# Install salt-lint with Homebrew, dnf, Nix, zypper

Check for best practices in SaltStack. Version 0.9.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#salt-lint.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:salt-lint
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install salt-lint
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install salt-lint
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: salt-lint from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#salt-lint
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install salt-lint
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: salt-lint from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:salt-lint
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/salt-lint>
- **Version:** 0.9.2
- **Source summary:** Check for best practices in SaltStack
- **Homepage:** <https://salt-lint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://salt-lint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e5/e9/4df64ca147c084ca1cdbea9210549758d07f4ed94ac37d1cd1c99288ef5c/salt-lint-0.9.2.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:21:19-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- salt-lint (cli)
- salt-lint (alias)

## Dependencies

- libyaml
- python@3.14

## 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: 0.9.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-15
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://salt-lint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- 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


## 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: .salt-lint
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** salt-lint
- **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 - salt-lint: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sa/salt-lint/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - salt-lint - 0.9.2-14.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: salt-lint from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Salt State file (SLS) lint tool | https://github.com/warpnet/salt-lint
- zypper - salt-lint - 0.9.2-3.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: salt-lint from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A command-line utility that checks for best practices in SaltStack | https://github.com/warpnet/salt-lint


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- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [python@3.14](https://pkg.so/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [oxlint](https://pkg.so/brew/oxlint/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linter, linting.
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- [djlint](https://pkg.so/brew/djlint/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, libyaml, lint.

## Combined YAML source

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