](https://pkg.so/brew/mockolo/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools.
- [openapi-generator](https://pkg.so/brew/openapi-generator/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools.
- [mockery](https://pkg.so/brew/mockery/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools.
- [rswift](https://pkg.so/brew/rswift/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools.
- [quicktype](https://pkg.so/npm/quicktype/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, code, code-generation, developer, developer-tools.
- [quicktype](https://pkg.so/npm/quicktype/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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